Cambridge, MA, April 15, 2017 — Weather Build, Inc., Decision Support Solutions for the Construction Industry & Built Environment™, is excited to announce the release of the WeatherBuild data dictionary for utility activities, standard construction activities and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for numerous work results in the utility sector.
Organized in the following eight categories, the WeatherBuild data dictionary for utility activities is based on the MasterFormat standard of numbers and titles:
- Utilities
- Utilities – Communications
- Utilities – Electrical
- Utilities – Hydrocarbon
- Utilities – Hydronic and Steam Energy
- Utilities – Sanitary Sewage
- Utilities – Stormwater
- Utilities – Water
The WeatherBuild data dictionary for utility activities serves both contractors and owners with new construction projects and operations and maintenance (O&M) of existing assets.
For example, the “Utilities – Electrical” data dictionary includes standard construction activities and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities for the following work results:
- Electrical Utility Transmission and Distribution
- Utility Substations
- Utility Transformers
- Extra High Voltage (EHV) Switchgear and Protection Devices
- High-Voltage Switchgear and Protection Devices
- Medium-Voltage Utility Switchgear and Protection Devices
- Substation Converter Stations
- Site Grounding
As the generally accepted, information standard used throughout the construction industry and built environment in North America, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) MasterFormat lists titles and section numbers for organizing data about work results and construction practices.
Further, the WeatherBuild data dictionary of standard construction activities complements schedule integration with project-specific schedule activities, enabling weather risk probability for each activity. For schedule integration, the WeatherBuild Solution is compatible with Oracle Primavera P6, MS Project and Excel, and many other formats.
Adam Omansky, Co-founder & CEO of Weather Build, Inc. highlights “WeatherBuild’s machine learning, predictive analytics and IIoT (Industrial Internet-of-Things) enabling solutions are disrupting the obsolete programs and processes for weather planning, Weather Controls™ and weather risk management in the construction industry and built environment.”
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Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, WeatherBuild is a mobile-first, decision support solution that empowers contractors and owners to improve situational awareness and make better-informed decisions about weather events, schedule impacts and probable outcomes.
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