IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• Almost every contract let by I.D.O.T. has working
  day charges
• Currently the working day charge is done in the
  FM program
• Iowa wanted the option to charge the working day
  in the FB program

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• The time savings will not be significant in the
  FB program but the entries will be easier to make
  and far more consistent
• We estimate the time savings to be approximately
  250 hours per year in each residency

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• 1 screen will be added to the FB program
• 1 screen will be modified in the FM program
• 2 screens will be added to the FM program

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The new FB screen
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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• This tab is identical to the Site Times tab in FM
  except this one doesnt have the status heading
• Site time charges can now be made in FB IDRs
• Time charges can be changed in FB until the IDR
  is exported to FM

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• Time adjustments cannot be made in FB only in
  FM
• Site time charges will be exported to FM along
  with the rest of the IDR data
• The Copy IDR function will not duplicate any data
  on the Site Times tab

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• Time charges entered in the IDR will be included
  in the IDR report between the Contractors and
  Items Posting sections
• Time charges can still be made in FM if preferred
  - or the imported FB entries can be modified in
  that program

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One of the new FM screens
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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• The new Site Times tab in the FM IDR will have
  the site time status heading displayed
• Except for the buttons at the bottom of the
  screen, this is identical to the diary Site Times
  screen
• The Site Times tab in FM IDRs acts exactly the
  same as the corresponding tab in FB

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The modified FM screen
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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• FB site time charges can brought into FM with the
  click of a button!
• Highlight the appropriate site and click the new
  Bring in Site Data button
• The button is disabled if the
• diary has already been
• included in an
• estimate

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• If there are multiple sites, you must click the
  Bring in button for each site
• The Delete Diary Time Record and Adjust Time
  Records functions will not change

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• All fields populated through the Bring in Site
  Data process can be edited in FM

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The second new FM screen
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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• If multiple inspectors make site time entries for
  the same date, after the IDRs have been imported
  into FM and the user clicks the Bring in
  button, the user will be alerted to multiple
  entries

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• It is the FM user who determines which
  inspectors time charge entry is used
• OR
• The FM user can create a time charge of their own
  in the diary

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• This enhancement will be available in the June,
  2006 release of the FieldManager/Fieldbook
  programs

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IOWAS SITE TIME ENHANCEMENT

• QUESTIONS??????
• Janet Wasteney
• Iowa D.O.T.
• Training Officer
• 641-782-2096 (phone)
• 641-344-0044 (cell phone)
• janet.wasteney_at_dot.iowa.gov