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Small business -- Information services -- Design<br />Contractors' operations -- Data processing<br />Construction industry -- Information services -- Design<br />Construction industry -- Information technology

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Principles Of Designing Monitoring Information Systems For Small Construction Contractors, Dan Richard Pellegrino Jan 1970

Principles Of Designing Monitoring Information Systems For Small Construction Contractors, Dan Richard Pellegrino

Masters Theses

"The object of this investigation was to develop a monitoring information system which would comply with the time and cost constraints of the small construction contractor. Every aspect of a monitoring system was considered and logically analyzed. A suggested Monitoring Information System was developed and compared to other monitoring systems in existing literature and also the monitoring system of a local contractor. It was determined by this investigation and comparison that the suggested Monitoring Information System eliminated many disadvantages of existing systems such as: 1) inaccurate monitoring of progress, 2) large number of forms to process, 3) large time lag …