Project Scheduling
Get a usable P6 or MS Project file, or hire us to hold the schedule.
Basic $50, Standard $150, Premium $350 for a file you can submit. Or book a consult if you need the baseline, monthly updates, TIA, or recovery held by one person. Hire CDM to hold the scheduling scope, or bring us in under another contractor. We do not take New York projects.
Not staff augmentation.
- Baseline written to the contract’s scheduling spec, built to be accepted
- Monthly updates that forecast
- Time-impact support when the path moves
- Resequence when the plan has to change
- Delay flagged before it is critical
Schedule file
Buy a usable P6 or MS Project file.
Basic $50, Standard $150, Premium $350. Same Worker checkout as the homepage file product.
How the work runs
01
Intake
File plus the contract’s scheduling spec.
02
File work
Logic, calendars, constraints, longest path, float.
03
Written product
Accept, revise and resubmit, or reject. TIA or recovery when the path slips.
04
Through the job
Monthly updates, TIA, resequence, and delay watch. Same person in the meeting.
How we engage
- Scheduling contractScoped to the project. CDM holds the scheduling scope with the owner, CM, or contractor.Book
- With another contractor’s teamScoped to the project. We work their P6 or MS Project file. They keep the construction contract.Book
- Schedule Working Review$897. Two-week diagnosis of one P6 or MS Project file.Get the review
- Project Sprint2 to 6 weeks. Baseline, update setup, resequence, or recovery.Book
Tools
- Oracle Primavera P6Native XER out. Oracle Certified Specialist, Primavera P6 Professional Project Management.
- Microsoft ProjectNative MPP out. Same CPM method as the P6 path.
Work at this scale
LaGuardia Terminal B and JFK Terminal 6 are employment history. They are not CDM Suite contracts.
LaGuardia Terminal B$5.1B airport terminal redevelopment, Construction lead. Live-terminal CPM, tenant phasing, and recoveryLocation still. Employment history. Not a CDM Suite contract. Photo: David from Simply Aviation, CC BY 4.0.
JFK Terminal 6$4.2B airport terminal redevelopment, Design-side CPM. Baseline and update supportLocation still. Employment history. Not a CDM Suite contract. Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also on that terminal
- Live-terminal tenant / concession fit-out$10M program, Live-terminal CPM. Baseline and updates
- Temporary-to-permanent terminal facilities during a CTB-to-new-terminal transitionConstruction coordinator, P6 assist
Owner-side reviews
- Campus facade restorationabout $2.5M, Owner-side baseline review
- Waterfront / marina reconstructionabout $8.3M current, Owner-side monthly + recovery
- Campus elevator modernizationOwner-side baseline (two phases)
- Campus mechanical / boiler-plant upgradeOwner-side baseline
- Healthcare / treatment-center conversionOwner-side monthly + TIA
- New residence hall, modular design/buildOwner-side baseline
Project types
- AviationLive terminal versus construction. Tenant and concession phasing.
- Municipal / utility capital (outside NY)Owner-side public-capital review. We do not take New York projects.
- Federal facilities (outside NY)Scheduling support to the contractor or teaming partner. CDM does not prime federal awards that require a completed federal entity registration.
Who shows up
Fray Holness, Founder and Principal. Still the person in the meeting.
Who this is for
For
- Contractors who need an approved baseline and time-impact support
- CMs who need forecast updates and resequence
- Owners who want a file reviewed before they accept it, outside New York
Not for
- New York projects
- Staff augmentation
- Court-ready expert testimony as a standard product
Insights
- The DCMA 14-Point Schedule Assessment ExplainedUse the 14-point checks to find real file problems before review. Then fix the file or buy a usable P6 or MS Project schedule.
- How Schedules Support Delay and Disruption ClaimsA delay argument is only as strong as the baseline and the updates behind it. This is how a schedule supports TIA and delay work, not court-ready testimony as a product.
- What Is Float in a Project Schedule, And How to Stop Misreading ItFloat is not spare time you can spend. Read total float and free float correctly, then check the file before you submit it.
- Five Signs Your Project Schedule Needs a Health CheckA pretty Gantt can still be a bad file. Five signs the schedule will not survive review, and what to do before you submit it.
- How to Run an Effective Project Schedule Update ProcessAn update is not a new Gantt picture. It is a data-date discipline that keeps the file forecastable. Use this process, then get a file you can update.
- Primavera P6 vs Microsoft Project: How to Choose the Right Scheduling ToolPick P6 or MS Project from the file you must submit, not from a brand argument. Then get a usable file in that format.
- What Is a Project Baseline Schedule, And Why Every Project Needs OneA baseline is the file the owner can accept and the team can update against. If you were asked for a P6 or MS Project baseline, start with a usable file.