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Onsite construction part tracking and inventory along with component
positioning and orientating applications are available with these
handheld systems.
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Component Tracking Systems:
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Applications where onsite project managers need to collect, store, and
synthesize data into a database for future report development consisting
of location coordinates, maps and other geographical attributes.
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Estimation Software:
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Helps to capture more profits and facilitates better management of
bids and buildings by integrating and optimizing estimation and job
controls for maximum profitability and real-time management.
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Project Management Software:
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Project collaboration service streamlines the flow of information
between owners, architects, contractors, and subcontractors and ensures
that the projects are on schedule and within the budget. This access
helps companies eliminate costly errors, and complete projects to
specification.
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Building Information Modeling Systems (BIM)
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In
a typical scenario, the architect would extract information from the
model for use in calculating wide range performance characteristics,
such as heat/loss gain, day lighting effects, air flow, egress under
emergency conditions, structural performance and financial feasibility.
Specialized knowledge would no longer be needed for data input or interpreting of results,
creating a closer linkage between analysis and design process. “Feedback
gaps” for the designer would thus be eliminated. Tightly coupled with
the building information model, performance analysis and evaluation
tools could now provide meaningful feedback to the design
decision-maker, in the context of the overall building design.
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3-D Modeling
Systems
Applications are that a disk is
presented to the owner with a 3-D model along with the blueprints and
other construction documents (all produced by the same 3D modeling
system); to give the owner as well as contractors and everyone else
involved in the construction process a clearer perspective of what is to
be constructed.
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4D
modeling tools
Helps the construction process by linking a 3D
model with a schedule to visualize construction over time on a computer
screen; it will also produce the construction documents. 4D CAD can be
used at various levels of detail from simulating and coordinating the
overall phasing of a project to coordinating the daily work of a group
of contractors and subcontractors.
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5-D Modeling
Systems
Applications for 5D modeling are: it provides time-based
procurement requirements and perform various cost analyses. The system
continuously maintains a bi-directional link between design, cost and
schedule. The process of connecting the Virtual Construction model to
cost, and using the results to drive activities creation, stands at the
heart of the Virtual Construction concept. Each Method is provided with
its specific Resources information -Equipment, Labor, Material, and
Cost. This offers a tremendous amount of help and cost savings to the
construction process, saving time and consulting fees.
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Online
Bidding:
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It is used for exchanging bid-related information between the agencies
and the contracting community allowing online, secure bid submission and
minimizing the complications caused due to improper communication,
extensive paperwork and long and extensive correspondence delays.
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Online
Trading:
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Scheduling controlling, regulating, analyzing and auditing the
procurement and delivery of materials and services required for
construction.
On-line functions
include: estimating the cost of a purchase; preparing and issuing
detailed specifications and complete requests for proposals; requesting
bids from selected suppliers; communicating with bidders; receiving,
comparing, and evaluating bids; negotiating offers and conducting
auctions; issuing purchase orders with all required attachments; making
payment; and monitoring schedules and deliveries.
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Optimum Design:
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It helps in improving the design quality of the structure to be
constructed through an integrated web-based business process assisted by
the reviews and comments of authors and designers. This helps to obtain
a successful resolution of design problem and related issues before
project milestones are reached.
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Visual Form of Construction Activities:
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For
visualizing the activities at a construction site and creating an
advanced web-based 3D user interface
offering the
possibility of accessing all the project information from any desired
location.
