Importance of Augmented Reality (AR) Technology in Construction

With the emergence of Augmented reality (AR) technology, the process for designing and constructing a building is changed significantly.

AR is the latest technology that forms a compound view of real world atmospheres, overlaying an image produced through the user’s own real world view.

If AR applications are integrated with a smart device or wearable technology, it can generate a real scale 3D model of a building or particular room combined with your environments.

AR also facilitates the construction teams and consultants to significantly enhance the understanding of design discrepancies, outstanding tasks, safety issues, imperfect works and numerous other site-related variables.

If virtual reality allows the designers to visualize the appearance of a structure on a screen, AR leverages the real world to facilitate the user to perfectly preview how all the diverse areas of a plan organized together.

So, it becomes easier to detect conflict in design before the development of actual construction. Huge time is saved and risk is minimized. Therefore, the profitability of project is increased.

All the activities associated with construction site, which range from accomplishing and appraising a defect as well as notifying everyone of a safety issue, can be recorded and carried in a real world setting.

AR not only enhances the usability of site-related data, but also facilitate a uninterrupted user interaction and collaborative efforts in real-time.

As AR and GPS technology become superior, go into a construction site every day and being guided to the location of your outstanding tasks become possible.

Construction management platforms offer a superior level of collaboration amid all project stakeholders and this type of real time control can accomplish tasks more speedily.

By linking defects management functionality with AR elements, the process for recording, allocating and handling defects will be changed significantly.

With AR, a user can formulate and allocate real time data at the time of walking around a construction site, and generate tags noticeable to other users.

One can walk into a room through smart glasses and view all of the outstanding issues associated with that room by viewing AR tags. This will significantly improve the project quality and also the consciousness of possible safety concerns.

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Time Lapse Construction Video On New Extension Of Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital

This is a time lapse construction video for the six storied 229,000-square-foot patient tower that is the part of recently modernized and extended Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital located in Texas. The whole construction progression is recorded through EarthCam's megapixel construction camera. The construction process was started on September 2014 and completed on March 2016.

EarthCam recently launched MegapixelCam Advanced (http://www.earthcam.net/products/megapixelcamadvanced.php), a highly powerful 16 Megapixel Construction Camera that can feature 16 megapixel HDR imagery and live streaming video in one simplified all-weather system. The construction professionals can use this newest camera to avail high quality remote documentation for small to large scale projects. This high-tech system is designed to automatically to obtain large 4,928 x 3,264 high definition images uninterruptedly 24/7. A wide-ranging screen live streaming video preview facilitates users to instantly capture on-demand snapshots of their project from any remote location at any time.

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Intergraph SmartPlan Foundation 2014 - A useful construction program for plant information management

Intergraph SmartPlan Foundation 2014 is a useful construction program for plant information management. MEP engineers can use this construction software to access updated and organized engineering information instantly all through the project lifecycle.

The MEP engineers can securely obtain various plant informations together engineering designs, vendor data, purchase orders, RFQs, specification sheets, and all supplementary documents.

A modular set of user experiences is created on the basis of regular work processes to assure that legitimate, reliable, and superior-quality engineering data is allocated over the value chain and amid facility information systems.

Throughout the complete plant lifecycle, the users get the ability to develop quick and perfect design and operational decisions out of big and complicated data sets. SmartPlant Foundation is supported with the Intergraph information management solutions and it is considered as the globally recognized and extensively applied, industry-standard, engineering information management solution for the process, power, and marine industries.

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A position is vacant for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management

University of West of England (UWE), globally recognized university for the real world, is going to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management permanently on a full time basis.

Duties & responsibilities:-

Besides, teaching, the desired candidate has to take part in the design, development, delivery and assessment of a module(s).

The candidate will be liable for taking the responsibilities concerning the academic health and currency of the module as well as for the excellence of the student learning and assessment experience Execute a visible and focal leadership role concerning those delivering on a module(s).

The candidate should be employed in research activities, external networks and grow themselves as an academic through personal research, knowledge exchange activities and personal professional development activities and to contribute to the expanded life of the Department and Faculty.

Qualifications:-

• At least 5 years of working experience as a quantity surveyor or commercial manager.

• Experience in dealing with projects as well as people.

• Good Knowledge and perceptive of existing quantity surveying and commercial management theory and practice.

