No.

Equipment

From

To

1

Palm Estimator

Manual measurement of data collection, recording and calculation using estimation worksheets and formulas

Hand held personal digital assistant devices allowing to collect dimensional information on field and transferring it electronically to the PDA Estimator’s desktop software allowing  to generate a detailed estimate as well creation of bids.

2

Digital Hard hats

Time consuming and expensive traveling between construction sites affecting the working efficiency of decision makers attributed to difficulty in organizing and transmitting the multimedia project information.

Digital hard hat technology enabling dispersed users to capture and communicate multimedia field data allowing to collaboratively collect and share information leading to increased productivity and efficient problem solving.

3

Real-time Positioning

Surveyors and inspectors using traditional theodolites, levels, chains or tapes leading to laborious, time consuming, expensive and open to errors data collection, transmission and processing

Positioning systems allowing to capture accurate real-time position information about working environment allowing multiple users to work at the same time once the system is set-up

4

Tablet-PC

From challenges of transforming information between the construction site to main office, including management of piles of paper based drawings and documents

Eliminating the time constraints related to communications gap and providing  multimedia presentations for problem identification and resolution by transferring the data as an real-time data transfer application.