The Challenge

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Massive data center builds demand meticulous coordination across dozens of trades. But traditional scheduling tools like Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project kept superintendents and subcontractors on the sidelines. “Our field folks are the ones doing the work,” says Von Krosigk. “But they were stuck pulling three-week lookaheads from a P6 file built by a third-party scheduler.”
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Without real-time insights into task delays or scope shifts, issues often surfaced too late:
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“You don’t know that you’re behind until it’s too late.”

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The Solution: Planera

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By rolling out Planera across job sites, HITT gave project leaders and subcontractors a shared platform to build, adjust, and own their schedules—right down to the row-level in a data hall.
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“It puts scheduling back in the hands of the guys that are actually building the work.”
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The result? Micro-schedules for trenching, hall buildouts, and trade coordination are now built collaboratively and tied directly to the master plan.

The Impact

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Planera helped HITT’s teams:

• Detect schedule slips days earlier
• Increase subcontractor accountability through transparent planning
• Track real-time variance data across months-long projects
• Maintain clearer client communication and reporting

“It tells the story—what really happened—and not just for us. The subs get to do that as well.”

Why It Works

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Von Krosigk credits Planera’s ease of use and ability to tie back to P6 as key differentiators:

“You don’t need a master’s in P6 to use it. You can break ties, adjust logic, and still pull out clean six-week lookaheads for your client.”
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“It takes work to get it to work—but once you get buy-in, it changes the game.”