QTY: A Project Management Software
Super Civil CD is unique civil, structural and architectural engineering handbook-cum-design software on CD-ROM, providing varieties of information and tools for the construction industry in a single CD. Its offering 'QTY' is actually a tool for project management and not just a quantity estimation or survey tool. Its two distinctive features-no graphic or drawing interface and Menu driven input make the tool essentially different from the commonly available graphic-interface-integrated-programs.
As projects being dynamic in nature, planning and updating are efforts that continue till project completion. So, though sequential planning may be desirable, concurrent planning becomes a necessity. The initial plan undergoes several changes during conduct of a project. Greater efforts are required to be put in by the project manager for following the changes in plan than for initial planning. This aspect of a project makes 'changing' even more important than 'generating'. It is here that a simpler menu-driven quantity input that is easily editable becomes useful. Some of the important features of this tool include:
As projects being dynamic in nature, planning and updating are efforts that continue till project completion. So, though sequential planning may be desirable, concurrent planning becomes a necessity. The initial plan undergoes several changes during conduct of a project. Greater efforts are required to be put in by the project manager for following the changes in plan than for initial planning. This aspect of a project makes 'changing' even more important than 'generating'. It is here that a simpler menu-driven quantity input that is easily editable becomes useful. Some of the important features of this tool include:
- Facility to Edit Material & Labor Coefficients
- Section Wise & Total Cost, Over Head & Profit Summary
- Section Wise & Total Cement, Sand, Aggregate & Brick Consumption
- Section Wise & Total Mason, Carpenter, Skilled Labor, Unskilled Labor & Foreman Requirements
- Diameter Wise Reinforcement Breakup
- Section wise Structural Steel (MB/MC/L/Plate /Tube)
- Graphical Representation of Various Costs, Materials, Labour, Reinforcements & Steel Sections in the form of Pie / Bar Chart
- Facility to Prepare Gnatt / Bar Chart up to 2 years duration
- Generation of Monthly Cash Flow, Value, Cost, Over Head, Taxes and Profit
- Generation of Monthly Requirements of Cement Bags, Sand, Aggregate and Bricks
- Generation of Monthly Requirements of Mason, Carpenter, Skilled Labour, Unskilled Labour & Foreman
- Generation of Project " S " Curve
- Item Specifications (Including CPWD)
- 41 Nos. of Forms / Format / Templates Including:Billing, Material Consumption, Labor Consumption, Measurement Sheet, Daily Progress Report, Activity Schedule, Crash Cost Schedule, Delay Report etc.
NBM&CW June 2011
