DATA STRUCTURE FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

THE OBJECT OF THIS PAPER IS TO OUTLINE A DATA STRUCTURE FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE THE INTEGRATION OF THE VARIOUS DATA INVOLVED IN DATA PROCESSING INTO A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THE SCOPE OF CONSIDERATION OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SYSTEM IS LIMITED TO THE FOUR BASIC OPERATIONS OF ACCOUNTING, PAYROLL, CPM, AND ESTIMATING. CPM IS ENVISAGED AS BOTH AN UPDATING AND MONITORING TOOL FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS A PLANNING AND SCHEDULING TOOL. THE DATA STRUCTURES IN THE FOUR OPERATIONS ARE DESCRIBED WITH EMPHASIS ON THE HIERARCHICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE DATA. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE DATA STRUCTURES ON A COMPANY-WIDE BASIS IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THE COMPANY ACTIVITIES OF BIDDING AND PRE-PROJECT PLANNING, PROJECT CONTROL, AND GENERATION OF HISTORICAL DATA. THE DATA STRUCTURE PRESENTED DEALS ONLY WITH THE FORMAT OF THE DATA, AND DOES NOT DEPEND IN ANY WAY ON THE CONTENTS OF THE DATA. THE VALUE OF THE SYSTEM TO THE USER DEPENDS EXCLUSIVELY ON HIS ABILITY TO FORMULATE HIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE STRUCTURE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1969/278/278-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Highway Equipment and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Froemming, A P
  • Fenves, S J
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 22-34
• Monograph Title: Highway equipment studies, construction management, noise and air pollution bibliography
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 278
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accounting; Bids; Construction industry; Construction management; Construction scheduling; Estimating; Information processing; Information systems; Management; Planning; Salaries
• Old TRIS Terms: Construction operations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218516
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 1994 12:00AM