Should I Re-Baseline or Create a Change Order?

May 31, 2018 No Comments

Read In 4 Minutes We often get asked about the distinction between re-baselining a project and creating a change order. I can see why

Spreadsheets for Cost Management are a Lot of Work for Little Return

May 20, 2018 No Comments

“Excel just wasn’t designed to do some of the heavy lifting that companies need to do in finance.” So says Paul Hammerman, a business applications

Time-Phasing the Remaining Budget: What Does it Mean?

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Time-phasing the project budget is a core element to project controls on construction projects. Time-phasing is so central to project controls, that in 4castplus there

7 Things You Need to Know About 4castplus Resource Forecasting

April 18, 2018 No Comments

One of the most important functions of project controls and cost engineering, is the ability to accurately forecast remaining costs-to-complete on a construction project. With

Paper-based Ledgers are a Thing of the Past

March 19, 2018 No Comments

Several decades ago, organizations used to manage all their finances using big paper-based ledgers, where they’d spend much of their day “doing the books”. These

Notley’s $1B Upgrader Plan: Alberta Tech Company Ready to Help

March 7, 2018 No Comments

The recent announcement by the Alberta government to invest $1B in grants and loan guarantees to partially upgrade its bitumen, is great news for the Alberta