CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

The project titled “CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” is designed using

VB.NET and SQL Server 2000. The project helps for storing and retrieving details and also
provides the detailed description for the expenses made in the company.

The project contains house module, contractor module, labour module, expenses module
and admin module.

The house module helps to post their detailed information about the house and customer
details and their payment details such as actual amount, amount given and pending amount will
highlight on the home page until the property is sold.

The contractor module will help to store the contractor and their entire requirements for
the property and also provide the property owner details.

The labour module provides the detailed information about the labour and their details
such as name, address, phone number and daily wages.

The expense module provides the detail description of the expenses made in the
company. The expenses such as contractor salary and labour salary for build the house.

The Admin module maintains the entire progress involved in the construction
management system.

EXISTING SYSTEM
The existing system is full of manual process. Manual system maintains the limited number of
transactions and storing the data’s is very difficult. The existing system is found time consuming and
complex procedure. It is difficult to get the details of all the particulars. Lots of paperwork is involved and
human efforts are needed in the manual system. Record storage is irregular. This system is time-
consuming and risky.

DRAWBACKS

Some of the drawbacks are:

 It is not computerized and hence not systematic.

 Lack of database security.
 Same data are stored in more than one location.
 Access speed id less for searching and modifying data.
 The report generation is a tedious task.
 The customers are not aware of the products, which the organization deals with.
 Calculation of the re-order level is not computerized.
 Integration problem across the departments.

PROPOSED SYSTEM

The main objective of the “CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” is to reduce

time-consuming and make the system more user friendly, efficient, accurate and fast processing. It
reduces the manual work and confusion occurring by maintaining files. The details of the transaction are
added to the table automatically. The proposed system facilities the management to maintain the
transactions easily and fast to their convenience. More facilities can be added in future if needed.
BENEFITS

 Large volumes of data can be stored with ease.

 Security is assured.
 Maintenance of file is flexible.
 Records stored are updated now and then.
 Stored data and procedures can be easily edited.
 Easy report generation.
 Less manpower required.

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

The hardware used for the development of the project is:

PROCESSOR : PENTIUM III 866 MHz

RAM : 128 MD SD RAM

MONITOR : 15” COLOR

HARD DISK : 20 GB

FLOPPY DRIVE : 1.44 MB

CD DRIVE : LG 52X

KEYBOARD : STANDARD 102 KEYS

MOUSE : 3 BUTTONS
SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION

The software used for the development of the project is:

OPERATING SYSTEM : Windows XP Professional

ENVIRONMENT : Visual Studio .NET 2010

.NET FRAMEWORK : Version 4.0

LANGUAGE : VB.NET

BACKEND : SQL SERVER 2008