The TDOC System Free Copy of Market Leading Document Control Software for the Construction Sector



Printer Friendly Graphic June 21, 2005 -- An evaluation version of TDOC, the market-leading technical document administration for the construction and engineering sectors, is being made available free of charge by the developers.

Three months support is offered free of charge during the evaluation period. The evaluation is limited to 100 records of information in any table.

TDOC is a Project Management tool for managing both documents and processes for Construction Engineering Management Document Control. It is suitable for both small jobs, and complex major projects typically with a high electrical and mechanical content & complexity such as hospitals, airports, etc.

CEMDC (Construction Engineering Management Document Control) has a number of well defined processes for the contractual transmission of technical documentation such as drawings, specifications, manuals and so forth; for raising, circulating, and responding to Requests for Information (or Technical Queries); and for scheduling the provision of information between the contracting parties (SDRS or VDRL).

The mass of associated general correspondence, often on forms, is managed, as well as the following specific documents: contemporaneous notes, time sheets, snagging (Inspection), minutes of meetings, daily record diary and event lists.

TDOC has and is being used in a number of market sectors including water and sewerage, rail infrastructure, hospital construction, airport construction, construction and management of head office buildings, oil industry fabrication (both rigs and plants) and chemical and process plants and MOD(N) infrastructure development.

TDOC handles paper as well as electronic documents as the complex technical document approval procedures involved in major construction projects are often best accomplished on hard copy.

When it is necessary to generate a document (such as a transmittal note covering the contractual movement of technical documents) then this is done directly from information held in the database, thus massively reducing clerical effort, and ensuring absolute integrity. The resulting document is available in paper or electronic formats.

Communication by EDI is a key part of TDOC. The TDOC standard is the only one available for transmission of Technical Documents: the TDOC RFI standard was adopted by the CITE.

TDOC also enables Electronic Communication with third parties who do NOT have a formal system but who do have email. This has been enabled using HTML forms which generate both an EDI response and a copy email back to the responder ensuring the responders records remain intact.

The TDOC System was first sold to Amerada Hess for the Scott Project in Aberdeen, following a visit to the firm who were responsible for the electrical design and whose project management activities were outsourced to a firm of consultants who had developed it for the management and preparation of contract claims.

Following its success on this project which saw major bespoke developments which later turned into the SDRS, several major contractors and managers purchased TDOC for their North Sea Oil activities.

The TDOC System has been sold to over 150 companies who not only take document control seriously but also understand that mass market products (however configured) cannot provide an adequate let alone a cost effective solution.

TDOC's users range from major property owners and managers such as Standard Life, to well known project managers such as Heery International, to major contractors such as Balfour Beatty, to major designers such as Teknica, to smaller specialist firms like RSP Consulting Engineers, to major operators such as the ONYX group who design, develop, and operate waste disposal plants.

There is no "typical size of company." TDOC's users range from small firms of consulting engineers with just twenty staff to large ones with hundreds of engineers and draftsmen and a dedicated document control team.

Nor is there a typical size of project: The largest project undertaken to date had a build value in excess of Stg 500 Million, a team of several document controllers with the reprographics on site, and hundreds of peopleable to make their own enquiries and generate reports. On the other hand small firms of general contractors use it for every contract which can range from as low as 100 thousand to several million.

The TDOC System was first sold to Amerada Hess for the Scott Project in Aberdeen, following a visit to the firm who were responsible for the electrical design and whose project management activities were outsourced to a firm of consultants who had developed it for the management and preparation of contract claims.

Following its success on this project which saw major bespoke developments which later turned into the SDRS, several major contractors and managers purchased TDOC for their North Sea Oil activities.

The TDOC System has been sold to over 150 companies who not only take document control seriously but also understand that mass market products (however configured) cannot provide an adequate let alone a cost effective solution.

TDOC's users range from major property owners and managers such as Standard Life, to well known project managers such as Heery International, to major contractors such as Balfour Beatty, to major designers such as Teknica, to smaller specialist firms like RSP Consulting Engineers, to major operators such as the ONYX group who design, develop, and operate waste disposal plants.

TDOC is truly scaleable. There is no typical size of company. TDOC's users range from small firms of consulting engineers with just twenty staff to large ones with hundreds of engineers and draftsmen and a dedicated document control team.

Nor is there a typical size of project: The largest project undertaken to date had a build value in excess of 500 million, a team of several document controllers with the reprographics on site, and hundreds of people able to make their own enquiries and generate reports. On the other hand small firms of general contractors use it for every contract which can range from as low as 100 thousand to several million pounds.

"Many construction companies have tried to develop their own in-house solutions to technical document management using FoxPro, dBase or Access. In 99% of cases the systems have failed to deliver what is required. Attempts to adapt off-the-shelf packages have also failed miserably," said Richard Townsend-Rose, director, TDOC Projects Limited. "TDOC is the only system which has been developed from scratch to meet the needs of document control and management within the construction and engineering sectors. That is why we are offering this free evaluation copy to let users experience the benefits for themselves."

For further information about TDOC and the free evaluation offer please call 0141 637 3124 or visit www.tdoc.net.





The TDOC System Free Copy of Market Leading Document Control Software for the Construction Sector