1. LOBTRACKER
SOFTWARE TO
CREATE LINE OF
BALANCE DIAGRAMS
FROM PRIMAVERA P6
AND MICROSOFT
PROJECT
Willmer Limited is a UK based
company that has written and
developed Project Tracker,
software that produces S-Curves
without exporting your data to
Excel which is used in over 70
countries and LOBTracker, used
to create Line of Balance charts.
For a free 14 day trial please visit
www.willmer.co.uk
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INFORMATION
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LINE OF BALANCE CHARTS
ARE USED TO SHOW THE
USAGE OF TRADES AND
RESOURCES IN PROJECTS
THAT ARE PLANNED OVER
DIFFERENT AREAS, FLOORS
OR ROOMS. THEY ARE
PARTICULARLY USEFUL
FOR PROJECTS INVOLVING
THE HOUSEBUILDING,
COMMERCIAL BUILDING
AND HIGH-RISE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
2. Project data is imported from your project
management system. All you need to do is
set up codes in your project to
definelocations and build stages.
FEATURES
IMPORT PROJECTS FROM
MICROSOFT PROJECT AND
PRIMAVERA P6
LINE OF
BALANCE
GAIN CONTROL
OVER REPETITIVE,
LOCATION BASED
WORKS, ENSURING
OPTIMIZATION OF
TRADES
Once imported, the hierarchy of locations
is set.
DEFINE HIERARCHY OF
LOCATIONS
The option to select build stage definitions
from codes, resources or activity names
BUILD STAGES
3. Charts can be drawn as straight lines..
Or as separate non joined lines..
Or showing non work periods according to
the activity calendar
FEATURES
CUSTOMISABLE VIEW OF LINE
OF BALANCE CHARTS
Allows a clearer understanding of
the amount of work taking place at
a certain time in a specific place.
Resources can be optimised for a
large number of repetitive work
activities.
As all information is available for
each activity, it allows easier cost
and time optimisation analysis.
Changes that need to be made to
the schedule are clear
It allows better management of
subcontractors and resources.
It allows problem areas to be
identified in advance.
BENEFITS OF
LINE OF
BALANCE
4. STEP 1 - Create your project in Microsoft
Project or Primavera P6 and configure
the codes.
HOW DOES IT WORK
Clashes occur where 2 trades are working
in the same location at the same time.
These can be highlighted for attention and
exported to Excel
FEATURES
VIEW CLASHES
Gaps show interrupted work for a trade. By
possibly delaying a trade start this
interruption may be avoided.
VIEW GAPS
Get feedback on actual and remaining
build rates which will indicate if the
remainder of the schedule is viable
CHECK BUILD RATES FOR EACH
STAGE
A Line of Balance report can be exported to
Excel which gives site staff easy to read
dates to achieve.
EXPORT TEXT BASED REPORT
FOR SITE SHOWING TRAFFIC
LIGHT STATUS
STEP 2 - Import project in
LOBTracker
STEP 3 - Configure the Line of Balance
