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The construction Add-in © helps the creation of a new project while ensuring that all the Ms Project options have been installed for the construction industry.

When you select Blank project in Ms Project :

The dialog window: Project information will pop up, then you need to specify the project starting date. You will be able to modify this date later if necessary.

You can also select your project calendar.

Click on OK to continue.

The next box: Language choice, will ask in which language you wish to create this new schedule.

This would be necessary for importing shop drawings in the language you which to create your schedule independently of the language of the software.

 So you could create a french schedule with all the french terms even if your Ms Project (Plan 3) software is in English.

WARNING: Il you choose French, then when you will import the Procurement section, all the terms would be in french (Approvisionnement, Préparations des dessins d'atelier, Approbation des dessins d'atelier et Fabrication/Livraison).

You will not be able to change those terms after the importation.

The next window Calendar options for this project will appear :

You will be able to modify the options of hours per day and hours per week for the new project.

You will also be able to modify them in Ms Project Options under the File tab in the Schedule menu. Click on Ok to continue.

We will suggest you to save your file.

Save in read-only mode to avoid losing data. 

The Construction Add-in will save a log file in a txt format that will save all the conducted action which will allow easy tracking of all the creation steps if Project was closed without prior warning.

The log file will have the same name as the project file. 

This file, which is in a text format, saves all the modifications that you have made to the tasks and resources. If you lose your data for whatever reason or if Ms Project stops working without prior warning, you will be able to trace with this file all the actions performed minute by minute.  

Here is an example :

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With the Construction add-in, we have made it easier for you to Update the project using the tool within the Update Schedule Group.

We recommend doing this weekly to reduce the time spent doing it.

On the Construction tab, in the Update group, use the Record Progress button .

In the view you can easily do the Update because the table used looks the same as your Site Report. 

Enter data in the field Started on and Terminated on (actual start and actual finish) of each necessary tasks

Enter the Projected start and end dates in the Expected Start and Expected Finish fields.

When you are finished, please save the file with the Save Update button .

The Construction Add-in will create a directory and save the files with the Update date specified.

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To allow you to facilitate project monitoring, several tools of the Construction add-in have been programmed.

During the follow-up you will be able to:

• Manage sub-contract awards
• Manage procurement
• Manage the site management
• Manage Request for Informations
• Manage Change Notice and Change Orders

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Now that our Baseline schedule is complete, we will want to send it to all the stakeholders concerned.

• When giving your subcontracts, you can use the Subcontract's award view.

You must enter the relevant information to the subcontractors as well as their email address. This will allow you to transmit for each subcontractor only the tasks of their specialty by using the Send button under Construction tab in the Monitoring Group.

The email that will be sent will look like this:

The pdf document sent will look like the document below:

You can use the Sub Contractors view to enter the breakdown of costs into the schedule according to your construction tasks.

You can send the owner/client as well as the consultants a copy that will not have the costs or notes that you do not want to communicate.

The file will be created with the Owner button , it will be read-only with a password to prevent modifying the file sent and saving it under the same name.
The saved file will be in the same directory as your file but with the name Owner at the end for example: Baseline_Schedule_Owner.mpp