National Building NewsApril 2008 - Volume 8, No. 3, Pg 5.
As one of the largest commercial construction companies in Australia, Hansen Yuncken is playing a leading role in facing the challenges of climate change and global warming.
Hansen Yuncken has recently collaborated with Adelaide based software company Grazer; the aim was to provide a paperless method of supplying manuals and drawings to clients.
‘The Grazer system is a state-of-the-art software solution used for storing, accessing and updating manuals, by way of an easy-to-use graphical-based application’. This software enables operation and maintenance manuals for plumbing, fire, air-conditioning and electrical systems to be viewed on screen, with links to test reports, building and finishes schedules, technical descriptions and photos. It is a time saving process for all contractors involved, allowing immediate access and verification of all documents and information in the one location.
In this technologically advanced era, it is time-consuming, expensive and superfluous to print out thousands of documents; an electronic system is more efficient, and the Grazer is a good solution as it eliminates the need for hard-copies. For one of Hansen Yuncken’s major projects, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Stage 2, over 18000 pages were saved from being printed, and for another as yet uncompleted job, an estimated 35000 pages are estimated to be saved by project completion. Also, harmful carbon emissions contributing to climate change will, in theory, be reduced through use of this system.
Thus far, there has been no reference made of the actual cost of the software program, and it is likely to be expensive and therefore not immediately available in the marketplace for all companies to purchase; however, it does demonstrate that the Australian construction industry is heading in a positive direction, towards a sustainable future.
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