• Capable of making communicate and negotiation successfully with students, colleagues and partners.

• Undergraduate degree in Quantity Surveying and a Masters / postgraduate qualification in associated subject.

• MRICS or corresponding professional qualifications.

It is advantageous for the candidate to possess a PhD in a relevant subject.

For more information on duties & responsibilities & how to apply, APPLY ONLINE

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Turner Construction is conducting an exclusive construction educational program in USA

Turner Construction Company declared its educational program alias “the 2015 Turner School of Construction Management (TSCM)” which is hosted by the DC Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Howard University.

In this educational program there will be an 8-week course that involves management training and certification to prospectivesubcontractors. This construction education program will start on March 25 and will continue upto May 13. More than 150 companies in the Greater Washington, DC area can avail this educational opportunies.

Turner is making alliance with the DC Small Business Development Center, a mutual initiative of Howard University, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and District of Columbia small business community stakeholders to expand the prospects for small, local contractors by providing training on how to tender bid efficiently, propose to, and perform with a company having similar strength of Turner. The motto of TSCM is to organize the subcontractor market in a better way to succeed and carry out work in the Washington, DC area.

Turner staff and select industry partners having several years of working experience in thejobsite and who are considered as subject-matter experts, will perform as the course instructors.

The educational program 2015 will focuses on field operations, accounting & banking,construction estimating, safety and sales & marketing. The program has provided huge benefits to the attendees to create networks as well as long-standing business relationships, and set up flourishing joint ventures to obtain contracts with Turner and other industry leaders. The DC Small Business Development Center Network will carry on offering no-cost technical assistance to the attendees.

Turner has rewarded over $1 billion in contracts annually to minority-owned businesses since past 10 years as well as awarded more than $1 billion to MBE contractors in 2012. Many graduates of the Turner School of Construction Management get the ability to accomplish work on Turner projects and joint-ventures. In the past year, the District of Columbia SBDC trained more than 400 small businesses all over the city with recent clients getting nearly $4 million in capital development.

In order to register for the 2015 Turner School of Construction Management, please visit atturnerschool.eventbrite.com. The last date of registration is April 1, 2015

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Trimble introduced Trimble Connect to simplify the design, construction and building operation processes

As part of it’s strong commitment towards building construction industry,Trimble has recently launched another useful product alias Trimble Connect for construction sectors. It is a cloud supported collaboration platform that simplified the design, construction and building operation processes and transform them collaboratively. The project team members will be able to access, evaluate, control and distribute project data from any location at any time.

Trimble Connect follows Trimble Buildings' portfolio of Design-Build-Operate (DBO) methodology that offers flawless interoperability for designers, builders, and owners/occupiers as well as advantages to teams engaged in site groundwork and supervision.

Trimble Connect builds communities of collaboration across and inside disciplines, incorporating data from Trimble's diversified applications and tools to shorten the gap amid the teams and tasks.

Trimble Connect provides support for the platform-neutral IFC file format for OpenBIM, a wide-ranging approach to the collaborative design, construction and management of buildings on the basis of open standards and workflows.

Trimble Connect contains synchronized information for each one across the DBO continuum, making the process easy for integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM), 3D and 2D models through the Web, making the coordination better amongst isolated offices and teams, and minimizing costs for software and training. Besides, with storage and archiving of project documentation platform, the project team leaders can efficiently monitor their staff's performance from a distant location. Trimble Connect also preserve all the digital assets under one roof across a project portfolio, facilitating project managers and building owners to audit and report on all previous and present project data and activity.

Trimble Connect is compatible with a series of leading softwares like sketchup, tekla structures, tekla BIMsight, vico office, prolog, trimble field link, MEPdesigner for SketchUp and Manhattan Atrium EAM.

By integrating Business Center - HCE and Trimble Connect, the data can be transmitted and recovered to and from the construction contractor, the engineer and the general contractor.

Business Center - HCE conveys the 3D constructible model to the Trimble Connect repository for storage, security and version control as a result general contractors, construction contractors and engineers can mutually involve in the delivery of a project. Construction contractors can repossess as well as control version-controlled digital plans, CAD data and models from engineers and general contractors to be applied in takeoffs, bids, data research and field operations. Besides, construction contractors will get the ability to put in estimates, 3D site models arranged for machine control and site positioning, and as-built drawings to the "Trimble Connected" central storage location for assessment, action or approvals.

