http://ogrip.oit.ohio.gov/Events/PreviousOhioGISConferences/2011OhioGISConferenceAgenda.aspx

1. Smart Phones Move the Field Forces Forward
Gary Bowen , Mel Meng, Barry Wong,
September 29 - 30, 2011 | Hyatt Regency Hotel | Columbus, Ohio

2. Construction Service Group
Engineers Inspectors Technicians
40

3. Bottom line
• Get more accomplished in the field
• Spend less time processing data
• Improved documentation

4. Asphalt/soil compaction testing
Write
Form
Type
Digital Automation
Reporting
Billing
Field Testing
Lab Testing
Review
Type
Type & Format

5. The challenge
•Creating accurate testing and billing reports for multiple projects with hundreds of thousands of testing records in time without breaking the bank

6. The solution
•Automation
–Enter the data only once
–Automatically generate reports from the data collected
•Improve Documentation
–Intuitive forms
–Smart user interface limit erroneous data entries

7. 2005-2010
Sync
$250
~$200

11. Workflow
Field
Office
Review
•Reporting
•Billing

30. Under the hood

31. Implementation
Pilot
3
25
1
Month
6 Months
3995 records
Deployment

32. Cost
$199 iPhone
$700 iPad
$2000/year
for 20 users
$0
In house
programmer

33. Benefits
•Workflow
–Automation
–Improved documentation
–Integration of devices
•Cloud technology
–no capital investment
–low monthly fee
–Flexible plan, add more as you grow
–No need for hardware/software support
•Surprises
–Cool factor – incentive to use the device

35. Photo GPS Tagging

37. ?

38. Demo Links
•http://projects.dlzcorp.com/ymeng/dlzphoto/osuphotov2.html
•https://www.iformbuilder.com/
•http://dlzfusion.appspot.com/