Turbo-Chart or Tilos?

Complex infrastructure projects rarely consist only of linear construction activities.

The master schedule may also include:

• design and engineering;
• procurement;
• land and access;
• approvals and consents;
• interfaces with other contracts;
• testing and commissioning;
• possession or access constraints;
• handovers and milestones.

How do you ensure the Time-Location view remains aligned with the wider integrated programme as that programme changes?

Where the integrated master schedule is managed in Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, Microsoft Project or another CPM scheduling environment, maintaining a separate linear schedule can introduce additional coordination.

Changes may need to be reflected or reconciled between the master schedule and the Time-Location scheduling environment.

Turbo-Chart takes a different approach:

Scheduling changes remain in the master programme. Turbo-Chart then re-synchronises the Time-Location view from that schedule.

This helps reduce duplicated schedule maintenance and ensures the Time-Location view continues to reflect the programme already being used to manage the project.

Schedules on major infrastructure programmes change continuously.

Design development, delayed access, procurement, approvals, interfaces and construction progress can all affect activity dates and sequencing.

If the Time-Location view is maintained separately from the master schedule, planners may need to spend additional time updating and reconciling information between environments.

With Turbo-Chart, the revised dates remain within the existing project schedule.

The Time-Location view can then be re-synchronised as the programme evolves, reducing the effort required to keep visual reporting current.

For many organisations, Primavera P6, Asta or another CPM platform is already established as the project’s planning system.

Introducing another scheduling environment purely to create Time-Location outputs may mean:

• maintaining information across more than one system;
• reconciling schedule changes;
• developing additional specialist product knowledge;
• creating dependency on a smaller group of specialist users.

Turbo-Chart is designed for teams that want to retain their existing scheduling process while adding a dedicated Time-Location capability.

This allows planners to focus on the shcedule they already manage rather than maintaining the same scheduling logic in multiple environments.

Large infrastructure programmes commonly involve multiple planners, contractors and schedule datasets contributing to an integrated programme.

In these environments, maintaining consistency becomes increasingly important.

Turbo-Chart uses the underlying project schedules as the source for its Time-Location views, allowing planners to create and maintain charts without creating an additional version of the schedule.

Multiple datasets can also be brought together within Turbo-Chart to support comparison and programme-level visualisation.

Less duplicated effort
Scheduling changes remain within the existing master schedule rather than being maintained independently across multiple scheduling environments.

Greater programme integrity
The Time-Location view is derived from the schedule already being used to manage and report the project.

Easier standardisation
Planning teams can establish consistent Time-Location outputs across projects while continuing to use their existing scheduling standards and processes.

Faster adoption
A focused Time-Location workflow reduces the need for planners to learn an additional scheduling system simply to create visual programme outputs.

Greater confidence in programme communication
Project teams and leadership can use Time-Location views that remain connected to the latest version of the underlying programme.

TILOS may be more appropriate where an organisation wants to carry out specialist linear scheduling and rescheduling directly within the Time-Location environment.

Its broader scheduling capability is designed for teams that want Time-Location planning to form part of the scheduling process itself.

Turbo-Chart is designed for organisations where the master schedule already lives in a scheduling system such as Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, Microsoft Project or Oracle Primavera Cloud.

If the requirement is to visualise, analyse and communicate that programme in Time-Location format — without introducing another scheduling environment — Turbo-Chart provides a focused alternative.

Your existing schedule remains the source of truth.

Turbo-Chart provides the Time-Location view.

And when the schedule changes, the chart can be re-synchronised from that source.