For getting more updates, visit www.connect.trimble.com

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Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) can streamline the construction process greatly

PCL Construction presents an exclusive online demonstration that highlights the avant-garde solution in construction management with virtual design and construction (VDC). It is the latest construction standard put by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

PLC construction along with their project team members has applied this VDC system in their iconic structure to acquire the client’s satisfaction.

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Western Kentucky University is seeking a Assistant Professor for Construction Management

Western Kentucky University, Department of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences, is seeking an Assistant Professor for construction Management with a full-time, 9 month appointment commencing from January 2015. This position will be applicable for WKU’s main campus in Bowling Green, KY, a city of 54,000, situated about 60 miles north of Nashville, TN, and 120 miles south of Louisville, KY. The Department of Architectural and Description: The ideal candidate should have sound teaching & student advising capabilities as well as engagement in funded research and dissemination of research results through publication. Besides, the candidate should exhibit the skill to function efficiently in a team-oriented, various, multicultural environment.

Necessary Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in Construction Management, or adjacent field.

• Minimum of three years of construction field experience or post-doctorate teaching experience.

• Having sound knowledge in spoken and written English.

• Aptitude to teach courses and laboratories in at least three of the following areas having ability to grow in two other areas: Estimating, Administration, Scheduling, Project Management, Contract Documents, Construction Law, Construction Methods and Materials, and Capstone Projects.

• Having skill to teach graduate and undergraduate courses.

All the applications should contains the documents like 1) a letter of application containing a statement of your interest in this position as well as your short-term and long-term teaching and research goals, including identification of courses you can teach, 2) a recent curriculum vitae, 3) statement of teaching philosophy, 4) statement of research interests, and 5) contact information of three references, including name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.

All the applications should be sent to the following address prior to October 15, 2014:-

Chair of Construction Management Search Committee 

Department of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences

Western Kentucky University

1906 College Heights Blvd #51066

Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101- 1066

Alternatively, one can send their bio-data through email at ams@wku.edu

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Construction Safety Management and Engineering – a handy book for beginners

Construction Safety Management and Engineering, the much cherished book edited by Darryl C.Hill, has produced its second edition.

This book has extensive coverage on implementation of safety and healthy programme of the construction companies. Some opinions are given to follow the market standards.

The present market survey represents that the second edition is as strong as the first edition. The authors of the books are some of the best know writer in the industry. Their immense technical know-how and handy experience made this book unparallel in the market. Some of them are John Gambatese [incentives; prevention through design (PTD)], Mike Behm (PTD), Nigel Ellis (fall protection), Mike Hayslip (excavation) and T. Michael Toole (PTD; regulations).

But the selling proposition of the book would be its veritable "who's who" of specialists. Many of the authors are considered premiere experts in their respective specialty area, but it is impossible to mention them all.

This book is for the new comers of the industry. The section – before work commence – is particularly helpful for the construction trainees. This section includes topic such as cost, insurance and risk, contractor selection, construction version of PTD, substance abuse and incentives and such many more. The article of John Gambatese thoroughly discusses their importance. This piece provides excellent knowledge about why the incentives should use or when it should not be used.

The next section considers legal aspects of construction safety, including relevant chapters on managing multiemployer work sites, subcontractor liability and regulatory requirements. These three chapters provide an excellent foundation for learning the critical drivers for construction operations where so many different employers are engaged and the employer is faced with almost countless opportunities for safety-context liability concerns in a regulated environment.

Next, the technical topic areas provide admirable depth of coverage and detail. On fall protection, Ellis aptly balances technical detail with the appropriate level of coverage demanded of a technical reference. Brian Clark and Sathyanarayanan Rajendran discuss steel erection and provide ample discussion of prework, rigging, fall protection, structural stability, fasteners and decking. No construction safety handbook would be complete without John Palmer's coverage of scaffolding, Philip and Ciaran McAleenan's chapter on ladders, and David MacCollum's discussion of cranes. Each of these chapters provides appropriate technical detail and supporting material such as illustrations and glossaries.

