A Mobile Field Diary System for Infrastructure Construction Project Inspections


A Mobile Field Diary System for Infrastructure Construction Project Inspections
Published in:	Megaprojects: Building Infrastructure by Fostering Engineering Collaboration, Efficient and Effective Integration and Innovative Planning: Proceedings of the 10th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference:	July 23-25, 2012
Location of Conference:	Panama City, Panama
Authors:	Manuel E. Bermudez
Refereed Paper:	#286

Abstract
We present our design and on-going implementation effort of a Mobile Field Diary System, to be used by infrastructure construction inspectors. The central goal of the project is to design a powerful mobile analysis and reporting tool for construction inspectors to use on the field, as they inspect and supervise activities performed on a daily basis by contractors and subcontractors of infrastructure construction projects. The development platform is any mobile telephone running the Android operating system. The project is being developed by a group of undergraduate students at the University of Florida, under our IPPD (Integrated Product and Process Design) program, a highly successsful University-Industry Cooperation program. Our project is sponsored by InfoTech, Inc. a Gainesville high-technology company. We describe the current status of the design and software/hardware that has been produced, and describe the educational program (IPPD) under which they have been developed.