Hubert Geier

Scheduling Sector Manager

JANUARY 2016

TILOS Linear Planning

Novapoint / Network

Quadri
Quantm
VisionLink
Business Center - HCE

Novapoint / Tekla
TiLOS

Connected Community
GCS900
CCS900
PCS900
DPS900
SCS900

Scheduling software

Gantt chart is most common

way to display schedules
Applications: Primavera, MS
Project
ASTA Powerproject, PS Next ..
TILOS

TILOS has Time Location

view
Connect geometry and
schedule in one single view
More information = higher
value

TILOS Geometry and Schedule in a

Single Plan
The TILOS 1 page
plot
Where

When

Traditional GANTT
book

TILOS connects the geography and

constructability issues of a project with
the schedule

What

How To Read a Time Distance

Diagram?
Line Color
Blue East bound
Black West bound

Line Pattern
Type of work

Rectangles
Bridges
Blocked zones

TILOS is Linear Scheduling

Software
+ Production planning

Calculates duration based on site data

- Quantity from CAD
- Production rate from used equipment
Features to keep production sequence (Clash
detection)
Features to plan repetitive work at different
locations
Industry specific features e.g. Earthworks, Rail
and Pipeline
Cut / Fill, Track laying

+ Production monitoring
Location based progress tracking

TILOS is Linear Scheduling

Software
+ Production monitoring
Location based progress tracking in time and distance
Quantity tracking
% completed

Road
General overview on 50 km new highway project

Expansion under traffic

Railway
General schedule in 5 sections (5 years)

Track repair 60 h

Tunnel
Brenner base tunnel
- 220 km Drilling
- 17 Mio m3 Material

Metro
Cityringen Copenhavn
- 17.4 km tunnels
- 17 Stations
TILOS was used in early planning stage to
coordinate TBM and work in stations

Pipeline
Weather impact to schedule

Progress monitoring

Usage of TILOS
Stand alone planning system

Overall planning
Detailed production planning (repetitive work planning based on task templates)

In combination with P6 and MS Project

Prepare layout > Import tasks > Inspect schedule : Determine interaction
between disciplines
Combination: Linear tasks in TILOS (e.g. TMB) and stations in P6 or MS Project
and exchange

In combination with CAD and GIS System

Get all location based information imported into TILOS: Station points, Sections,
Elevation profiles
Quantity profiles, Mass haulage plan.
Schedule in TILOS

Data Preparation

Data Import

Data Import

Clipboard

Graphing profile data on distance

axis

Profiles
Edit in TILOS
Import by ASC
Import from XML File
Import through TCPIP

Scheduling activities

Scheduling activities

Linking activities
Basic CPM link types

FS, SS, SF, FF

Constraints
Float calculation

Distance links

Keep distance in m
Start when predecessor is @
Calculate meeting point
Set lag on distance

Other options

Synchronize speed
Set distance coordinates

Permanent resources (Labor & Machines)

Consumables (Material)
Complex resources

Resource Calculation

Quantity based
Time based
Fixed assignment

Resource Monitoring

Resource Usage Gant Charts

Histograms

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Fu
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C
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ho
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s
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La
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Resource planning

M
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Resource Planning

 Cost monitoring

Total cost of task or per Unit

Cost per period
To date costs

Cost controlling

Compare with original budget at task level

Calculate CostPerformanceIndex

co
ic

To
D
at
e

Cost Center library

Resources drive costs
Additional cost assignments
Cost and Income

io
d

Pe
r

Cost planning

st
s

Cost Planning

Project Simulation
Connecting Schedule and Map

Corridor with GPS coordinates mapped

to TILOS stations
Periodic slices of each crews work Work between 13.05
08.05.and
and20.05
13.05

Weekly production

Shows where crews are working

Production to date

Shows what is completed until

reference date

Project Execution Plans

Filtered outputs

Filter by sub project

Filter by sections
Filter each crew

Logistic Plan

Need for labor resources (Allocation)

Need for machines (Dispatching and
Mobilization)
Need for material (Order and Delivery)

Project Execution Plans

Grouped Gantt By
Location

Filter by sub project

Filter by sections
Filter each crew

Grouped by Company

Need for labor resources

(Allocation)
Need for machines (Dispatching
and Mobilization)
Need for material (Order and
Delivery)

Progress Monitoring
Baseline
Snapshot of the project at beginning

Actual progress
Report time and location

Update schedule
Cut off completed work
Reschedule project

How it looks in real

live
Many unplanned mobilizations due
to having no land access

Project Execution Plans

Overall progress in %

Weighted progress based on work

type
or crew
Compiled into 1 diagram

Crew based progress

In production units (m)

Integration
Data Prep, Plan
Business Center HCE
Tekla Civil, Vianova

Schedule & Progress

Project Management

TILOS

P6, MS Project, ASTA

Generic
ASC, XML, XLS

BusinessCenter (BC)
The constructible model = Design model + Constructability
model

Comlete in 3D Model: It is BIM / CIM

Complete geographically defined by
a coordinate system
BC

Mass Haulage
plan
Compaction plan
Driling plan
Machine control
data
.

BC Corridor mass haulage

planning

Corridor
Landhight
profile
Cross sections
Soil conditions
Construction
layers

BC Detailed volume calculation

Calculates quantities in each section of the project
Calculates quantities for each soil type

BC Corridor mass haulage

planning
Add site conditions

Extraction and dump sites (capacities)

Haul roads
Bareers

BC Corridor mass haulage

planning
Define equipment types used and their optimized
transport distance

Dozer
100
Scraper
800
Off Road Truck 2500
On Road Truck 10000

BC Corridor mass haulage

planning

Integration with BC

TILOS Import

Open TILOS with specific template

and import the mass haulage file
We get elevation of Road and Land,
mass balance curve and mas
haulage diagram

Scheduling

Wizard to create tasks from MH

diagram
Link activities to define execution
sequence

Progress Analysis
Baseline
Store a snapshot of current state

Actual progress
Enter quantities for each
task

Planned / Actual
Compare productivity in
each period or to date

Who is Using TILOS

Owners:
TransCanada, DB, SNCF, Network Rail, SBB, Metro Copenhaven,
Alptransit,

Engineering:
HDR, SNC Lavalin, Fluor, Worley Parsons, DB Consult, Drees & Sommer

Rail Equipment:
Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, Balfour Beatty
Construction Companies

When TILOS is
Used
Feasibilty Studies
Overall Plan
Production plan
Special studies
Maintenance plan
Pre-design

Planning

Procurement

Execution

Claims

Owner - Project Management - Engineering companies

Contractor

Operation

Why Should I Buy TiLOS

Presentation quality

Schedule and Geometry on 1 output makes it easy to read: It tells whole story
Scheduling becomes interesting for engineers.
High quality outputs: Good marketing for engineering of the company
Helps to win projects

Reduced risk

Planning mistakes leading to clashes can be easy identified and worked around
early
Working with high precision (Work, work rate and weather profiles)

Savings in time and money leads to Quick

amortization

TILOS optimizes usage of resources

Cost of 1 big machine for 1 shift is multiple times bigger than the cost of TILOS
Shortens planning time: especially for updating and changes in the project

Thank You Questions?