| Author | Woon, Yang-leng |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ST-87-35 |
| Subject(s) | Information storage and retrieval systems--Construction industry
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| Note | A thesis study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Business operations of building construction firms are studied and
classified into nine functional fields. Each functional field is
investigated to identify the objectives of the operations, the data
needed for t he operations, and the results of the operations in the form
of information. It was recommended that the data needed for the
operations can be organized as a common pool of information and stored
in a formatted pattern by employing the database management technique .
These data are specified as standardized data. For the building
construction industry standardized data are structured into twelve
files. They are client, project, competitive , personnel, payroll,
vendor, subcontractor, labor-only subcontractor, material, manpower,
equipment, project feedback files. The attributes of each files are
identified and the relationship between the files are specified. As an
example in the study, a control program was written in the dBASE III
PLUS to use the standardized data pool to generate information needed
for performing cost estimation and work scheduling operations. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Structural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chauhan, Roshan Lal ;Jearkjirm, Vithool
|
| Examination Committee(s) | Wireland, Martin
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Australia |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |