As Maria said in her post this week, databases are used in so many different ways. For architects and engineers they are being used more and more to store information of real products that they use daily but for construction firms the use of databases seem to be simply less applicable. Some companies have begun to use them for safety information, unions will use them to ease the process of hiring of an employee and keep tract of their jobs but there is still movement in the construction just like in the architectural and engineering worlds.
A large database was created in 2002 by GSA's Environmental Strategies and Safety Division to help construction companies find and work with disposal companies. I imagine that for a construction firm, especially a large one operating in multiple states or countries, to ensure they are in compliance with disposal standards of the local area that the project is in. This database has put nearly every company that works with construction projects to collect, sort, and process any and all waste generated on the job site. This database has created a very simple and quick way to solve this issue, which in terms of any construction project is a small issue that could have (before this database) taken numerous, time consuming, phone calls and emails just to ensure that waste didn't pile up on your job site delaying the progress.
There are numerous databases that are being integrated into the construction industry, the waste database is only one example. Databases in construction seem to be pointing the industry in a more efficient and quick path, instead of storing tons of data for products and systems like that in engineering and architecture, they will help the company run smoother, helping to make the background processes run more smoothly.
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