Trimble TILOS time location planning software for linear infrastructure projects

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Dec 17, 2013  - Primavera Master Project o Task ID from TILOS (alternatively GUID) o WBS code o Location data (UDF fields) o TILOS Template as code assignment 26. TILOS – professional linear project management solution A tool that connects schedule and site information in a single chart. For years, linear project schedulers have had as support different tools not designed to schedule and control projects as highways, pipe lines, railways, transmission lines, etc. They have been using softwares such as Excel, Autocad or even CPM solutions, without good results. Today, we have TILOS (Time Location System), an exclusive application to schedule linear projects. Adobe premiere cs 5.5 mac download.

Trimble TILOS linear construction project planning software is obust scheduling software for linear infrastructure projects that combines time and distance into one graphical view.
Trimble TILOS combines time and location to give you a smarter, easier way to create accurate, optimized project plans, and to quickly update these plans as schedule changes occur.
Top Five Reasons For TILOS
1 = Cost Effective
TILOS quickly pays for itself when compared to other planning methods. Reduced planning time with improved schedule clarity results in more smooth construction sequences and helps avoid clashes.
2 = Open Data Exchange
Exchange data with other project management systems such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject. You can also import activity data containing quantities, equipment and costs directly from a spreadsheet.
3 = An Integrated Project Planning Solution
You do the planning using industry-specific planning features, while TILOS calculates the deadlines and the total time required in one integrated system.
4 = Professional Presentations
Present high-quality plans that showcase your talent and give confidence in your ability to deliver.
5 = Effective Communication
Presenting linear projects using time location diagrams ensures effective communication by visualizing the connection between location and construction performance.

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Smarter. Easier. Accurate. Optimized.
Creating linear project plans using traditional Gantt software can be cumbersome and inaccurate. Trimble TILOS transforms the way linear project plans are created by integrating a scaled diagram of your project with a comprehensive project management system tailored for Railway, Road, Pipeline, Tunnel and Transmission line projects. TILOS combines time and location to give you a smarter, easier way to create accurate, optimized plans, and to quickly update these plans as schedule changes occur.
Plan your next project faster and easier
Combine time and location for intuitive, accurate planning designs to visualize location, working direction and productivity

• You can plan the track possessions and show it
• Railway phase planning is possible
• Simple overview of long railway projects as a time location- diagram and Gantt-Chart as a planning board
• Optimize schedules to avoid project clashes and save time and money
• Integrate spatial data such as CAD, survey and mass haul with project management functionality
• Create professional presentations
• Exchange data with other project planning software packages

Linear construction projects present unique challenges, because the work is not performed in a single location. TILOS software merges both the location and the schedule into one combined time and distance graphical view that changes dynamically as conditions change. By incorporating design details, construction challenges and the project schedule into one view, contractors, owners and civil engineers can plan and manage linear projects more effectively.
Easily plan your project by drawing it on the screen:

• Organize plans with maximum flexibility
• Integrate existing data
• Reduce planning mistakes
• Achieve more realistic plans using distance-based, construction specifications
• Control costs and resources more effectively
• Save planning time by using templates
• Compare planned verses actual schedules

Trimble TILOS develops methods and tools to make the planning of linear and repetitive work more efficient.
'TILOS transformed our engineers' attitude toward project scheduling from something extra they never had time for to a tool they 'owned' and wouldn't go to a meeting without.”
James Lyon, from HDR Inc., USA

TILOS – Time Location System

Project Management with Time Location Diagram

TILOS is a time-location planning software for managing linear construction projects, basically infrastructure projects.

TILOS is

• Easy to use, yet powerful.

• Utilized on many international projects.

• Bi-lingual customer help desk.

• Simply a brilliant tool for planning and managing linear projects.

See, what customers think about TILOS: Feedback from Clients.

The Linear Scheduling Method

TILOS was developed to improve visualisation of repetitive tasks when planning and managing major projects. The time-distance diagram supports all highway, rail, tunnel, pipeline and bridge projects.

The key benefits of TILOS is the flow of visual data in terms of time and place on one plan. CPM schedules and network diagrams are more analytical, but they fail to provide a visual connection between the project plan and the project itself.

