sLooP©
sLooP© <schedule Loop Planner> is a software for planning and scheduling repetitive units of linear projects as highways, pipelines, tunnels, and high-rise buildings. It applies critical path method (CPM) and line of balance (LOB) scheduling techniques together to construction projects that comprise repetitive similar units. This software is spreadsheet-based (Microsoft Excel), thus it can be readily used on common PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone devices.
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Features of sLooP©
- It applies 2-scheduiling methods (1) CPM and (2) LOB in order to reduce duration of repetitive units via overlapping these units on the schedule with maintaining physical dependency of activities.
- Planning covers number of crews, overtime, and costs.
- 100 repetitive units each comprises up to 26 activities.
- 2 reports (on-screen and pdf formats) present start and finish timings; single and cumulative costs; and ordinal number of crew for every repetitive unit.
- LOB chart shows crews ordinal numbers in addition to timings of activities.
* This software is spreadsheet-based, so it is able to readily run on common desktop and mobile devices, which run Microsoft Excel files as these are operated by Windows and macOS computers with Microsoft Excel or compatible office suites like LibreOffice or WPS Office, and Android and iOS devices using mobile spreadsheet apps like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel for Mobile.