Kraig Knutson and Dennis Neitzel provide basic but essential discussion of electrical safety, which is an important aspect of all construction projects. Hayslip does not disappoint in the chapter on excavation and trenching safety. He offers a good level of technical detail and provides extensive illustrations of the concepts (e.g., trench boxes, sloping, angling, and pneumatic systems), specifications and regulations related to excavation and trenching protection systems. Samuel Gualardo provides thorough coverage of power-line concerns and, while one could argue that this topic should have been included with the electrical safety chapter, he does a good job of addressing the unique hazards and concerns of power lines on a construction site.

The demolition chapter by Dave Korman covers a topic that many may not think of when considering construction operations, which is usually a building process. However, demolition is not only a common construction activity; it often must be done to make way for the new construction.

In the category of "Other Considerations," several accomplished authors and practitioners discuss the essential topics that help to complete this well-rounded reference book, including ergonomics, work zone traffic safety control, healthcare, MSHA regulations and their applicability to construction, managing communications in a crises, construction safety and health certification, partnerships and alliances, safety and health issues in construction, the Spanish-speaking workforce and future safety issues.

This book is well balanced, well organized, thorough and accurate. Hill has done an excellent job of organizing and producing such a monumental publication and assembling nothing but the best in all of the authors. Anyone with construction safety responsibilities should have this book on his/her library shelf.

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Three Best Construction Management Tools

Construction management and the information technology (IT) may be distant from each other, but if they could gel together, the benefit is far-reaching and outstanding. The use of IT skills in the field of construction is now a common practice among the realty firms across the globe. It gives best client connections. With the right use of software-based tools at their disposal, construction managers attempt to deliver projects on-budget and in-time. That’s the exact aim of the developers behind construction project management tools. In this age of smart devices, the mobile-based applications, the information and the applications allow construction company employees to work in collaboration without being tied to a specific location. The old process of fixing with a computer is now almost outdated. Also, contractors are able to access their information from any portable computer, smartphone, tablet, or device. The only thing required is a decent internet connection. So moving to the cloud and deploying mobile resources have answered many challenges faced by the construction industry. Additionally, modern software solutions are well-equipped in terms of security and can provide better information protection. Acknowledging all these developments, here are the 3 best tools construction managers and other users can leverage for seamless construction project management.

Flippex is One of the best tools of the construction management. With Fippex, realtors have a way to control and organize content for your customers in one central location so they can find what they need, when they need it. It makes easier to do business. It shares and organizes documents, videos, marketing materials, communication and more. It let you know every time it's been shared, viewed, downloaded and by the interested clients. So, using this exciting software-based tool, now no more searching in document trees and digging through emails. Everything is organized in a way that actually makes sense. It saves valuable times. Fippex utilizes some of the most advanced technology for Internet security available today. When the site is accessed using a web browser, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2048 bit encryption technology protects information using both server authentication and data encryption, ensuring that all data is safe, secure and available only to registered Users granted access by a client organization. It uses a secure, durable technology platform with industry-recognized certifications. Our data centers have multiple layers of operational and physical security to ensure the integrity and safety of your data. This software uses one of the best practices and procedures pertaining to password storage, SSL encryption, logout due to inactivity, restriction of the number of IP addresses to specific accounts and more. Due to the sensitive nature of the data residing on the Fippex platform, every measure is taken to ensure that client data is as secure as possible.

Procore construction management software is another useful tool to use in construction management. It is a cloud-based construction management software application. It promises to make the project management effortless, one task at a time. With Procore's easy-to-use and collaborative software, one can manage projects at anytime, from anywhere, with any Internet-connected device. The construction project managers are often unsatisfied with the software functioning in this field. They are really counting on old age methods like keeping data on notebooks, spreadsheet files to stay connected with the projects. Procore Construction Management tries to be more effective and avoids miscommunications. This software needs mobile devices which includes apps for both iOS and Android. This software-based tool can be opened from any computer for instant assess with a user ID and password. This means every web-connected machine has access to the software, so that your team members can get their work done wherever they are. Procore becomes the central repository for all change orders, RFI responses and statuses, schedule changes, project documents, and photos. Any documents impacting the project can be stored within the cloud. This software is sold using a single annual access agreement to cover all of your project teams' users. When providing an annual access agreement quote, the seller may ask how many users the buyer intend to have on Procore system – that's so Procore system can understand the scope of their client’s construction project management efforts and calculate how much training and support they'll have to provide for client’s account.

