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>> My name is Jason Ester [phonetic].

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I'm the manager of construction scheduling
right now at Joseph B. Fay but also

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with some involvement on all
levels of the icon enterprises.

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Basically, I'm tasked with the responsibility
as the manager of construction scheduling

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to make sure that our employees out in
the field be it the project managers,

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the project engineers, even the
superintendents and the foremen that are placed

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onto a construction project,
have an understanding

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of construction scheduling utilizing
the critical path method of scheduling

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which is developing an integrated network
of activities that tie together from,

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you know, project start to project finish.

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So making sure that we're following
a standard operating procedure

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in developing those schedules, tasking
the people out in the field with following

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and utilizing that schedule so that we know
where we are at every phase of the project,

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and then also making sure that
they understand, you know,

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what to do with the information
that they're provided.

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So part of my role is also to train
our employees in the development

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and use of the CPM schedule and the
software that we're creating it with --

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big picture all the way down
to the minute details.

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So, you know, we develop schedules, you
know, for eight-year projects looking

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at it from a milestone standpoint.

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We've got a couple of projects

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that we're actually looking at
on an hourly level right now.

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And there's a lot you can do with the schedule.

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Not very many people have that understanding
of the software and the systems to be able

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to utilize all of the tools that they're
provided, but it's a powerful piece

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of information that you can
have in construction.