Automating the Administration Process in Highway Construction Projects

Effective management of the construction phase is essential for the successful completion of a project. Continuous monitoring is required to ensure that construction is proceeding as planned or to correct any deviation from the planned duration or cost. Moreover, data management is essential for effective and timely communication between the project participants. This is particularly important in the construction industry since data related to the project is generated on a daily basis. As noted in previous research effort, managing this data can take considerable time from the project manager. In order to improve the data collection and transmission in the field, a research team from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez presented a mobile application for automating the collection process of field inspection data and reporting using mobile devices. This paper presents a continuation of the previous research effort and presents a web component that complements the mobile application to automate and enhance the administration process for highway projects. This web based system is generated from the daily inspection data collected with mobile devices to create reports and to perform analyses that are critical for project administration and control.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479827.204
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  • © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Bianchi, Josie
  • Valdes, Didier
  • Perdomo, Jose
  • Valdes, Julio
  • Calderon, Tarik
• Conference:
  • Construction Research Congress 2016
  • Location: San Juan Puerto Rico, United States
  • Date: 2016-5-31 to 2016-6-2
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 2050-2059
• Monograph Title: Construction Research Congress 2016: Old and New Construction Technologies Converge in Historic San Juan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Automation; Construction management; Costs; Data management; Management; Monitoring; Road construction
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01606137
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784479827
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Jul 28 2016 10:03AM