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Primavera P6 and Construction Planning

Hands-on planning training built around a real construction programme. You set up projects in Primavera P6, develop logic-linked schedules, load resources, create baselines and run monthly updates — exactly the cycle a planner runs on a live project.

6 weeks · 42 hours
Live online · Classroom
Next batch 5 Aug 2026

What you'll be able to do

  • Set up EPS, calendars, codes and project structures in P6 correctly
  • Develop logic-driven construction schedules with sound sequencing
  • Resource- and cost-load programmes and analyse histograms
  • Baseline, update and report progress with S-curves and layouts
  • Identify and explain critical path and float to project teams

Who should enrol

  • Graduates targeting planner and project controls roles
  • Site engineers moving into planning departments
  • Planners formalising self-taught P6 skills

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of construction sequences is helpful
  • No prior P6 experience required

Course modules

  1. 01

    Planning Foundations

    • Role of the planner
    • WBS and activity definition
    • Sequencing and logic types
    • Calendars and constraints
  2. 02

    Building the Schedule in P6

    • EPS, OBS and project setup
    • Activities, relationships, lags
    • Scheduling and float analysis
  3. 03

    Resources & Costs

    • Resource dictionaries
    • Loading labour, equipment and cost
    • Histograms and levelling
  4. 04

    Baselines & Progress

    • Baseline management
    • Monthly update cycle
    • Progress S-curves
    • Look-ahead programmes
  5. 05

    Reporting & Layouts

    • Layouts, filters and groupings
    • Printing and publishing
    • Narrative reporting
  6. 06

    Capstone Programme

    • Full programme for a case-study building project
    • Update simulation across three periods

Software & standards

  • Oracle Primavera P6
  • Excel for planners

Practical projects

  • Develop a full logic-linked programme for a mid-rise building project
  • Run three monthly update cycles with progress narrative and S-curves

Upcoming batches

5 Aug 2026Live onlineEvening · 19:00 – 21:30Registration open
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6 Sept 2026ClassroomWeekend · 09:00 – 13:00Registration open
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Your instructor

PC

Lead Instructor — Planning & Controls

Senior Planning & Project Controls Engineer

14+ years industry experience

Profile to be published. Planning programmes are led by a senior planner who has run project controls on high-rise, rail and energy projects, and builds the P6-to-Power BI reporting pipelines taught in class.

Specialisation
Primavera P6, earned value management and controls reporting
Certifications
PMI-SP® · Guild of Project Controls (GPC) member
Projects & sectors
High-rise construction · Oil & gas · Rail

Teaches

Frequently asked questions

Guidance is provided for accessing P6 for training purposes; classroom batches use lab machines with P6 installed.

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