SPBCD Construction Manager:

       Introduction :
 The School Planning & Building Division of the Education  Department, Royal Government of Bhutan, is a technical  organization that is responsible for meeting the physical  facilities needs of the Education system in Bhutan.

       The Challenge :  
 Bhutan's development efforts has always placed a very  high priority on educating its people and to this end,  numerous projects are under implementation through  assistance from various donor agencies.
 The School Planning & Building Division has realized that it  is not only important to implement these projects but  maintaining the quality of construction is another major  consideration for reducing future maintenance costs, and  also to utilize optimally the funds that are available.
 This ideology is true for any implementing agency.
 Some of the constraints that the implementing agencies  face while fulfilling these responsibilities are:
 The shortage of technical staff in Bhutan; This often leads  to situations where people are assigned more than what  they can manage, and leads to poor quality of work.
 A young construction industry that lacks the skills and  experience of planning and management.
 It is against this backdrop that SPBD developed this  software with the primary objectives of fulfilling the  following:

1. To allow greater time for site supervision and quality control by cutting down on the time required for contract administration.
2. To provide the necessary technical and management support to the Bhutanese contractors in-order to successfully implement the projects.
3. To bring about transparency in the contracting procedures to improve the efficiency, administration and management in the construction industry.

       The Solution :  

       Salient Features of the Software :

• It is a total Parameter-based Software
• It has been designed in such a way that user can manage all the Masters and Transactions as per his requirements. There is also standard information that comes with software itself.
• It is a User Friendly Software
• Software is made with the standard Development tools that appear like any other window-based applications.

       Rate Analysis :

• This module has been developed with the requirements of the user and user can define Master Bill of Quantity Information category/Activity wise. User can maintain the Labor cost, Material Cost, Water charges and other information percentage wise and as per the Percentage, the Rate Analysis for the particular item will be calculated.
• User can estimate Rate Analysis by using Basic Material and Labor Code as well as Particular Item, which has Rate Analysis information.
• Construction Name Bill of Quantity
  This contains information about Quantity of items that will be used for the particular construction. This may vary location wise.
• · Project/Tender Bill of Quantity
  This is where particular agency prepares tender for the construction work carried out by them. This information is again based on Construction Name Bill of Quantity.
• Contract Bill of Quantity
  As soon as contract is awarded, Contract rates will be entered in the software as per the Item and quantity.
• Contract Bills/Running Account Bills
  It maintains the information for each Running Account Bill for each Contract. It also contains information about the Amendment items and Recovery information.
• Work Plan and Physical Progress
  The two most important aspects of construction work are Financial and Physical Progress. To maintain the physical progress stage wise or task wise, system keeps information percentage wise. According to that it will give reports, which gives comparison for financial as well as physical progress and can be imported in Microsoft Project.
• Customized Report
• Data transfer Module
  The System also allows data transfer facility between sites as per the contract and keeps security for updating of data at site.
• Security for accessing the software
  System provides security at four different levels.

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