PDAS STREAMLINE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TASKS ON FRANK SINATRA DRIVE

This article discusses the use of handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) on construction sites to allow field inspectors to record daily report information such as weather conditions, logs of materials and quantities, logs of equipment and labor used, and logs of activities and discussions with contractors. The PDA approach comes as a solution to the limitations presented by traditional paper records, and allows searching into project archives, quick summarization, and managerial reports. The article also discusses various options in terms of PDA platforms, and suggests further possibilities for PDA applications on projects.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1606878
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: pp 40, 42-43
• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  200 South Broad Street
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Couto, G
  • Moon, S
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Data entry; Personal digital assistants; Project management; Software
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00944194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 2003 12:00AM