I have a problem that seems to be very simple but I can't figure it out. I work in the construction industry. Our projects are based on calendar days/months, rounded to the nearest 10, so we basically don't care about week-ends, 8-hour work days etc.
A typical project will be, let's say 6-month duration, so we use 180 days, or a 1-year project will be 360 days. When I set up a schedule and enter durations for tasks it skips week-ends, so a 10 day duration ends up showing a total duration of 14 days because of the 2 week-ends in between; what I need is if a task is 10 days, I want to add 10 straight calendar days, not just work days.
I have been using e-days, but it is not the right way to do it, it seems to be just a work-around. I am sure there must be a simple way to set the calendar to ignore work hours, week-ends etc. and just enter tasks in calendar days.
Example, road construction:
Task 1 - Earthworks - 30 days
Task 2 - Road base - 20 days
Task 3 - Curb and sidewalks - 10 days
Task 4 - Asphalt - 10 days
Task 5 - Closeout - 30 days
Total project time is 100 days.
These are calendar days, not just Monday through Friday work days. The contractor has to allow for non-workdays in his planning of the work, we don't show that on the schedule.
Thanks!
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