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US 8,805,731 B2Granted
Construction project submittal management
OwnerElbert Harrisinventor
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Abstract
A network based construction project management system. The system includes network accessible databases of project information including drawings and specifications. The system allows for varying amount of access for various user including general contractors, subcontractors, architects and project owners. The system allows for the effective creation, management and long term accessible storage of project submittals.
Claims26
A method of completing construction project submittal requirements including the steps of:
- storing a set of required specifications for materials necessary to meet design parameters for a construction project on a component of a computer network, said component of said computer network being controlled by a subscription service provider:
- submitting information to a submittal document stored on said component of said computer network, said submittal document including a set of actual material specifications to meet said set of required specifications for materials necessary to meet design parameters for the construction project;
- requesting submittal document required information, including said set of actual material specifications, from contributor access points connected to said computer network, said contributor access points having access to create and submit said submittal document;
- requesting approval by a responder through said computer network of said submittal document stored on said component of said computer network, said responder having read-only access to said submittal document and access to approve or disapprove said submittal document;
- updating a submittal document as being completed upon receipt of an approval through said computer network from said responder;
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- archiving electronically completed submittal documents for future retrieval alter a construction project is completed.
4 more elements
A method of managing submittals for a construction project, said method comprising the steps of:
- preparing a submittal containing requirements and/or specifications for at least a component of the construction project including a set of required specifications for materials necessary to meet design parameters for the construction project;
- posting at least required specifications of the submittal at a central location controlled by a service provider;
- accessing the submittal at the central location by a contributor to the submittal, the contributor having access to create and submit the submittal;
- completing the submittal by the contributor by providing a set of actual material specifications to meet said set of required specifications;
- updating the posting of the submittal to include the completed submittal at the central location;
- approving the submittal by a responder having read-only access to said submittal document and access to approve or disapprove the submittal and updating the posting upon receipt of approval by said responder to include the approved submittal at the central location as completed;
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- archiving electronically completed submittal documents for future retrieval after a construction project is completed.
5 more elements
A method of managing submittals for a construction project, said method comprising the steps of:
- storing information regarding a submittal document on a component of a computer network, said component of said computer network being controlled by a subscription service provider, said submittal document including a set of actual material specifications to meet a set of required specifications for materials necessary to meet design parameters for the construction project;
- storing information regarding system users on another component of a computer network, said another component of said computer network being controlled by said subscription service provider;
- receiving submittal document required information, including said set of actual material specifications, from at least one system user via an access point connected to said computer network, said access point having access to create and submit said submittal document;
- requesting approval by an other system user through said computer network of said submittal document stored on said component of said computer network, said other system user having read-only access to said submittal document and access to approve or disapprove said submittal document;
- archiving electronically completed submittal documents for future retrieval after a construction project is completed;
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- archiving information regarding when said submittal document was updated and who updated.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.