Construction Information (Drawing, Detailing, Specification)

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CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION (DRAWING, DETAILING, SPECIFICATION)
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TASK 1
a) Uses of construction information.
 To enable the partners and the management of the projects to communicate effectively.
 To grasp information from individuals and their services so that when they can move
together with their services.
 To help in organizing and skilled running of human and physical resources.
 To assist in measuring, computing and tabulating the length, areas, volumes of the objects
found in plans and specifications.
 To allow designers in evaluation of substitute design solution in order to attain optimum
design.
 To allow the contractors to come up with drawings by deploying lines, rectangles, and
circles on the screen (Ballast, 2010).
b) Different types of construction information
Most of the information technologies are used in current construction in order to support most
aspects of a construction project. The various types of information include;
i) Computer-Aided Design and Visualization (CAD)
The design professionals prefer the use of CAD since it has the largest share in the market for
example AutoCAD. Other examples of CAD software includes MiniCAD, Fast CAD, ArchiCAD
and Micro station (Liebing, 2013). The use of CAD tools in the construction industry is simply
permitting the user create drawings through manipulation of rectangles, texts, circles and lines
and the CAD have the ability to permit editing (Hopper, 2012, p. 132).
ii) Building Engineering Applications
The correction of any design defects is very costly after the construction of the building,
therefore, an accurate simulation of the building performance at the design stage is important so
that identification and solving of the problems can be done (Hensey, 2012). Various methods
have been used in predicting the performance of the building in lightning, structural and thermal
aspects.
iii) Computer Aided Cost Estimation

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During construction, there is the need for controlling the cost of the project and that is the reason
why estimation of cost should be done accurately by the contractors and subcontractors (Hopper,
2012). Examples of software which enables the project managers to make estimation and to keep
track of project spending include FBS-Estimator, PRESTO, and Manifest.
iv) Planning, Scheduling and Site Management
Physical and human resources need a skillful management and planning during construction
works. The on-site managers can be assisted by the computer system to organize in advance,
assess numerous selections and implement the most well-organized construction processes
(Ballast, 2013). These planning packages include Microsoft Project, Power Project, and
Primavera.
v) Business and Information Management
The procedure of construction is a data intensive during which enormous amount of information
produced and expended by all the professionals associated (Chen, 2014).
c) Different types of construction information
Micro station, MiniCAD and Fast CAD allow the user to carry out editing for example copy,
move, delete and rotate.
ATEAN, CALCULUX, COSMOS allows the design to evaluate alternative design solution
for them to reach optimum design (Institute, 2013).
GEST, ICON, Job Master and Presto Control allow tracking of internal processes during the
construction phase.