First they have Project Online which includes Portfolio Management and Time Registration because we need to have progress reporting portfolio. Second, Planner which is ideal for detailed activity tracking. Thirdly, has Teams as collaboration platform and fast and easy way to have team interaction between your team members.
Any number of things on sheet is very important to go in an organization said Erik. Organization can choose to have portfolio as whole, they might be interested in capacity as well. We have to know which person is allocated to which tasks and tool. So project online could be the best solution for that. Project online provides solution for portfolio management, capture demand right from the stand, portfolio selection capabilities, capture resource allocation across projects and extensive reporting capabilities.
Microsoft Planner is useful for organizing team activity, assign tasks in detail, share images, documents, checklists, links and more. Microsoft Planner is friendly to use in all devices in hand. For the Construction Planner Board, there will be cards option to be added including buckets. We are able to design different bucket and create additional cards if needed. Multiple information can be containing in bucket such as description, progress, start date, due date. We are also able to add labels such as critical in red colour, attention in orange colour and for many other like sticky notes. In addition, adding checklist is also possible. At the bottom adding attachments and comments as to add description has been facilitated in planner. On right there will be an icon of describing the whole board as summary. For the Charts section, it gives an overview with also pie chart saying how many tasks are left to do and turning in late and with many descriptions.
Microsoft Teams stands as a collaboration or communication platform for project online easily. It has functionality of chatting, document sharing, instant access to SharePoint, OneNote, Power BI and Planner. Teams has the capability of working all your devices. Using teams for project online is more common just liner planner just the difference it looks in purple in colour describes the Senior PPM Consultant, Erik. It is easy to work as well because, we can work how we use to work in planner. Different steps are available like conversations where images, documents can be added. Able to start a new meeting with start date, end date, end time, details of the meeting, who is the organizer and also the attendees. Next in files option, project manager can ask members to upload financial documents one by one where document is only available for specific people to be seen. Adding more option or not only Microsoft functionality, other tools will be able to link such as Trello, Wrike, Hootsuite, VSTS, Power BI. Power BI is a tool of choice for getting data in nice visual. Created in content pack where it looks at project online information.
Portfolio Management carried advantages like able to access to powerful schedule tools, access to resources and allocation overviews, and ability to allocate resources for time registration purposes. Next about the team advantages, where it can be able to access to a collaboration platform, access to an easy to use planning board, ability to send progress to the portfolio management. Lastly, the benefits of management will be such as able to access to portfolio reporting, access to accurate allocation data and also there are happy users because of tools of choices are available here.
AMCL
is known as the Asset Management Consulting Limited. They are a part of Turner
& Townsend who conducts major project delivery and PMO advisory. Then they
importantly have T&T Suiko with them who are experts in operational
excellence. Moreover, the well-known organization, Vertex has been systems
engineering specialist and also the AM Academy, whoever wish to know more in
detail about Asset Management, they provide adequate learning on this. AMCL
also have 60 specialists globally who works for Asset Management, Business
Architecture, Digitalisation, Engineering, Challenge and Business Readiness.
AMCL also basically operating in countries like North America, Europe / Mid
East, Australasia / Asia Pacific. They’re client companies are basically based
on transport, utilities and power sectors.
Asset
Management can be defined as coordinated which means work all together in
activities of an organization to realise the values from assets and also can be
recognized as the optimal lifecycle management of physical assets to
sustainably achieve the stated business objectives. The key word in Asset
Management should be alignment. An asset should be an item, thing or entity
that has potential or actual value to an organization. Asset can stand as
collection of items, consists of brand to be an asset. Paul shares that his
favourite asset that could be in civil engineering is bridge.
There
four main scope of asset management. Firstly, customers. So here we are
required to identify what does the customer expect from us, what are they
willing to pay for. Next, legislation. It is important to know all the
boundaries before complying with company that we are about to operate from
different countries. Thirdly, investors who support capital for an organization
at the same time they expect return for sure. So it is important how an
organization demonstrate value to their investors which will encourage many new
investors to join or else encourage existing investors to sustain. As for the
commercial environment, there will be challenges to face on the market place,
full fill the regulatory requirement to carry out the plan. There are 6
fundamental stages in this scope. First is lifecycle delivery including phases
like construction activities, building significant projects, operational
maintenance and more. Secondly, strategy and planning which seems to response
to an organization’s requirement. Thirdly, asset management and decision making
which assets should be creating and maintaining as a whole sum decision. We
have asset information next. It is needed for making right and accurate
decision. Fifth, organization and people who are able to create strategies and
complete the decision making. Lastly, risk and review. It leads to the
understanding the risk related to an activity. So, a conceptual model gives an
overview to the Civil Engineers a summary on the whole 39 subjects into just 6
fundamentals areas.
Basically
asset management and civil engineering relates to one another just because
civil engineers creates assets like physical assets of construction. Civil
engineers are also supposed to think about the consequences, risks, design
positively with further opportunities but not negatively. In term of relationship
for building and managing assets. Information are needed to build to asset by
planning, designing and delivering. On the other hand, assets can be managed by
operating, maintaining and replacing or enhancing. There are few challenges
that civil engineers are facing in current and future like resilience,
sustainability, keeping pace with the smart infrastructure revolution and achieving
net zero for access. Basically Civil Engineers do worry about the challenges on
environment while building a construction, risks that they are about to face,
recognizing what changes to they make in plans, ensure the building is stable,
good understanding on cost and also next creation and intention that they are
implementing. Advantages of good practises of asset management as civil
engineers will result in as reducing maintenance cost, prioritising and
reducing capital expenditure, get better value from asset information systems,
ensuring infrastructure investments deliver the customer experience intended
and reducing our embedded and ongoing cartoon footprint.
