Multidiscipline site development and risk assessment process

• US 7,693,724 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2003
• Issued: 04/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bryant Consultants Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bryant Consultants Incorporated
• Inventors: Bryant, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carter; Candice D
• Application Number:
  US10/689,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20050086096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,360 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1
• US Class Current: 705/315
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/165 Land development

Abstract

A software application is provided designed to encourage collaboration between professional disciplines related to land development and construction projects. A graphical risk analysis system is provided based on answers to interdisciplinary questions related to risks. Use of the system promotes a complete checklist of interdisciplinary and informational consultation which, when completed, reduces the risk related to land development.

Claims

1. A software system resident on a computer network for generating a risks assessment for a construction project comprising:

a project database having a project;

a question database having a plurality of questions including a first URL field set for locating a first set of information related to the question;

a risk database having a plurality of risks including a second URL field set for locating a second set of information related to the risk;

a contact database having a plurality of contacts;

a first data entry form allowing for the selection of a project from the project database;

a second data entry form allowing a question from the question database to be answered wherein the question relates to the selected project;

a database organization program located on the computer network programmed to;

locate a risk from the risk database related to the answer;

locate a contact from the contact database related to the risk, and display graphical icon associated with the risk through the use of a plurality of discipline codes correlated to the disciplines of civil, site development, environmental, geotechnical and structural; and

numerically sort and to tally the plurality of risks according to a completion status state and automatically generate a notification to a set of contacts from the plurality of contacts based on the completion status state.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a set of information sources related to the plurality of discipline codes;

wherein the database organization program is further programmed to associate the set of information sources to the plurality of questions and the plurality of risks by using the plurality of discipline codes.