Prepare and analysis for claims in construction projects using Primavera Contract Management (PCM)

Abstract

Change management has a crucial importance in the project management field. Changes in the construction field can be consolidated directly or converted to a full process project claims. A lot of theories and area of concerns spotted claims consolidation methods and techniques to seek best practices to solve such problems between all construction project stakeholders. It is not easy to completely prohibit claims from arising in the construction project, but as the technology developing rapidly; it became easier to face arising claims with a fully documented project, as the good documentation is a fundamental requirement in a successful claim Lixia et al. [5].Due to project complexity increasing and project cost rising, it is essential for companies to succeed in managing their project's budget and schedule. According to Oracle, 90% of projects overrun their assigned budget, which leads to a high percentage of failed projects in the construction field.Hence, a lot of software appeared to help claimers to manage their claims in the best effective way to reduce the time consumed in the hard preparation which needs a lot of effort and resources to be completed. In another way, the new software maintains focusing on how to win the claim not how documents prepared to go through a claim.One of this software is Oracle Primavera Contract Management (PCM) which is a web-based program includes many features such as document management, cost control, field monitoring and time management. In addition to that, it decreases time schedule delays which provide visibility in the contract performance by providing a central repository for data on the turnaround time on a given process. Reporting this data provides the project managers with a useful metric of average contractor performance and work process and helps to identify which contractor needs extra attention or should be avoided in future projects.PCM enables timely payments for completed work by providing the ability to view, track and automate performance beast progress payment to subcontractors. In addition, to ensure that unnecessary delays are avoided it also reduces liability by improving turnaround time between project contributors. This paper aims to identify the method of using the PCM program and Primavera P6 to prepare the claims in a short time with less effort to produce fully documented claims. In addition to that, it illustrates how users able to make delay analysis using Primavera contract management, which linked to the PCM program. In addition to that, it illustrates the application of one of the web-based project management software toward construction company performance. Also, to emphases and analyze the advantages of implementing the Web-based project management system. Also, this paper investigates the PCM effectiveness in stringing and managing construction projects. Finally, improvement in project progress can be achieved by applying PCM to generally enhance company performance and specifically during facing claims. Keywords: Construction management, Construction Claims, Construction Contracts, Construction companies, Primavera Contract Management (PCM) and Construction Stakeholders