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TILOS is the Construction Project Management Software Trusted by 4 out of 5 of the Globe’s Leading Construction Companies.

Are you a Construction Manager on a highway, pipeline, bridge, railway or bridge project?

Do you need a linear CPM based schedule as a requirement for bid submission or to plan, optimize and control your project?

If you’re using a traditional construction scheduling software…

You may find it’s labour intensive and inefficient to create a comprehensive baseline using the multipage GANTT chart outputs of CPM software.

Do any of these symptoms sound familiar?

“I’m having difficulty creating an accurate baseline that reflects the details of ROW”

“I can’t tell what percentage of the project is complete, where”

“Updating progress is so difficult with our software, we’re doing it manually”

“I’d like to reduce our Mass Haulage costs, but I don’t have the data to do so”

“Project planning meetings are confusing”

“Presenting our project progress is a challenge with this volume of data”

It’s probably because your traditional construction project management software isn’t suited for the complexities of a linear construction project.

Traditional construction project management software can be expensive, difficult to use and lack the ability to input and optimize for the challenges of a linear project that impact the performance you’re responsible for controlling.

Often, a linear construction plan consists of a multipage GANTT chart that is:

Simplistic

construction project management softwareMissing vital information such as what work has been done where.

Inaccurate

construction project management softwareAssumes a constant rate of production in fluctuating conditions.

Confusing

 construction project management softwareProvides a lot of data and not a lot of clarity, making it difficult to communicate.

Effective linear project planning is more complicated than it needs to be with traditional construction project management software.

TILOS stands for TIme, LOcation System and has been used since 1999 by the globe’s best project managers to achieve better peace of mind, communication, control and profitability.

Why TILOS works better:

example-construction-project-management-softwareInstead of confusing, incomplete and inaccurate multipage CPM schedules, TILOS generates a one page plan – the time-distance diagram. Based on the highly effective linear scheduling method , time distance diagrams (also known as Time Location Charts, Time Distance Diagrams or March Charts.) connect the physical site and schedule information to the movement of crews and equipment along the time and distance axes.

The result?  The entire project scope in one plan which then displays as a one page graphic.

TILOS linear construction project management software makes planning, executing and controlling linear projects easy.

Really.

construction project management softwareKnow For Sure: Create A Reliable Plan

Decrease the time spent on creating and revising the project plan with traditional construction management software:

  • Stop updating alignment sheets manually to track progress.
  • Use built-in industry specific features to reduce daily tasks: including those that help you calculate and optimize for potentially expensive logistical challenges like
    • Mass Haulage
    • Traffic Control
    • Weather & Condition Changes
    • Changes to ROW access.
  • Easily incorporate move arounds, skips, crossings and other challenges without creating excessive tasks.
construction project management softwareKeep It Simple: Easily Optimize & Change The Plan

TILOS Construction Management Software doesn’t create a huge volume of unnecessary tasks for each change:

  • Equipment move-arounds and skips are a fact of linear construction. TILOS enables you to easily modify the plan and automatically updates time and costs.
  • Spot equipment and crew clashes and plan to avoid them before they happen.
  • Interactively optimize the plan to keep your crews at maximum productivity.
construction project management softwareSpeed Up The Schedule: Identify Opportunities At A Glance

Beyond simply avoiding clashes and claims, TILOS construction management software enables you to spot areas where you can increase efficiencies.

  • Schedule the time and distance between crews to maximum effectiveness.
  • Proactively plan for continuous production, regardless of delays in access to ROW or other challenges.
construction project management softwareShowcase Your Talents: With Stunning One Page Presentations

Win more bids with a project plan and schedule stakeholders understand.

  • Show the entire project scope on one Time Distance chart.
  • Multipage GANTT charts are virtually meaningless to field personnel. Show what work has been finished where and plan for the next day’s activities.
  • Communicate effectively to all involved parties: Toggle layers of detail to customize the presentation as appropriate to your audience.
construction project management softwareControl Your Data: Integrates With Conventional PM Tools

If your company is already using traditional software tools like Primavera or Microsoft Office, whether due to compliance regulations or status quo, you’ll be pleased to learn you can import and export data to and from TILOS through the open data exchange. 

