Topic 4 – Computer Applications in Construction Management

Planning & Scheduling Software

 Microsoft Project
 Primavera Project Planner
 Sure Trak
 ABT Project Workbench
 Project Scheduler 7
 Power Project
 Milestone
 Others

Microsoft Project

According to PMI Survey – March 2000, Microsoft Project is the most widely used project
management tool available today.

 Easy
 GUI
 Cheap
 Standard

Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

A Microsoft product that use in construction management.

Primavera Products

 Engineering & Construction

 Information Technology
 Maintenance
 New Product Development
 Professional Services

Engineering & Construction

Since 1983, Primavera Systems, Inc. has helped the engineering and construction industries
deliver more than $4.5 trillion worth of projects to date. ENR has ranked Primavera as the most-used
project management software in the industry. The reason for this is trust.

Primavera Products for Engineering & Construction

 SureTrak
 Primavera Project Planner
 Primavera Engineering & Construction
 Expedition
 Primavera Contractor
 Prime Contract
Primavera Project Planner (P3)

P3 is the recognized standard for high-end, high-performance scheduling and resource control.
A multi-project, multi-user project and resource planning and scheduling

 Manage multiple projects in a multi-user environment.

 Control large and complex projects efficiently.
 Connect to your corporation worldwide.

Control resources and costs – on daily basis.

SureTrak® Project Management

Resource planning and control for small-to-medium sized projects.

Topic 5 – Construction Reports

Preparing Daily Construction Reports – Kristoff Hendrick Amata

Why do we need Daily Construction Reports?

It is part of the business and daily routine.

 To review important notations in weekly meetings to set up action lists/agendas and improve
performance through discussion.
 To compliment good reports that briefly convey important items.
 Daily reports are working documents of the business.

It is need for legal aspects and purposes.

 Daily Reports are documents that can testify the activities that did happen or did not happen
but should have happened on site.
 It can be introduced in court as evidence of the activities on site.

Things to Avoid in Daily Reports:

 Inaccuracies
 Self-serving statements
 Inconsistencies
 Loss of records

Things/Factors that a Daily Report Supports:

 Time and material costs under “change” clause

 Constructive changes
 Acceleration of work
 Suspension of work
 Impacts and delays
 Changes in the sequence of activities
 Disruptions
 Force stoppage of work
 Termination of work
Topic 6 – Construction Fieldworks

Types of Construction

 Building Construction – is the process of adding structure to real property of construction of

buildings.
 Residential Construction – is the business of building and selling individual and multi-family
dwellings.
 New Construction Techniques and Sustainability – New technique of building construction are
being researched, made possible by advances id 3D printing technology. In a form of additive
building construction, similar to the additive many factoring techniques for manufactured parts,
building printing is making it possible to flexibly construct small commercial buildings and
private habitations.

Field Work on Construction Projects

Engineers concerned with direct fieldwork must allocate the work to the various agencies under
their control, arrange for materials and equipment, and ensure that the works are carried out by the
workers as per the specifications laid down and as per drawings given to them by the planners. They
would have to also ensure that the work is carried out as per the given schedule, and this would require
constant monitoring of the productivity of the workers under their control. The safety of the workers
has also to be ensured by the engineer. On large sites, separate engineers would be concerned with the
laying out of the work and the measuring it after it is completed. A separate QA QC section would also
oversee the necessary quality.

Offsite Work and Coordination

There is also substantial amount of work that has to be done off site in any construction project.
This can involve detail scheduling and monitoring of progress to ensure that the work is within the time
schedule envisaged by the owners or stakeholders. Attention is also required to be paid to procurement
of the materials to ensure that the schedule of construction is not interrupted. Provision of temporary
facilities like offices, storage space, water supply, electricity, and security may require the attention of
the engineer.

Topic 7 – Construction Disputes and R.A. 9184 Provisions on Government

Infrastructure