Diana Su
Articles
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Area Occupancy Limit
Assessing and Optimizing with Area Occupancy Limit (or Area Density Constraint, Work Density Constraint, Maximum Space Utilization)Challenge:Accounting for how many people or pieces of equipment ca...
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Accelerating Overall Project Duration
Jump To A Section:Challenge, Solution and How to Impact the Bottom LineHow ALICE is Different from Other ToolsExample Use CaseFour Ways to Accelerate Project Duration: Method #1: How to Accelerate ...
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Maximizing Trade Efficiency
Maximizing Trade Efficiency by Reviewing Trade Stacking (Evaluate Number of Concurrent Activities by Trade) Challenge: In order to compress a schedule in the preconstruction or execution phase, i...
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Step-by-Step Guide: Running a Project in ALICE
In this article, we will guide you through a standard workflow for launching your first project in ALICE . Keep in mind that ALICE is a dynamic tool—users can achieve their goals through various w...
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Alternate Sequencing Opportunities
Alternate Sequencing Opportunities (Removing Preferential, Soft Logic to Look for Sequence Optimizations) Challenge: Construction projects are inherently complex, with countless ways to approach ...
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Sensitivity Analysis with Different Task Durations
Creating a Sensitivity Analysis Based on Different Task Durations in ALICE Challenge:No matter how task durations are derived in the schedule, the underlying assumption in any schedule is that ther...
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Labor / Trade Resources Creation + Assignment
This article outlines everything you need to know about labor resources in ALICE: Why Assign Labor Resources? Four levels of Resource Assignment (Resource Tagging) How To Create Crews and Subcontra...
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How ALICE Uses AI Behind the Scenes
ALICE uses artificial intelligence to search through millions of possibilities to resolve all the constraints for the project. It will then showcase the best solutions in a graphical plot on the Ex...
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Optimizing Delivery of Equipment and Materials (Just-In-Time Delivery)
Problem: It is common practice to input the delivery dates of resources (typically material and equipment) in the schedule purely based on information that you receive from suppliers or manufactu...
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Import Microsoft Project
ALICE Optimize allows for the import and export of Microsoft Project (MSP) schedule files. Read on to learn more about supported use cases, limitations, and technical details for ALICE and MSP inte...