Contractor Schedule Toolkit Guidance
In an effort to assist the construction contracting community in providing consistent and accurate schedule submissions, MassDOT Highway Division has created this Toolkit Guidance for contractors and MassDOT construction staff to use collectively. This guideline and tools were developed to aid the contractor in developing schedule submissions that conform to the specifications, as well as the needs of the MassDOT Highway Division.
The Guidelines for schedule development include:
- Massachusetts Holidays
- Specific work restrictions
- Possible Work Restrictions and/or Impacting Events to consider
Additional Resources
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Open PDF file, 4.86 MB, Contractor Schedule Toolkit(CST) Guidance 2.0 (English, PDF 4.86 MB)
Attachments A – H
Included in the attachments are detailed discussion and guidance for Activity Codes, Time Entitlement Analysis (TEA) Requirements, Schedule submission Narratives, Short‐term Construction Schedules, Project Spending Report (PSR), Proposal Schedule submission, and Recovery Schedule submissions. Example Primavera schedule reports are provided including suggested Guidelines for Assigning a Baseline and Cost & Resource Loading. It remains the contractor’s responsibility to ensure that their schedule submittal correctly meets the requirements of specification subsection 8.02 and Section 722, this includes properly identifying the full scope of work and accurately reflecting the Contractor's planned sequence of work, and means and methods for managing the project in the performance of the work.
Additional Resources
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Open PDF file, 228.84 KB, Attachment A - Activity Codes (English, PDF 228.84 KB)
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Open PDF file, 1.05 MB, Attachment B - CST 2.0 Guideline Assigning Baselines (Targets) (English, PDF 1.05 MB)
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Open PDF file, 455.43 KB, Attachment C - Assigning Cost and Resource Loading (English, PDF 455.43 KB)
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Open PDF file, 2.66 MB, Attachment D - DB Baseline-All (English, PDF 2.66 MB)
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Open PDF file, 1.06 MB, Attachment D - DBB Baseline-All (English, PDF 1.06 MB)
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Open PDF file, 881.67 KB, Attachment E - Cost Accounts (English, PDF 881.67 KB)
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Open PDF file, 5.65 MB, Attachment F - Baseline-PSR SAMPLE (English, PDF 5.65 MB)
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Open XLSX file, 15.31 KB, Attachment F - PSR Template (English, XLSX 15.31 KB)
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Open PDF file, 388.34 KB, Attachment G - Baseline Narrative Template DB Type A&B (English, PDF 388.34 KB)
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Open PDF file, 378.62 KB, Attachment G - Baseline Narrative Template DB Type C (English, PDF 378.62 KB)
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Open PDF file, 377.57 KB, Attachment G - Baseline Narrative Template DBB Type A&B (English, PDF 377.57 KB)
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Open PDF file, 468.18 KB, Attachment G - Baseline Narrative Template DBB Type C (English, PDF 468.18 KB)
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Open PDF file, 455.07 KB, Attachment G - Toolkit Progress Update Narrative Template DB Type A&B (English, PDF 455.07 KB)
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Open PDF file, 263.94 KB, Attachment G - Toolkit Progress Update Narrative Template DB Type C (English, PDF 263.94 KB)
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Open PDF file, 272.07 KB, Attachment G - Toolkit Progress Update Narrative Template DBB Type A&B (English, PDF 272.07 KB)
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Open PDF file, 262.99 KB, Attachment G - Toolkit Progress Update Narrative Template DBB Type C (English, PDF 262.99 KB)
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Open PDF file, 231.68 KB, Attachment H - Standard Short-Term Construction Schedule Example (English, PDF 231.68 KB)
Primavera Software downloads
The Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build schedule template were created in Primavera P6 release 20.0 and designed in an effort to aid the contractor in generating a schedule that will meet the contract specifications for a project procured using the appropriate delivery method. The template(s) includes standard resource ids, cost accounts, project and activity codes, WBS organization, work calendars, and standard layouts.
In order to use the template(s) the contractor will need to save the .xer file to the scheduler’s local drive, open Primavera and import the file.
Additional Resources
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Open ZIP file, 336.52 KB, CST DB Version 1.3.xer (English, ZIP 336.52 KB)
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Open ZIP file, 338.88 KB, CST DBB Version 2.3.xer (English, ZIP 338.88 KB)
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Open ZIP file, 6.44 KB, Layout01 Baseline-All.plf (English, ZIP 6.44 KB)
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Open ZIP file, 6.56 KB, Layout02 Update-All.plf (English, ZIP 6.56 KB)
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Open ZIP file, 6.48 KB, Layout03 Update-Status Form.plf (English, ZIP 6.48 KB)
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Open ZIP file, 6.51 KB, Layout04 Critical Path.plf (English, ZIP 6.51 KB)