Additionally, TILOS syncs with TRIMBLE BC so that 3D corridor cut and fill quantities are translated into a workable schedule to measure progress against.

An open data exchange means you can:

  • Integrate with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and Asta Powerproject.
  • Import data such as crossings, mass haul, elevation or site map.
  • Insert data from spreadsheets.

Learn more about integrations and add ons here.

construction project management softwareGet It Done: With increased peace of mind, communication, control, and profitability.
  • Optimize schedules to avoid project clashes.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to accelerate the schedule via continuous production of crews and equipment based on data.
  • Defend or Support Claims based on data – or better yet – avoid them entirely!
  • Create logic links between activities and then update the plan to identify the critical path and project end date.
  • Decrease resource allocation associated with maintaining the plan’s accuracy, showing progress and collect critical data.

TILOS linear construction management software helps throughout the lifecycle of a project:

construction project management software TILOSProject Design / Feasibility Phase
  • TILOS linear construction management software allows for quick and easy planning by creating the schedule in the interactive tool to support your estimate.
  • Amendments can be made easily as calculations adjusted automatically.
  • Alternative scenarios can be created faster and easier than with traditional CPM scheduling charts created by traditional construction management software.
TRIMBLE TILOS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARETender and Contracting Phase
  • TILOS linear construction management software creates the necessary CPM Schedule required for many bid submissions.
  • TILOS makes identifying pitfalls and conflicting processes along the right-of-way (ROW) easy.
  • Activities or bids can then be adjusted to optimize the plan.
Best construction management softwareExecution & Construction Phase

TILOS lets you create detailed plans for different target groups:

  • Defined Distance and Time based Resource & Cost reports support the operational planning and execution of your construction plan.
  • Detail the production plan with quantities, work rates, working directions and logistic schedule for crews.
  • Different state of construction, different routes, mass haulage, supply zones, storage areas, logistics as well as movement of machinery and crews, identifying crossings such as roads, rail or water etc. can be displayed accordingly.
  • Easily view, understand and control the complexity of the construction site with a one page view.
  • Maintain an up-to date and accurate overview of progress by documenting the time and distance of individual tasks.

Best construction project management software TILOSDisruptions, Objectives and Claim Management
  • Record multiple baselines throughout various project stages.  
  • Analyse and document disruptions and changes to the baseline.
  • Display the impact of disruptions.
  • Generate complete and accurate data for claims.
  • Highlight changed conditions (e.g. soil classes).
  • Visually display all activities along Right of Way.

TILOS is simply the best construction management software for leading linear construction companies

The ability to mitigate risks and deliver as close to the baseline as possible differentiates leading construction firms from their competition.

Planners who rely on incomplete, inaccurate and confusing project plans are often financially penalized for claims, fall badly behind schedule, come in over budget and suffer damage to their reputation.

TILOS linear construction management software is a best-in class solution for experienced project managers committed to managing quality, scope, time, cost and safety to see their project succeed from cradle to grave.

What construction leaders say about TILOS:

“TILOS is making our lives easier. It helps us to sort out any issues of logic before they become a problem. It also allows us to communicate clearly to all teams involved exactly what we are aiming to do and is a good tool to demonstrate to all stakeholders what we are going to deliver.”

Awesome piece of software, with many applications on the job.

Our company is one of North America’s largest pipeline owner companies. Having researched the marketplace for a linear project planning tool, we chose TILOS.  When we have used TILOS on major pipeline projects during construction, it has provided rich construction decision support information.

This information is used to: optimize the construction program with resultant direct dollar savings.

For me, TILOS is the ultimate tool to overlook and plan all schedules along a distance. Much better than a bar chart.

I have found TILOS to be simple and it is now central to my preparation of tender or cost estimates. Importantly, it allows me to immediately update data when changes occur and provide real-time monitoring of progress.

TILOS transformed our engineer’s attitude to project scheduling from something extra they never had time for to a tool they “owned” and wouldn’t go to a meeting without.

I have seen similar software programs earlier, but TILOS is the most flexible and informative I’ve seen up to now.

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