Saleslogix is important software in this respect. This software brings the opportunity to present real estate firms and their contractors and clients on the same platform. It is from the begining of the contact till project completion; Saleslgoix helps in keeping track of all documentation, interaction, and communications throughout the project’s duration. Users are empowered to share data across departments via a single database that can be accessed from both within and outside the office. Other features include entering all contacts and communicating with them in a consolidating place, keeping track of client meeting by role, and flagging and setting reminders for client communication about status updates, change orders, RFIs, and more.

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Construction Specifications

A specification (often abbreviated as spec) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It contains the necessary details concerning the specific requirements to be persuaded by a material, product, or service. The specifications are considered very important for suppliers, purchasers, and users of materials, products, or services in engineering, manufacturing, and business as these specifications cover up a extensive collection of general issues like definitions, bidding requirements, legal responsibilities, claims & payments; with details on specific items with respect to all construction project. CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. CSI offers prearranged instructions for composing specification in their Project Resource Manual. CSI published MasterFormat, an indexing system for categorizing construction data as well as construction specifications. It consists of 50 Divisions, to be applied for integrating facility life cycle and maintenance information into the building knowledge base. Almost the entire CSI approved sections contain performance and safety obligations produced by agencies like the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and several other federal and professional organizations. CSI also publish GreenFormat, an online database that includes sustainable product attributes. Manufacturers associated with the construction industry will be able to register product information based on 5 categories in a widespread online questionnaire. All kinds of product information referenced by MasterFormat divisions and titles will be available to designers, specifiers, and building constructors. Given below the detailed lists of construction specifications :- General Requirements - Division 01 This specification will include particular administrative and procedural requisites that belong to all of the Technical Specification sections. The General Requirements consist of specifics relevant directly to a particular project and written independently for each project. These will develop the expansive administrative and procedural conditions inscripted in the General and Supplementary Conditions documents. These will be applicable to the work of ALL Technical Specification sections. This document also sum ups the scope of work, exercise of the site, owner occupancy of building throughout construction, Phased construction activities, numerous prime contract requisites and eliminations and additions to be connected with the Plans. The General Requirements narrate the Contractor's administrative, procedural and other activities which should be submitted by the Contractor. In General Requirements section the following categories will be available. Administrative 01010 Summary 01020 Allowances 01030 Alternates 01040 Coordination 01060 Regulatory Requirements 01080 Identification Systems 01090 References Procedural 01025 Measurement and Payment 01035 Modification Procedures 01050 Field Engineering 01100 Special Project Procedures 01200 Project Meetings 01300 Submittals such as Construction Schedule, Logs 01400 Quality Control 01600 Material and Equipment 01650 Facility Startup/Commissioning 01700 Contract Closeout 01800 Maintenance Temporary Activities 01500 Temporary Facilities The Contractor's Responsibility is to comprise these items in Overhead. Technical Specifications Divisions 02 - 16 is known as the Technical Specifications. These construction specifications consist of the written description of the specific requirements regarding with a specific product or system. The specification provisions characterize and set up the quality level processes, standards of work and material standards. Each subsection will describe the scope, technical requirements, performance requirements, material suppliers, and quality requirements. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) has build up the following standard MasterFormat numbering system that includes the following Continue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Tuhin Maity www.quantity-takeoff.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

70% Global Construction Growth Expected by 2025

Based on the research and analysis by Global Construction Perspectives and Oxford Economics, the world’s largest construction markets rank in the year 2025 are expected to be China, U.S., India, Japan, Indonesia and Russia.

This report, sponsored by Aconex, estimates that the construction volume all over the globe will grow up to $15.0 trillion in 2025, as the industry’s contribution to the worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) increases from 12.2% to 13.5%.

Global Construction 2025 considers construction markets in 46 countries that create 85% of world output. It is a precise report with 328 pages including 683 charts and tables, besides the executive summary offers a comprehensive overview in a quick read.

The regional forecasts of the report reflect the trends seen in the business scenario over the years. As per the report China, India and the U.S. are the three countries that will be accountable for 60% growth from 2012 to 2025, with China being responsible for more than 25% of the global volume. India is expected to grow faster than China, overtaking Japan for the third position. By 2025, the report predicts, Indonesia will grow annually by 6% to attain the position of world’s fifth largest market. Australia is forecasted to expand at 1% annually as the mining activity shifts from infrastructure development to production.

