CMS Benefits

The CMS essentially monitors and reports on the build progress through both the mechanical completion (MC) and the commissioning phases by issuing forms and reports detailing the status of the mechanical completion and commissioning phases. Check sheets are assigned to each tag item according to the rules set by the commissioning team. Check sheets can also be manually assigned in specific case.  Engineers can attach Punch forms where faults are found: Punch A forms and B forms

• A forms for serious faults
• B forms for minor faults.

Reports are produced that detail the progress at a given time.

Object Model Hierarchy

The model used by the CMS is a hierarchy:

• Project
  • System
    • Subsystem
      • Commpack (Commissioning Pack)
        • MCPack  - Discipline specific (e.g. electrical tags or piping tags)
          • Tag
            • Forms
              • MC Forms (A Forms)
              • Commissioning Forms (B forms)
              • Fault Forms
      • Punch A Items (Major faults)
      • Punch B items (Minor faults)

N.B: Forms can also be associated with other nodes such as MCPacks and Commpacks.
The CMS allows role protection so users can be given roles and roles permit only a defined set of actions in the system. In this way only those with the training and authority to do the tasks are allowed by the CMS to perform the given tasks. The CMS is essentially a database system and commissioning layer which can be readily adapted to changing needs.
When a user imports data, creates a form or completes a form the action creates a progress event that feeds up the hierarchy providing both the essential data for the reports but also a quick visual view.