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Project Controls Recipe

Posted December 18, 2019 149 0 2

Are you getting ready for the holidays? Decorations, presents, preparations, holiday parties? Perhaps among your holiday traditions, you have a family event with a Cousin Eddie? The hard-headed one that, while you are speaking, doesn’t even consider what you’re saying, and is simply waiting to speak? Back to our professional lives, how many meetings do

Take Inventory

Posted November 24, 2019 207 0 0

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday, because we get to take our personal inventory. We’re encouraged to step back and take note of what’s important, the relationships that enhance our lives, and the fortunes we’ve been afforded. If we’re lucky and brave enough, we can show gratitude to those that have brought it into our

Progress; not Perfection

Posted September 16, 2019 298 0 5

A quote I love is “we seek progress, not perfection.” It guides my personal life, our consultants’ career goals, and our technical development. From that, I’ve learned to warn our clients, “the perfect schedule is the last update.” Since day one, our tag line has been “HITO can help” which means we want to improve

EPC Scheduling

Posted July 12, 2019 469 0 5

EPC Scheduling The term EPC refers to the various stages or life cycle of a project. E stands for Engineering; this is where the project is defined, parameters are established, and drawings are produced for Construction to build to. P stands for Procurement; this is where materials are specified, purchased, and manufactured. C stand for

SiteWalker

SiteWalker

Posted July 29, 2018 1688 0 1

Give your team the complete schedule on any device. Update status, add notes, capture pictures in the field, then import them back into the Primavera P6 database. Engage, understand, and execute projects with the power of SiteWalker. This is the cornerstone of our Remote Update Service. Please see get.sitewalkerapp.com for more information!

Excel schedule lookahead

Posted March 24, 2018 627 0 0

Here’s a short video, very rough, showing how to navigate and utilize our excel schedule lookahead planner. We’ll add some audio and edit it later. Activities are exported from P6. The “Export Updater” is the user interface. Date basics: Dates can be changed by simply double clicking in the Gantt chart area. It creates an

HITO History

HITO History

Posted March 6, 2018 834 0 1

Starting in 2009, I worked on industrial job-sites as a full-time construction scheduler. My passion has always been to make a difference and empower the field to make the best decisions. I pride myself in getting the best out of the best. During schedule reviews, I quickly learned that Gantt charts were often a sedative

Career in Scheduling

Posted February 28, 2018 677 0 1

I’ve always been intrigued by data. When I was young, I knew I wanted to have some sort of career that involved numbers. So naturally, I went to college to help me find exactly what that career would be. I wanted to steer clear of accounting, thanks to a less than effective high school teacher,

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