Primavera P6 Integration

The planners keep P6. The project gets everything else.

Archdesk imports schedules from Primavera P6, with custom calendars and baselines, and exports them back. The contractual program stays in the planning department's tool; delivery, cost control and site records run in Archdesk with the schedule beside them.

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Trusted by construction companies of every size, worldwide

P6 is the language of major projects. Archdesk speaks it.

On heavy civil, infrastructure and other major projects, Primavera P6 is often written into the contract: the program of record lives there, maintained by planners who are specialists in it. Archdesk does not ask you to change that. The two-way exchange brings the P6 schedule, its custom calendars and its baselines into the platform where the job is actually delivered, and sends the program back to P6 form when it needs to travel, revision by revision, under your control.

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The program arrives intact

WBS, activities, dates, durations, logic links, custom calendars and baselines come across from P6, so delivery starts from the real plan.

And can go back out

Export the schedule from Archdesk back to P6, for the planning department, the client or the contract.

Delivery around the schedule

In Archdesk the schedule sits with budgets, valuations, procurement and site records: one place, one record for the whole job.

Governance-friendly by design

A deliberate exchange, not background magic. Schedule revisions move when you decide, which is how major projects want it.

Built for the up-market end

P6 exchange is a signal of where Archdesk plays: contractors and owners on projects big enough to have a planning department, a contractual program and a cost team that needs them connected.

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What moves in the exchange

The exchange carries the schedule itself in both directions, and brings P6 calendars and baselines in with it.

Schedule data exchanged between Archdesk and Primavera P6
Entity	Direction	Notes
Schedule structure (WBS, activities)	Two-way import & export	The activity breakdown planned in P6 arrives in Archdesk intact, and can travel back the same way.
Dates and durations	Two-way import & export	Planned dates and durations carry across, so the delivery team starts from the P6 program, not a retyped copy.
Activity relationships	Two-way import & export	Logic links are part of the exchange, preserving the sequence the planners built, not just the bars.
Custom calendars	Import into Archdesk	Calendars defined in P6 come across with the schedule, so working time and non-working days match the plan.
Baselines	Import into Archdesk	P6 baselines import with the schedule, so progress in Archdesk is measured against the program you committed to.

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Frequently Asked Questions: Primavera P6 Integration

Can Archdesk import a Primavera P6 schedule?

Yes. Archdesk imports schedules from Primavera P6 and exports them back, both ways, including the custom calendars and baselines the program was built on.

Do calendars and baselines come across from P6?

Yes. Custom calendars import with the schedule, so working time and non-working days match the plan, and P6 baselines import too, so progress in Archdesk is measured against the program you committed to.

Is the exchange a live sync with P6?

No. Each import or export is an explicit, versioned action. On major projects that is a feature: schedule revisions move deliberately, under the governance the contract usually demands.

Who is the P6 exchange for?

Contractors and owners on heavy civil, infrastructure and major projects, where P6 is the contractual scheduling tool. Planners keep P6; delivery, cost control and site records run in Archdesk, with the schedule in one place alongside them.

Does the same exchange work with MS Project?

Yes. Archdesk runs the same two-way schedule import and export with MS Project. See the MS Project integration page for details.

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