Each country has different names for this specific planning technique:

• Linear Scheduling Method (LSM)

• Time Distance Diagram

• Time Location Diagram

• Time Chainage
  

• French Diagram

• March Chart

How do I read a linear schedule?

Linear schedules can communicate more information because of the way distance related data is assigned to each individual task. The link between site and schedule information enables a quicker and deeper understanding of the construction plan.

• The distance axis is typically horizontal and the time axis is vertical (although this can be reversed). Furthermore, the slope of the task line indicates the speed or productivity rate of the crew performing the work in the field.

• Task lines that overlap indicate possible pitfalls and show that the construction plan does not work.

• Non-linear activities, where the crew is stationary, are represented by block tasks. Examples include block valve installations, road bores or bridge foundation work.

• Restricted areas do not allow the planning of tasks in a given time and distance window because of permitting issues preventing land access or environmental issues (such as bird areas or rare plants). Clash detection highlights which tasks collide with one another.

How do I describe the project site details?

Site related data such as elevation and crossing lists help you understand the schedule and to identify constraints. Most data is available well before scheduling work is started. TILOS can import this data and increase the information communicated along with the plan while reducing the effort of re-entering data multiple times.

• Symbols and pictures can be imported and placed along the distance axis to describe the work that has to be performed in the project.

• Scales and grids describe important station points. Grid lines assigned to stations also simplifies data entry.

• Speed profiles model non-linear productivity rates in different sections of the project such as: slope areas, wetlands, heavy rock areas or simply base productivity on learning curves.

• Distance related graphs such as: elevation, slope diagrams or mass haul profiles showing cut and fill sections can be generated directly from profile data.

How do I keep my plan up to date?

In most project management systems progress is defined on actual dates and % complete, while the % value is often estimated. TILOS can record progress for each task based on site data and show exactly which sections of the project have not been completed.

• Progress can be recorded in three methods: percentage based, work based or distance based. In all cases precise location information where the work has been completed is required. This progress can be shown with a simple distance based bar chart, showing completed sections.

• The remaining work can be re-evaluated to meet the project goals. This can be done by increasing resources or making changes to the construction plan.

• The baseline shows differences between plan and execution and highlights delays in the project at an early stage.

• The progress data can be imported from the daily site reports into TILOS. A flexible import feature reads the data from Excel files and assigns the progress directly to the activities, analyzes the results and updates the remaining work program.

TILOS is designed for fast creation of linear schedules making use of predefined work packages in its library. On creating new activities, TILOS is analysing location data (length) and can immediately set quantity, resource allocation and duration. The planning work is reduced to a minimum.

1. Drawing on screen: The most natural way is to develop the plan graphically on screen, like you would do on paper. TILOS converts the lines into real time and di-stance data. Changes in dialog are converted directly to the drawing.

2. Activity list: Create first a list of work packages and edit the distance values manually or by sector list. They appear automatically in time distance view. The sector list is a table with predefined location areas, where work will be executed.

3. Bar chart: Draw activities directly in the bar chart, like you know from other applications.

4. Import: Activity lists with links and resources can be imported to TILOS and viewed as a time distance diagram. Missing information can be added later in TILOS.

5. Insert activity groups: Pre modelled activity groups, that are always performed in one sequence can be generated in one action (e.g. Trench opening – Pipe laying – Trench filling).

1. Drawing on screen: The most natural way is to link the activities directly on screen using the mouse.

2. Link List: Get a good overview on the links structure by simply creating and editing them within a list.

3. Import: Import allows the quickest way of creation, if those have already been worked out in a CPM based planning system.

TILOS has many unique features to reflect the effect of the field location into the schedule such as:

• Distance keeping:
  Set a distance, that 2 activities need to have in between, and TILOS will adjust this on each reschedule (e.g. Trench opening needs always to be 100 m ahead of Pipe laying).

• Synchronise successor:
  This option makes sure, that 2 linked activities are always synchronised in location, if source activity is changed (e.g. if length of trench opening is updated, then end of pipe laying gets updated as well).

• Speed synchronisation:2 Processes work parallel and have the same speed. TILOS makes sure, that if the speed of master activity is changed, all others also get changed.

• Meeting point:If two teams work at the same work package but from different side with different speed. TILOS calculates the meeting point automatically by setting an end-end-link.

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