Construction project management with multiple calendars

Abstract

Project management has become a vital element in our daily life. In any industry, project management and its context are required. It is a fact that planning software is mandatory for any type of construction project. It is a useful tool to plan-ahead and controls the project. It gives an important tip to compute project activity dates and end date of the project. However, when a stakeholder/shareholder located in another country get involves in the project, this might change. Having two or more calendars in a construction schedule is not an unusual way of working style in the construction business. At this point, construction professionals need to pay more attention. In this study, two different project planning software with multiple calendars are investigated. The subject of how start/finish dates of the activities are affected according to schedules, start and finish dates of predecessor/successor activities have been investigated by reviewing examples.