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Construction Automation Review
The Programming of Construction Project Management Services and related Business Processes has been a progression of the Architecture and Construction Industries developing and standardizing the conceptualization and delivery of construction projects while meeting Project Owner, Funding Source, Primary Contractor and Service Provider individual automation criteria.
Standardization is centric on the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Master Format indexing system which organizes construction data specifications and pricing into 50+ Divisions.
Programming of the various life cycle functions used to conceive and deliver construction projects has produced many "isolated" Web-sites and software applications/processes: a) CAD for creating drawings b) CSI Work Division Specifications for transforming construction drawings into deliverable projects
c) Request for Quote d) Cost Estimating e) Book/Unit Price Values f) Scheduling g) Material Management h) Progress Reporting i) Billing j) Invoicing k) Payment and l) Profit/Loss Accounting.
Currently the Construction Industry has a significant need for the development and implementation of automated and "integrated" processes configurable into an expandable matrix business system that can be applied rapidly and inexpensively.
Automation Alternative
CPMCAS,LLC has developed the Construction Project Management Continuum (CPMC) Service resolving this isolated/integrated automation issue through "referencing".
CPMC Service offers through Construction Primary Contractors:
* Organizational Processes for Primary Contractors to Administratively and Contractually Network Construction Service Providers and Project Customer / Owners into Service Supply Chains
* Project Processes that integrate Primary Contractors and Project Customer / Owners with their Service Supply Chains to Plan, Acquire Funding, Schedule, Perform, Manage and Administrate:
- Feasibility Studies
- Building Information Models
- Construction Projects
- Maintenance of Post Projects
CPMC ProcessesIntegrate Project Administration and Communications Data with Project Work and Accountable Users to:
* Breakdown RFQ Drawings into Work Events and send them to
Service Providers to Quote Labor, Equipment, Material (LEM) and Duration
* Optionally; further breakdown RFQ Work Events to meet payment preference of Service Providers
* Produce Primary Contractor and Service Provider Purchase Orders
* Develop Cash Flow projections for Project Capital Funding and
Operational Credit
* Schedule Projects
* Publish Work Schedules (Labor-Equipment-Material-Drawings)
and Report progress at Work Event Level
* Track Material from Point of Purchase to Receiving, Inspection,
Storage, Receiving and Disposal
* Approve Completed Work Events using Electronic Authorization Signatures
to expedite sign-offs
* Generate Billing for all Collaborating Service Providers and Invoicing for
Primary Contractor
* Verify / Authorize Billing and Invoicing
* Verify / Authorize Payment
* Communicate in context of Work Events with Project Participants in real-time
for hundreds to thousands of collaborating CPMC End-Users.
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