“If a picture is worth a thousand words, TILOS is a picture that says 10,000 work activities in the schedule…”
– Marlen Shakimov, M.Eng, P.Eng, AECON GROUP INC.
This quote from a seasoned infrastructure leader captures what every project manager strives for: visibility, control, and clarity… especially on large, linear projects.
Case in point is the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project in the Vancouver area. As Marlen shares with us, the master schedule contains thousands of tasks across hundreds of 11×17 pages. Coordinating this scale of work, from planning, and demolition, to construction and traffic flow, demands more than a Gantt chart.
“TILOS let us compress all that complexity into a single, dynamic visual. We can monitor, schedule, and plan all the work in the river, showing you exactly when you can and cannot work,” says Marlen.
“It’s excellent for planning and levelling of resources… crews, equipment, large machinery like cranes, pile drivers, and excavators.”
For project managers, TILOS goes beyond scheduling, it’s a real-time decision-making tool. It helps sequence the work of trades like welders, carpenters, ironworkers, and concrete crews, while instantly showing the downstream impacts of any delay or shift.
Whether navigating environmental compliance or planning heavy equipment deployment, TILOS enables accurate forecasting and resource optimization on a single visual platform.
It’s also a powerful communication tool for client updates, stakeholder briefings, executive reviews, and delay analysis. It creates alignment without overcomplicating the message.
We’re proud to work alongside professionals like Marlen Shakimov – highly respected, experienced, and clear in this defining assessment – “It’s a game-changer.”