CMS (Construction Management System) is an application whose primary function is to provide reliable cost forecast and progress information for project cost control and management decision making. Though initially designed for Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) type projects, CMS is able to support projects involving any or all Design/Specify,
Procure/Construct, and Install/Commission activities.

Benefits

Complete and dynamic view of: –

• Budget / Plan
• Commitment
• Forecast and Actual Costs
• Quantities
• Labour
• Progress and Productivity

Other benefits:-

• Multiuser, relational design
• Supports fixed and dynamic forecasting
• Rigorous and disciplined database structure
• Total control of both awarded and unawarded work
• Capability of interfacing to accounting or financial applications
• Readily enhanced or customised
• Flexible reporting with comprehensive user specified criteria.

Features

• Three – Dimensional (3D) matrix for storing and retrieving information
• Account / Facility Code
• Trade / Commodity Code
• Phase / Stage Code
• Create Code of Accounts representing the Work Breakdown Structure
• Enter or Import control budget or business plan details
• Enter Details of Purchase Orders or Contracts
• Maintain Forecast values for Purchase Orders and Contracts·
• Enter Progressive payments against commitment pay items
• Assign appropriate portions of budgeted scope to awarded Purchase orders and contracts

eCMS

CMS has undergone a complete ground up redevelopment using Microsoft’s .NET framework technologies and been given a new name – eCMS – to reflect its new enterprise features (see below). Development has focused on database, business layer and user interface design, as well as enterprise structures and techniques.

Features

• Windows .Net Framework application using a 3-layered application architecture comprising of a Presentation Layer, Business Layer and Data Access Layer.
• Modern user interface look and feel, exploiting tabbed grid interface technologies.
• SQL Server database that houses “enterprise” wide data for all eCMS projects, eliminating the need for separate project databases.
• Isolation of data at the project and organisation (entity) level and controlled via user role and user entity membership.

Availability

eCMS is currently undergoing beta testing and is available as a cloud based trial version.