Primavera P6 in Construction - A to Z

Create a new Primavera P6 IT building construction project under the Construction EPS, ID ITC, planned start October 22, 2018, assigned to Sunil Sharma under Balaji, using the Gantt chart.

Adds 13 construction activities in Primavera P6 across civil works, finishing, and MEP, and prepares to define relationships and scheduling for a site clearance to handover workflow.

Learn how to assign resources to activities in Primavera P6 for a construction project, calculating budgeted total cost with labor, machinery, and materials, and tracking expenses.

Explore how to use the resource assignments window in Primavera P6 to analyze budgeted units, man hours, and machine hours, customize roles, collapse levels, and copy data to Excel.

Learn to create and apply resource codes in Primavera P6, assign subcontractor types to resources, and group or filter resources by type, calendar, or vendor for project insights.

Add documents and work products to Primavera P6, including contracts, drawings, change orders, and variation claims, then assign them to WBS or activities with category, status, revision dates, and attachments.

Add expenses and indirect costs to project activities in Primavera P6 by assigning cost accounts, categories, and accrual types, then track budgeted, actual, remaining, and completion costs.

Create a new currency in Primavera P6 via admin currencies, then assign it in user preferences to apply across all activities, and configure symbol, exchange rate, decimals, and appearance.

Learn to manage admin categories in Primavera P6, including baselines, expenses, risk, WBS, documents, notebooks, and units of measurement. Add or customize categories using the admin tools and plus button.

Learn how to customize admin preferences in Primavera P6, including defaults for duration and calendars, ID length and limits, earned value formulas, reports, and industry site options.

Learn to generate and customize Primavera P6 reports, print previews, and print setup, using the reports wizard or the reports tab to create predefined and tailored reports for projects.

Import Primavera P6 data from formats like Microsoft Project XML and Excel into new or existing projects. Map header codes, set layout, and manage additions or deletions during import.

Apply the as-planned vs as-built delay analysis in Primavera P6 by cleaning the view, adding baseline and variance columns, updating actual dates, and comparing baseline and actual durations and costs.

Apply the impacted as planned technique in Primavera P6 to create delay fragments, assign baseline, model delays (dewatering, rework, productivity), and analyze schedule and cost impacts.