In
a summary from my point of view, it is important to value asset management in
civil engineering as of it brings so much benefits in any projects that are
about to start.
The third seminar I join was IEM Fire Advisory Board Dialogue Testing & Commissioning Guideline for Fire Protection Systems. Currently, the conventional practise of fire protection system T&C is conducted by firefighting contractors, who would engage specialist sub-contractors and/or system suppliers for respective systems. Basically, common shortcomings/gaps in most fire system T&C are such as lack of a recognized and consistent T&C practice and procedures, lack of documented and systematic commissioning (Cx) process, lack of operational review of system performance, lack of integrated commissioning to confirm system interaction and coordination of multiple and separate fire and life safety systems, and lack of documented verification to confirm system operation with traceable records. It is important to ensure equipment and systems perform as intended because the advisory board knows the importance and critical functions of fire protection systems. They must function whenever they are needed. The interaction of fire protection systems can be complex. The detection of a fire in a building by an automatic device is designed to activate other lifesaving fire protection systems or devices, or other mechanical systems. On the other hand, fire protection and building life safety systems consist of several dedicated integral systems supplied and/or installed by different parties but yet they are required to be interconnected or linked up involving both active and passive as well as gaseous suppression and smoke control installations. There are significant needs to produce a T&C Guideline for fire protection systems. Firstly, it is need to have documented procedural guide to generate consistent and systematic execution and coordination of T&C process and activities in current practise. It has been recognized that some projects might have established T&C process requirements while many others might not have such practices. Therefore, there’s inconsistency in current practise. Some ill-prepared T&C activities without substantiated T&C documentation might have encountered unnecessary delay, disputes and/or Bomba rejection. There is a hope that this IEM T&C Guideline will help address some of the shortcomings and difficulties encountered in the industry. This guideline will promote greater coordinated efforts by not only the engineers but also among the professionals including contractors and specialist suppliers in the industry. It will enhance and facilitate Bomba’s approving process at the past-plan approval stages.
There
are few fire protection systems such as wet systems (sprinkler system, wet
risers, hose reels, hydrants, water spray system, foam system and more), dry
systems for fire detection and alarm system, PA system. Next, automatic fixed
gas extinguishing systems includes gas suppression system, wet chemical system
and aerosol suppression system and etc. Manual suppression includes fire
extinguishers. To build life safety systems certain requirement has to be
fulfilled like smoke control system, staircase and fire life lobby
pressurisation system, emergency generators, emergency egress lighting,
“KELUAR” signs, elevator system, passive system such as fire doors including
automatic door closers, fire roller shutters, fire seals and etc.
T&C
Guideline recognizes the administrative and procedural requirements of fire
protection system commissioning and also provides direction on the integrated
system tests. The administrative and procedural requirements refer to the
commissioning process and activities, roles and responsibilities of team
members, and key documentation requirements to confirm accepted completion of
the T&C requirements. The T&C requirements for the respective fire
protection and life safety systems would still need to be carried out as in
current practice, in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, codes,
standards and specifications.
Objectives
of fire advisory are such as consistent and best-practised approach to conduct
T&C, a guidance for systematic execution and coordination of T&C
process and activities, ensure fire protection and life safety systems are
properly tested in accordance with checklist, ensure that all T&C
procedures and records are properly documented. Scopes are to cover the
mechanical and electrical fire protection systems, which are primarily the
active systems and passive systems are not included because they are normally
specified by architects.
As
of T&C Guidelines Fire Protection Systems, testing and commissioning
process activities, reference standards for testing & commissioning
guideline, pretesting and commissioning activities, testing and commissioning
activities, test and commissioning recording is all covered in guideline
beforehand for references. Moreover, IEM T&C Guidelines promotes team work
approach between people in organization such as owner, engineers, contractors,
and also specialist suppliers. Some comparison occurred in this webinar by
comparing NFPA3 and IEM T&C Guideline. Mainly looking in term of scope of
NFPA3, it covers the commissioning of both the active & passive fire
protection and life safety system but from the scope of IEM T&C Guideline,
it covers only the active fire protection and life safety systems under
engineers’ scope of work.
Adding
on to the knowledge on T&C Guideline Commissioning Process, IEM T&C
Guideline Commissioning Process is a systematic process that organize the
commissioning work preparations, roles and responsibilities; verifies interconnected
fire and life safety systems function as intended. Where integrated testing
begins by performing the test scenarios upon the completion of the individual
testing of all the fire service installations in the premises. The test begins
with each initiating device and end with the actions and responses identified
in the integrated testing plan or fire operation matrices. Panellists also
explained an example of the process of fire incident occurrence for a better
understanding for all the participants. So the integrated system testing will
test systems interfacing, not only what the systems are supposed to do, but
also what they are not supposed to do.
There
are certain benefits of IEM T&C Guideline. First would be systematic and
consistent T&C practice. It identifies the roles and responsibilities of
team members throughout the commissioning process, improve the coordinated team
efforts and inputs from the consultant and the contractor to ensure that the
objectives are met. This can be also used as a reference document to formulate
Commissioning Plan for the project. Secondly, guided T&C processes. The
flowchart provides guided commissioning process under Pre-T&C and T&C
requirements. T&C details can be reviewed and agreed by all team members
prior to T&C activities. Lastly, Documented T&C. This facilitate the
establishment of proper T&C documentation with traceable records.
From
my opinion, it is a must for all the civil engineers to understand the
importance of fire protection system from up to down which meant to be one of
the greatest guideline.
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