PriMus-KRONO

PriMus-KRONO is a construction scheduling software designed to optimize work execution costs and improve project efficiency. It is specifically tailored for small to large-sized construction companies and is utilized by construction project managers, estimators, architects, civil engineers, and general contractors.

Key Features

Construction Scheduling Software: According to the vendor, PriMus-KRONO helps improve project efficiency and optimize work execution costs. It is available only for PC Desktop and offers a free trial for users to try the software. Subscription plans start from €21/month.

Time-Schedule Preparation: Users can create a works time schedule with analysis of timing, costs, and resource requirements. It manages both the design stage with GANTT charts, financial diagrams, and resource reports, and the build stage with execution GANTT charts, reports, and cost and timing variation diagrams. The vendor claims it provides a step-by-step procedure to define the Time Schedule Plan.

Time-Schedule Import: PriMus-KRONO can import activities from other PriMus KRONO time schedules or from PriMus construction estimating. It supports importing ".DCF" files produced with PriMus for generating time schedules. Data such as general data, activities, unit rates, quantities, amounts, and work sections are automatically acquired during import. The vendor states it allows easy drag and drop actions to import activities.

Time-Schedule and Financial Plan Management: Users can manage and customize climate conditions, configure the calendar by setting up work days and bank holidays, choose the time scale, and define the schedule layout. They can also customize graphical styles for each task bar and enable control of lead times, advances in work, guarantees, payments, etc. through financial definition, as claimed by the vendor.

Planned and Works Execution Time-Scheduling: PriMus-KRONO handles both planned and works execution time-schedules in the same document. It generates the works execution time schedule automatically from the project and allows easy adjustment of the works execution time schedule by shifting tasks or changing their duration. The vendor indicates it can also indicate the amounts of work actually completed in the works execution time schedule.

Printing Time-Schedules and Reports: Users can print planned or works execution time schedules with tables of activities and dates/amounts. PriMus-KRONO provides an internal word processor to create and manage time-schedule reports and works execution reports. Reports can be printed on paper or exported in Word, HTML, or PDF file formats, as stated by the vendor.

Rate Analysis of Work Sections: PriMus-KRONO integrates with PriMus software for rate analysis of work sections. It opens a list of time schedule activities as a normal PriMus Price List document for modification. Changes made in PriMus Price List are automatically updated in the time-schedule, according to the vendor.

Control of Lead Times and Advances in Work: Users can control lead times, advances in work, guarantees, payments, etc. through financial definition. PriMus-KRONO provides economic and financial diagrams to view daily productivity-based data during planning and works execution phases, as claimed by the vendor.