Need to learn more about how to manage constraint requests for Intergraph SmartĀ® Construction
using the SmartPlant Foundation Web Client? If so, this book is for you.
If you already know what you're doing and just need a reminder how to do something,
you can skip this part and scroll down to the instructions below.
If this is your first time using our software to manage constraints, you might want
to read some of the topics here that explain what this is all about. Click the questions
below to read the answers.
First of all, what's a constraint?
A constraint is something that has to be requested/acquired/fulfilled before some
component on the project site can be worked. For example, let's say there's a pipe
run that needs to be installed on the third level of a structure, and there's no way
to get up there yet. The crew needs a scaffold to do that work. Because the spool
for that run can't be worked until the scaffold is built, the scaffold becomes a constraint
on the spool.
All sorts of things can be considered a constraint: Scaffold construction, work permit
acquisition, special labor resources and crews, special equipment like cranes or lifts.
All these things can be constraints in the eyes of the construction project planner.
Who is this "Constraint Manager"? Why are you calling me that?
We know you're not a professional "constraint manager" but from the project's point
of view, you're the one managing whatever it is that the project planner has identified
as a constraint. So that's why we're calling you a constraint manager. It's just a role you play in the eyes of our system.
Why am I using SmartPlant Foundation Web Client when everybody else is using Smart
Construction?
The short answer: It's easier for you to use. And faster. And you don't have to install
or learn about Smart Construction.
We created a special set of features for the Web Client just for the sole purpose
of managing these constraint requests. The "Web Client" is our name for the web site
that you navigate to in order to see the requests that come in from the construction
project planner.
What can I do with constraint requests in Web Client?
You can review and update requests that have been submitted to you. That's it. You'd
have to use Smart Construction to do more than that.
The features in the Web Client are designed only for the manager who's fulfilling
a request.
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