The North American market is also supposed to grow by about 40%, representing a rebound of construction in the U.S. as well as the improved infrastructure and oil & gas related building in Canada. The Western Europe is supposed to contract by almost 5% from its peak in 2007, with the U.K. as the only area of growth, at more than twice the average for the complete region. The Eastern Europe as well is said to grow by almost 5% on an annual basis, driven by Turkey and Russia. Besides, Russia is supposed to become the world’s sixth largest market. The report projects, Qatar and Nigeria as the world’s fastest growing construction markets for 2025 with a growth of 10% and 8% per year, respectively.

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Skanska to Split 55:45 between Infrastructure and Buildings

Bill Hocking, executive vice-president of Skanska confirmed that the firm will tilt its UK business towards infrastructure from 2015 to 2020, after restructuring its senior management.

Skanska is expected to divide the business 55:45 between infrastructure and building. He also said that infrastructure and building have been hovering around 45 and 55% over the past decade. Currently, it is around 50:50 and the firm sees the infrastructure picking up to be 55:45.

Skanska UK announced that a 2020 business plan for the contractor will be developed by its infrastructure services manager Deirdre Murphy. She has been managing the infrastructure services operation for the company since 2008 and has led the acquisition of Atkins’ highways services business. The acquisition of Atkins’ highways services business had brought an additional £180m of annual revenue to Skanska UK and had increased the number of employees by 1,200.

Mike Putnam, the Skanska chief executive said that in order to take advantage of UK economic growth, the company was changing its management. Skanska has moved managing director of Skanska UK’s civil engineering arm Greg Craig who will run the infrastructure services business and, to permit Ms Murphy to work on the review.

As per Mr. Hocking, the weather resilience of the UK’s transport infrastructure would be reviewed. He feels that there should be a root and branch review of transport infrastructure resilience over the year which would lead to major investment.

To allow Ms Murphy to work on the review, Skanska has moved other staff as well. Greg Craig, the managing director of Skanska UK’s civil engineering arm, will run the infrastructure services business and the operations director of the civil engineering business, Thomas Faulkner, will replace him.

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New Cloud-Based Construction Project Management Application with Unique Features to be Launched Early 2014

New cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) construction project management application will be launched in early 2014 by Mantra, a reputed New Jersey custom software development company. The software application is way far simple and user friendly from other enterprise software applications for its features like project management & scheduling, issue tracking, task management, document sharing and work assignment. This application has been designed and developed to enhance the efficiency and help builders manage their projects effectively.

Director of Marketing at Mantra Information Services, Asher Weinstein, stated that this software-as-a-service construction project management application is not complicated and rigid like the various other software applications and similar products. The application can be used on computers, Android tablets as well as iPad. Through the application construction companies can sign up themselves and manage their construction projects by paying a small monthly fee. Companies interested to access Mantra’s app when it is released, can submit their email address through the launch website.

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Some useful Recommendations for getting better construction estimating process

A standardized approach and well suggested guidelines along with good processes should be undertaken for creating strong cost estimates which result in getting profitable job orders.

Aaron Martin, an MTI Systems’ trainer for Costimator recommends some excellent suggestions though which one can prepare sound cost estimating system confidently. As an instructor for various cost estimating software training classes, he gathers these suggestions from dealing with customers.

1. Scrutinize part drawings & specs in detail - A missed tolerance, surface finish or specification call out could impact, break or acutely influence decisions on the job.

2. Be reliable - Apply methods, tools, and the identical data that other estimators associated with your company utilize for producing equivalent results involving software, spreadsheet, standards, pricing, calculations, etc.

3. Undertake stringent quality checking procedures - Check your work repeatedly and try to make a brief review too. Besides, replicate re-occurring practices to eradicate their review – the estimating team must not analysis the cost used for a ¼” hole on every estimate.

4. Take the helps from expert! Consult with experts prevailing around you to solve your queries. Utilize their suggestions and preserve the information in a system for future application and save time.

5. Be updated. Follow the latest manufacturing technique or know-how that was emerged to minimize processing, material handling, or secondary operations. Find your time for regular review and provide suggestions to your team members for getting new ideas.

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