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Title:

DATA STRUCTURE FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Accession Number:

00218516

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

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/

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.

Monograph Accession #:

01410218

Authors:

Froemming, A P
Fenves, S J

Pagination:

pp 22-34

Publication Date:

1969

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 278
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (9) ; References (4)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 29 1994 12:00AM

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