Getting Ready for 2026: Your Tepco Solutions Holiday Project Controls Guide

Getting Ready for 2026: Your Tepco Solutions Holiday Project Controls Guide

Getting Ready for 2026: Your Tepco Solutions Holiday Project Controls Guide

The holidays are here — a time for celebration, reflection, and planning for the opportunities ahead. While many organizations wind down for the season, the most successful teams look ahead and use this time to prepare for a strong start to the new year.

That’s where Tepco Solutions comes in.

For more than 20 years, we’ve supported capital and turnaround projects across major industries — providing the tools, talent, and leadership teams need to execute with confidence. As 2026 approaches, we’re here to ensure your organization is aligned, optimized, and ready to deliver.

This holiday checklist outlines how Tepco can help your team move into the new year with clarity, speed, and full-scope project control.


1. Strengthen Collaboration & Document Control

SharePoint & Digital Workplace Integration

Disorganized data is one of the biggest causes of project delays. Before new scopes and contractors arrive in 2026, set the foundation for efficient communication:

  • Central repository for documents, drawings, and reports

  • Standard naming conventions and metadata tagging

  • Permission-driven access that protects sensitive information

  • Integrated reporting with Power BI, Excel, and external tools

  • Configurable sites for each team, contractor, or location

When everyone works from one source of truth, decision-making becomes faster and more reliable — all year long.


2. Build Schedules That Stand Strong

Planning & Scheduling Services

Whether you’re kicking off a capital expansion or planning a site turnaround, a reliable schedule is your roadmap to success:

  • Primavera P6, Microsoft Project & advanced planning expertise

  • Logic-driven sequences that match real construction constraints

  • Baselines, recovery plans, and critical path analysis

  • Field-aligned planning for execution and productivity

We don’t just build schedules.
We build tools that guide execution.


3. Protect Profitability from Day One

Cost Engineering & Forecasting

Market conditions are changing — which means cost precision matters more than ever:

  • Development of detailed cost estimates and budgets

  • Earned value management & real-time performance insights

  • Accurate forecasting through every stage of the project lifecycle

  • Variance analysis to prevent escalation and surprises

Tepco helps teams stay on budget — and stay competitive.


4. Proactively Manage Uncertainty

Risk Analysis & Mitigation

As projects scale, so does uncertainty. We help teams eliminate guesswork:

  • Monte Carlo cost & schedule risk simulations

  • Quantitative and qualitative threat identification

  • Actionable mitigation strategies

  • Transparent executive dashboards

Unexpected events may happen — but they shouldn’t be unplanned for.


5. Align Your Team Before Execution Starts

Interactive Planning Session (IPS) Facilitation

Strong projects start with aligned teams.
IPS ensures every stakeholder begins on the same path:

  • Aligning scope, sequencing, resources, and risk

  • Clarifying contractor responsibilities

  • Confirming milestone certainty

  • Eliminating miscommunication early

IPS creates the momentum your project needs to launch successfully.


6. Scale Your Team with Confidence

Tepco Resource Solutions

Surge demands? Ramp-up staffing? Hard-to-find talent?
We deliver the right people — when you need them:

  • Planners & schedulers

  • Cost engineers, estimators & analysts

  • Project controls professionals

  • Short-term or long-term support

We’re more than a staffing firm — we’re a trusted project partner.


7. Put Historical Data to Work

Reporting & Visualization Solutions

Winning teams learn from the past to perform better in the future:

  • Standardized templates and benchmarking tools

  • Analytics and reporting tailored to project priorities

  • Data visualization that drives action and accountability

  • Portfolio-wide insights to improve planning accuracy over time

Better insights = better outcomes.
Start ahead of the curve in 2026.


Tepco Makes the Season Bright — And Your Future Clear

With Tepco Solutions by your side, your team is equipped to handle every challenge the year brings — with smarter planning, stronger execution, and unwavering support.

Ready to start the new year with momentum? Let’s talk about your 2026 project needs.

Mastering Resource Leveling in Primavera P6: Join Our Online Mini Course!

Mastering Resource Leveling in Primavera P6: Join Our Online Mini Course!

Mastering Resource Leveling in Primavera P6: Join Our Online Mini Course!

Are you looking to optimize your project schedules and ensure resources are effectively allocated? Our P6 Resource Leveling Mini Course is designed to help you master the leveling feature in Primavera, ensuring your projects run smoothly and efficiently.

Why Resource Leveling is Essential

Resource leveling is crucial for maintaining adequate availability of resources, allowing project activities to adhere to planned schedules. By adjusting the timing of activities based on resource availability, you can effectively manage conflicts and avoid delays.

Understanding resource needs and accessibility is key to efficient turnaround and project scheduling. Here’s why:

  • Iterative Assessment: Regularly assessing resource requirements and defining their availability is crucial.
  • Resource Allocation Analysis: Continuous analysis during planning and execution ensures efficient resource use.
  • Recognizing Constraints: Understanding the limitations imposed by resource caps helps in effective leveling.

When projects are leveled in P6, activities often shift later in the Gantt chart to eliminate over-allocation, making the process both flexible and risk-free.

Preparing for Leveling in P6

Before you start using the leveling features in P6, follow these steps:

  1. Assign Resources: Ensure resources are assigned to all activities.
  2. Assess Timelines: Check if management has set specific timelines for project phases, applying necessary constraints.
  3. Document Max Units/Time: Properly document resource availability under the Units & Prices tab.
  4. Determine Priorities: Set the Activity Leveling Priority code value for each task.

Remember, effective leveling should be simple yet strategic, utilizing priority codes, resource assignments, constraints, and float.

Approaches to Resource Leveling

  1. Pre-defined Start and Finish: Determine the necessary resources to complete the project within a specified timeframe.
  2. Scope and Resource Availability: Define the project duration based on the available resources, allowing P6 to level the schedule accordingly.

Configuring P6 Leveling Settings

To initiate leveling in any P6 project:

  1. Open your project file.
  2. Navigate to Tools, select Level, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift-F9.

In the Level Resources Dialog Box, configure the following:

  • Enable automatic leveling with project scheduling.
  • Include resources from other projects of equal or higher priority.
  • Maintain original scheduled dates.
  • Recalculate resource costs after leveling.
  • Execute leveling across all or selected resources.
  • Focus on leveling within activity total float limits.
  • Preserve a minimum amount of float despite resource conflicts.
  • Restrict resource over-allocation to a specified percentage.

Float and Linking Analysis

Avoid automatic leveling to maintain original scheduled dates. Perform separate scheduling and leveling functions, using leveling priority codes judiciously to prevent unnecessary critical paths.

Continuous Resource Adjustment

Regularly analyze and adjust resource Max Units/Time to manage over-allocations without compromising other resources. Reschedule and re-level as needed to refine resource profiles.

Conclusion

Our P6 Resource Leveling Mini Course offers structured guidance to help you apply resource leveling effectively. By following best practices and leveraging P6’s powerful features, you can ensure efficient resource allocation and enhance your project management processes.

Ready to take your project scheduling to the next level? Enroll in our mini course today and become a resource leveling expert with Primavera P6!