Scheduling in Oracle Primavera P6 for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects

Most capital construction projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) require a schedule in Primavera format. This schedule is the baseline from which all progress is measured, provides the foundation for Pay Applications, and is the integration point with USACE’s Quality Control System (QCS). This course will discuss typical USACE contract requirements, and how to successfully meet those requirements using Primavera P6.
 
Upcoming Dates: TBD

Our Price:  $1,250 USD
Course Length: 2 day

Please note that this course uses the P6 Optional Client (Windows-based client).

Professional Development and Continuing Education Units

Course Completion Certificate can be utilized to qualify Scheduler for USACE review.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Create a Proposal Schedule
  • Create a Preliminary Schedule
  • Create an Initial Project Schedule, to include Cost-Loading
  • Manage Periodic Schedule Updates and Progress Payments
  • Manage Change Items
  • Integrate P6 and USACE Resident Management System (RMS) using Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF)
Course Objectives

Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Proposal Schedule
  • Preliminary Project Schedule
  • Initial Project Schedule
  • Cost-Loading Schedule of Values

Day 2

  • Periodic Schedule Updates
  • Progress Payment
  • Manage Change Items
  • Reporting
Areas of Instruction
  • USACE Contract Specifications relevant to the Project Schedule
  • Scheduling Concepts
  • Cost-loading the schedule
  • Workers per Day, Area of Work, Feature of Work, Category of Work, Phase of Work, Contract Bid Item, Responsibility, and Modification
  • Preliminary and Initial Schedule Submissions
  • Required Reports
  • Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF) file conversion and verification
  • Primavera integration with USACE Resident Management System (RMS 3.0)
  • Schedule Updates
  • Payment Applications
  • Change Management