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Required Project Information ( iEngDat allow users to access the
required project information anywhere, anytime through its website).
The current practice on construction
project sites is rather tedious and involves reams of paper to be employed, not
to mention a large volume of this work, which is manually carried out.
For instance, the installation of every
element in a structure, detailed forms are required to be filled and submitted
to the various parties to a contract. The parties come from various background
and therefore require varied information input;
- The Client/Developer who is
represented by the Resident engineer on site will be interested in the
quality of works carried out and to ensure the interest of the
Client/Developer,
- The Consultant who is the authority on
technical issues, will be interested to ensure that his design is
constructed as designed
- The Quantity Surveyor and Architects
who represents the client will need to know the scope of works completers so
as to allow approval of payments as well as to ensure timely completion in
approving and certifying progress claims) and
- The Authorities (Building Control
Authority) for approval is to ensure quality and improved engineering works
are taken care of
Paper Works
( iEngDat helps users to save times and
reduce works in documentation and data recording)
Prior to or at the time of installation,
of a particular element on the site, forms have to be filled either for record
or for approval. The present practice is to allow carbon copy of the forms
physically or manually submitted to the various parties involved.
All information relating to the pile or
instrument (e.g. date of installation, depth of installation, type of soil
encountered, volume of concrete utilised, mass of steel used etc.) are recorded
and submitted. It is tedious and monotonous work to the
project manager who has to fulfil the shear pace of construction projects
dictates that these forms are filled at the end of the day. The project manager is forced to depend on memory or short hand notes he
may have taken at the time of installation. This delayed entry into the forms
would inevitably lead to erroneous data recorded.
The numbers of forms are usually sent to
the various parties for their record, future billing and the authorities through
the normal fax or courier methods.
Human Error ( iEngDat help users to prevent data entry
errors)
The collated data will need to be collated
individually as it is in written form and would require tabulation for the
various quantities billed to be verified. The collated data will allow the
various parties (e.g. client and contractor) to compare and agree on payments
for the particular month. As the data needs to be physically tabulated, the
human element leads inevitably to erroneous numbers being collated, which could
then lead to arguments, delays in payments and possibly re-collation of data.
The above process is repeated for every
element of the structure (e.g. walls, floors, beams, and columns), including
architectural finishes (e.g. doors, windows, toilet bowls, pipes etc.),
mechanical elements (e.g. air condition and electrical fan units) and electrical
elements (e.g. power points and light points). In a multi-storey structure, the
paper work would be quite ‘challenging’.
The relative volume of paper work requires
that at peak work periods, two to three personnel located at each project site
office to prepare, fax and file the various data sheets. Two or three persons
at the quantity surveyors and architects office are also required to re-input
data on their own to determine the amount to be paid is per the volume of work
completed on site.
All this is in addition to the delayed
manner in which the data is manually transmitted and processed and the resultant
human errors.
See diagram.
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