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Highway Construction Schedule Toolkit

MassDOT Highway contractor's schedule toolkit

The toolkit helps the contracting community meet the requirements of the 8.02 schedule specification. Please download the attached files for your use on upcoming projects. Send all questions and comments to your DOT Project Manager or Resident Engineer.
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Projected Spending Reports (PSR)

How to fill out a PSR:

Be careful not to delete equations contained in the various cells!

  • PSRs shall be submitted monthly as specified in Subsection 722.62.F
  • Type in the name of the Contractor, the Project Name and the job's Location
  • Type in the Project & Contract Numbers and the four dates
  • Create a column for each month of the job. If it doesn't already contain it, copy and paste the equation from Cell J10 above to the top of each column
  • Type in the date of the first month of the job in Cell I10. The remaining dates will adjust automatically.
  • Type in Item Numbers, Item Descriptions, Quantities, Units and Unit Prices. Totals will calculate automatically
  • For the first report, type in monthly projected spending forecasts for each item. PSR Spread, Monthly & Cumulative Values and Monthly & Cumulative percentages will calculate automatically
  • For subsequent reports, type in actuals and re-forecast remaining months

Additional Resources

PSR sample report (PDF 156.85 KB)
PSR Template (XLSX 15.17 KB)

Primavera Software downloads

  1. Download and review "ABP CST P6 Narrative and Attachments v1.6.pdf". PDF viewer is required for use.
  2. Download "ABP CST P6 Schedule File v1.6.XER *". Once downloaded, import the schedule file into Primavera 6 (release 7). Within Primavera, select file, then import.
  3. Download the four schedule layout files, here. Once downloaded, import the layout files into Primavera 6 (release 7). Within Primavera, select file, then import.
    • ABP CST P6 Layout01 Baseline-All.plf *
    • ABP CST P6 Layout02 Update-All.plf *
    • ABP CST P6 Layout03 Update-Status Form.plf *
    • ABP CST P6 Layout04 Critical Path.plf *

* Zipped file. You will need to download and unzip the file with the appropriate program before use.

Additional Resources

ABP CST P6 Narrative and Attachments v1.6 (PDF 1.27 MB)
ABP CST P6 Schedule File v1.6 (XER) * (ZIP 234.42 KB)
ABP CST P6 Layout01 Baseline-All.plf * (ZIP 6.42 KB)
ABP CST P6 Layout02 Update-All.plf * (ZIP 6.54 KB)
ABP CST P6 Layout03 Update-Status Form.plf * (ZIP 6.45 KB)
ABP CST P6 Layout04 Critical Path.plf * (ZIP 6.48 KB)

Primavera Project Planner 3.1

Instructions for download and use:

  1. Download and review "ABP CST P3 Narrative and Attachments v1.6.pdf". PDF viewer is required for use.
  2. Download "CT16.prx". Once downloaded, import the schedule file into Primavera Project Planner (release 3.1). Within Primavera, select tools, project utilities, restore. Once restored: select file, open.

Additional Resources

ABP CST P3 Narrative and Attachments v1.6 (PDF 961.28 KB)
Primavera schedule report - CT16 (PRX) * (ZIP 198.15 KB)
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