Smart maps, apps, and analytics to help you locate your assets, manage fieldwork, and budget for all infrastructure and utilities-related projects in a single platform.

Construction Management Systems refer to the ability to manage aspects of a construction project before and during construction. If used properly, the information about the construction project can then be used after construction for management and maintenance of the as-built environment. This infrastructure asset management system should include the ability to integrate all forms of information, including documents, diagrams, CAD, maps, imagery, notes, and existing infrastructure information.

Asset mapping refers to the ability to calculate geographic coordinates for an asset and then use it for mapping, reporting, and geospatial analysis. Item mapping is often performed after the asset has been placed and is functioning. This is particularly true of infrastructure assets like valves, pipes, poles, lights, cameras, and so on. In general, the process is crucial in lowering risks since it focuses on the later phases of an asset’s life cycle, notably maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement. Asset mapping becomes extremely critical for underground utilities.

The basic premise of a construction management system is to track and document all aspects of a construction project. Part of this process is to geolocate an asset from its source (i.e. a map), address (geocoding), or GPS once it is installed. Related information and any other documents during construction are automated and managed in a digital plan and documentation room virtually so that all crew members can access them as needed. In addition, this information is available later for maintenance and management of the assets and infrastructure. In this way, it supports infrastructure asset management by intervening at strategic points in an asset’s normal life cycle to extend its service life and to ensure it is operational. A long-life-cycle asset typically necessitates multiple intervention points, including a combination of repair and maintenance activities, as well as overall rehabilitation.

Construction management can include a variety of tools. An often overlooked tool is GIS. The versatility and functionality of a GIS system allow for the control and management of all assets and land-focused (location) activities. Most assets are interconnected and share proximity, and this connectivity is possible through the use of GIS. GIS-centric infrastructure asset management standardizes data and allows interoperability, providing users the capability to reuse, coordinate, and share information in an efficient and effective manner. Computer Aided Design (CAD) is also used for asset mapping and is good for design, but is often ingested into a GIS system once the asset is deployed.

In many cases, insurance companies will provide discounts to construction projects if they are using an integrated infrastructure asset management system such as InfraMappa. Construction Management Systems are used by the following sectors during any phase of construction, including new sites, new buildings, or new additions:

• Higher Education:
  Infrastructure mapping tool helps colleges and universities know where to build and develop comprehensive grant plans. Design and maintain a safe campus. Get in front of issues with a data-based maintenance schedule.
• Construction Companies :
  Uncover hidden risk by understanding underground infrastructure asset locations. Using a network infrastructure mapping software will help you track progress with an integrated view of all plans with on-site views.
• Commercial Real Estate :
  Get a handle on property maintenance schedules and annual costs with a 3D utility mapping tool. Reduce costs by optimizing repair work based on location. Identify the true cost of expansion with full knowledge of underground asset locations.
• Large Business:
  Maintain building and campus health with a complete smart map view of your locations using infrastructure asset management tools. Based on a complete perspective of the land, create safety zones, emergency plans, and community spaces.
• Health Care:
  Understand quickly expanded areas for emergencies by knowing where critical facilities are located, such as water and power, using infrastructure mapping software. See hidden dangers underground before expanding and reduce maintenance costs with a location-based plan.
• Casinos:
  By setting up an infrastructure mapping tool, you can increase security and reduce risks by knowing where every asset is. Based on a complete understanding of each property, you can manage property flow and configurations.
• Non-Profits:
  Property management is not the primary purpose of non-profit organizations, but often they are called upon to caretake important community land or holdings. Historic sites, parks, museums, discovery centers, and clinics are just a few of the sites that can be better managed by using an infrastructure information management.
• Cemeteries:
  Smarter, map-based infrastructure asset management makes maintaining, renovating, and expanding cemeteries more efficient.
• Local governments:
  While small areas such as parks and libraries are complex, underground infrastructure is often concealed in file drawers and CAD drawings rather than on utility maps. Bringing these to light with a 3D utility map reduces costs and risks.

Construction management systems based on maps and/or GIS are essential. Aside from regular maintenance, planning and design for remodeling, expanding, or replacing facilities necessarily requires knowledge of what is currently in place, its age, makeup, capacity, life expectancy, and physical location. Traditional construction management systems are only focused on the building phase, which unfortunately makes the information gathered during construction hidden or lost.
With an infrastructure asset management system that is used for planning, execution, and maintenance of a facility, this data is not only accessible but much more accurate than trying to gather it later.

Construction management is an essential component of managing a construction project throughout its entire lifecycle. We build solutions that address fundamental infrastructure asset management issues, including those that arise during the construction phase.  We build solutions that address fundamental infrastructure asset management issues, including those that arise during the construction phase. We strive for minimal configuration and no customization. Our users depend on us to provide a complete solution based on their data. Solutions include all types of users and information. Our flagship solution, InfraMappa, is focused on the full lifecycle of infrastructure assets, starting with the engineering-planning and construction phase, and continuing through operation and maintenance and financial planning. We understand and see the need to address the construction management challenges facing those responsible for commercial and public sector facilities, including municipalities, educational institutions, utility companies, hospitals, and medical centers, and their architecture, engineering, contractor and risk management, commercial real estate, and insurance partners.

Construction management, especially with GIS and location intelligence, has many benefits.
Better forecasting and budgeting – By seeing the big picture below and above the ground ahead of time, you can make smarter decisions.
Better design and construction

• Better construction outcomes:
  With spatially accurate data about important infrastructure right at your fingertips, planners and designers can properly locate new assets in the right place the first time around.
•  A single source of truth:
  When all sub-contractors work from a common set of plans construction happens right on schedule.
• Better maintenance and operations:
  An accurate and current visual representation of all your assets allows you to prioritize and allocate resources wisely.
• Fewer trips to your plan room:
  With all your maps and information online in a single, secure platform, there’s no more wasted time on trips to plan room and less worry about losing documents.
• Identify high-risk information gaps:
  We validate your information and help fill data gaps. Confidence grows when your design, construction, and maintenance teams can easily identify missing information.
• Preserve institutional knowledge:
  As a generation of professionals begins to retire or personnel change jobs, your institutional knowledge is preserved in a central repository accessible by the next generation of managers.
• Reduce your liability:
  When you don’t see the big picture, you make costly mistakes. We help you avoid mishaps by providing up-to-date information about what’s above, on, and beneath the ground.
• Better emergency preparedness and disaster planning:
  When a crisis happens, we bring order to chaos. Our infrastructure mapping software can quickly share information about your facilities or assets with public safety and disaster recovery professionals.