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  • System Highlights
  • Project Information
  • Time Entry
  • Purchasing
  • Subcontract
  • Engineering
  • Reports
  • Safety
  • Document Control
  • Progressing

    System Highlights
    The system allows users to enter information and produce both internal (your company) and external (the client) forms that are common place for executing a project. The information entered is used again and again, allowing for one type entry with many benefits over the project life span from cradle to grave. Many of these printed forms can be modified to fit the way YOUR company operates.

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    Windows 98 SE Operating system or later
    Minimun of 50 mb of free hard drive disk space
    Winzip

    SAMPLE SCREEN SHOTS

    Click on each tab above to see a sample of the Screens and short description.

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    Project Information
    This screen allows users to enter initial project startup information, establish the budget, simple forecasting, and invoicing the client.

    The system allows for Multiple Clients or Owners, Projects or Job Numbers, Task or Work Orders, and Phase or Cost Codes. In addition different Contract Types including Lump Sum, Time and Material, and Cost Plus are allowed.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Project Setup
    * Work Orders
    * Billing and Cost Tables
    * Cost Codes
    * Change Orders
    * Contract Management
    * Percent Complete
    * Forecast Adjustments
    * Invoicing Clients

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    Time Entry(PR)
    Time Entry allows users to enter Timecard data for Craft, Staff, and Subcontractors. Data uses include Corporate Office Payroll, Client Timecard, Invoicing, Cost Reports, Safety Statistics, etc.

    After data is entered it can be download to a home office accounting system saving cost to produce paychecks. Your able to printout both non and priced Client Timecards using the Billing Tables.

    Are you a Construction Manager for a Client? Collect other Contractors, Fabricators, Engineers, Suppliers, and Client Costs to produce a Construction Management Cost System report for the Client. A benefit useful for proving your company as a "Full Service" contractor.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Craft Labor
    * Indirect or Staff Labor
    * Subsistence or Per Diem
    * Other Lump Sum Pays
    * Company Equipment
    * Stock Purchases
    * Vendor Purchases
    * Subcontract Time
    * Narrative of work performed
    * Reports include Timekeeping Labor Monitor to assure that all active labor has been accounted for.

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    Purchasing
    Purchasing allows the user to enter initial Buyout information of materials, services, and consumables, enter Purchase Orders, Expedite, Receive Materials, and Pay Vendor's Invoices.

    Purchase Orders, Rental Logs, and Expediting Reports are just a few reports available from the system.

    An example of how the system saves time is when processing a Vendor Invoice for payment the same data is used to printout on a Client Timecard or Invoice to your client.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Buyouts
    * Purchase Orders (PO)
    * Receiving
    * Vendor Invoicing (AP)
    * Expediting
    * Rental logs

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    Subcontract
    This screen allows the user to enter Subcontracts including Original Subcontract and all Change Orders. Data, along with Subcontractor Timecards, will be processed and compared to the Subcontractor's Invoice for payment processing.

    The Subcontractor can also supply Force Report data to be keyed into the system for your "General Contractor" reports.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Scoping
    * Invoicing
    * Change Orders
    * Payments
    * Force Reports

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    Engineering
    The Engineering screen allows the user to enter such data as Cases(keeping track of items or events that may cause cost, schedule, or other impacts to the project), Request for Information(RFI), Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Reports, Supervisor and Staff Diaries.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Case Logs
    * Request for Information (RFI)
    * Diary and Updates
    * Daily Reports
    * Monthly Reports

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    Reports
    Over 150 different reports available ---plus--- many more forms that can be printed. Reports are grouped by Type or Class for easy retrieval. Reports may be exported to MS Excel or Word.

    After you set up standard reports you may save them and later recall for printing. Forms, which are selected from various screens, maybe customize to use your company forms.

    Functions include:

    * Select Main Class. Samples of reports per each main classes are:

    Billing Reports Chart Of Account Client Reports Client Timecard
    Cost Hours Cost Reports Document Control Equipment
    Invoice Reports IQR Management Payroll
    Project Engineer Purchase Orders Safety Subcontract
    Tables Time Keeping    

    * Select Report(remember over 150 reports are available)
    * Some reports have sorting capability
    * Reports have multiple filter or selection capability
    * Preview or direct printing
    * Customize Titles and Title Blocks
    * Save Report Criteria for later recall

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    Safety
    The Safety Screen is used to enter Training Documentation and Orientation. It is also used to investigate Accidents and Near Misses. Produce Safety Audits and really keep track of your supervision.

    The Safety System is useful to report to both internal and external clients. It is also used to help evaluate the safety statistic for a particular Supervisor related to there Accident Record and the hour’s supervised.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Training
    * Training records
    * Accidents
    * Investigation
    * Safety Audits
    * OSHA 300 Logs
    * OSHA 301 Logs
    * Supervision Evaluation

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    Document Control
    Receiving and Transmitting Documents have never been easier. The Document Control System sets up a database of all documents, revision, the transmittals, and Submittals. The system is also useful for setting up the number of copies, and the distribution of those documents.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Transmittals
    * Submittals
    * Sending Documents
    * Receiving Documents
    * Document Lists
    * Document Revisions
    * Distribution

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    Progressing / Install Quantities Report (IQR)
    Enjoy the ability to measure quantities in details that you estimate in and generate a commodity, drawing, work group, subcontractor, or project percent completes. Be able to provide your clients with a professional quantity tracking system that is traceable. Based on the efforts, enjoy the ability to produce "measured mile" or other claim supporting documentation if your project has to go to claims.

    Functions include: (View Sample Forms)

    * Quantity tracking
    * Progressing
    * Installed Quantity Reports
    * Budget Quantities
    * Measured Mile Capability
    * Budget vs. Actual Quantities/Unit Rate Comparison
    * Update P3

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