An innovative mobile application for construction programme managers

Construction programme management is a complex and information-intensive environment. The construction programme management team requires access to construction information in real-time and when needed. The current increasing use of mobile devices offers an opportunity to meet this need. The efficient management of construction programmes is one of the major factors for improving stakeholders’ satisfaction. An innovative tool is needed in accessing the right information at the right time, especially when spontaneous and urgent decision-making is needed. To this end, the innovative use of a mobile device in delivering information and services to the management team in real-time and based on their current context offers significant benefits. This paper discusses context-aware computing, the enabling technologies for geolocation and the development of a prototype, mobile, context-aware application for construction programme management. The prototype system developed is based on the findings from an earlier study of user requirements which showed that the ability to provide relevant information and services at an appropriate time and at the most appropriate location has the potential to improve the monitoring and control of construction programmes. The prototype system demonstrates the provision of context-specific information and services to construction programme managers using a mobile device. The benefits and limitations of the proposed approach are discussed and conclusions drawn about the potential impact of enhanced information delivery for the efficiency of the construction programme managers

Location based multimedia application for mobile gadgets

Nowadays tourists all around the world don't fully enjoy their vacations as they intended to. In order to assist tourist on their trip planning a location-based multimedia application is proposed. This application uses specific location points as the main criteria for retrieving and/or uploading information. It also allows the user to contribute to the application by uploading data. Therefore, tourist will be able to retrieve data related to where they are, as they travel. Also they will be able to contribute with data that they gather while traveling. In this paper, the main parts that constitute the application are discussed, along with the methodologies taken to develop the application, as well as some of the tools that will be used to develop the application. Furthermore, using a Gantt chart, I give a brief preview of the tasks that are going to be completed throughout the development of the project