MEP Manpower & Programme Planner
Turn MEP quantities into man-days with install rates, spread them over each activity's window and get the manpower histogram by trade, the peak crew, an S-curve and a three week look-ahead you can print for the site meeting. Allows for Gulf summer heat and working week.
How to use: edit the activities (quantities, rates, start week, weeks). Rates are typical man-day outputs for an average skilled crew: use your own records where you have them. Tap i for help.
1. Inputs
2. Manpower
Weekly manpower by trade, a 3D building showing progress at the current week and the planned S-curve.
3. Checks
4. Three week look-ahead
Print for the weekly coordination meeting.
5. Activity summary
6. How it works
From quantities to man-days
Every activity has a quantity (metres of containment, square metres of duct, numbers of fittings) and an install rate in units per man-day. Quantity divided by rate, adjusted for productivity, gives man-days. Spread over the activity window it gives the crew per week. Add supervisors on top.
Gulf summer and the working week
The UAE midday break (12:30 to 15:00 from mid June to mid September) and the heat cut daily output in summer, so more workers are needed for the same progress. Gulf sites usually work 6 days a week, New Zealand and Australian sites 5.
Histogram and S-curve
A good manpower histogram rises and falls smoothly. A sharp peak means too many trades are squeezed into the same weeks, which crowds the floors and drops productivity. The S-curve shows cumulative planned work: compare actual progress against it each week.
Three week look-ahead
Each week the site team reviews the next three weeks: which activities are live, what crew they need and what must be ready (drawings approved, material on site, area handed over, permits).
Planning aid. Rates vary with design, access, height, spec and crew skill. Calibrate them against your own site records.