A system was developed in which software is used to monitor the performance of construction projects. The research work described covers the selection, use and application of software to help monitor and analyse the effects of change orders, the type and number of deviations in quality, and the overall effect on project performance. The projects were classified into three types of construction contracts: Design-Build, Traditional and Partnering. The scope was limited to the analysis of a few contracts in the public sector undertaken at a very large military base and a few contracts under the jurisdiction of a provincial department of transportation.

In the selection of the software packages the main objective was to decide which software would be the most suitable for recording and analysing the relevant data generated during the projects. It was decided to use Visual Basic to customise Microsoft Project and Excel packages.

By using the system described it is easier to analyse the data output from changes made during a project and to determine the deviations in quality and performance of a project.

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