LagosPM uses an easily recognizable menu bar of icons for selection of actions and modules as the user interface. If your project team is familiar with standard e-mail programs or common productivity tools used on a desktop computer, then they will easily adapt to the intuitive functionality of the
LagosPM system. The active Project Management Modules available for use by project team members will be determined by the system administrator. Access and permission limitations to more sensititve areas such as budgets,change management and correspondence can be restricted.

The Add, Duplicate and Delete icons are used when editing and adding records in the various project management modules, such as photos, daily notes, and meeting minutes. There are also two ways to typically view record data, in list view, or in form view. A record navigator, in the form of a Rolodex, is provided as a convenient method to navigate individual records. A Sogal It! search window also provides an easy search feature across all modules.

The Command Center provides an overall custom view of the project and your responsibilities. The architect, engineer, contractor or owner all have their unique command centers with a list of tasks that need to be addressed. One can also go directly to any of the graphically represented sort features to obtain punch list items that are not yet complete, submittals that need to be responded to or RFIs that need to be answered.

The Command Center provides an easy way to get where you want to go with one click of the mouse. The individual quadrants displayed can be changed and customized for personal preference viewing of Budget, RFI, Meeting items, submittals, punchlists, etc.

Perform a Global Search using any phrase to search content in all the various modules in order to display the information you need to find in one simple step. LagosPM organizes the resultant search criteria by each module, which can then be clicked on by link to get further information within that module or go directly to the item that you are trying to find. Special custom tasks and price searches can also be performed.

In any of the Project Management Modules a search may be performed at any time by using the Sogal It! window.

Requests for Information are easily created, first by selecting the contract and then simply typing the subject line and question. Once sent, the Architect or Engineer receives a link in his email informing him that an RFI has been created on his project. The Architect or Engineer will then click on the link and simply respond to the question while at the same time a log is automatically maintained by the system keeping track of the time when the RFI was sent out and when the design professional responded to that RFI. All parties are reminded of incomplete RFIs until they are resolved.

The Lagos PM system simplifies the process and creates an accountability audit trail automatically.

The Meeting Minutes Module provides for an organized and structured approach to tracking issues that are addressed in the weekly progress meetings. Every time an item is discussed, it is date stamped and the discussion continues to scroll down within the input box for each item discussion.

Easily limit or expand the lines that can be viewed for each item discussion. Use the Sogal It! window to find anything that was documented in the meetings. Add MEP, subcontractor, steering committee or as many meeting minutes as a project requires.

Submittals for the project are fully tracked by the system. First, a list of submittals is uploaded into the system from an Excel file. A contractor will provide anticipated dates when he expects to deliver these submittals to the design professional for review. The submittal transmittal is created online and the system tracks the status of these submittals until they are completely approved by the design professional. The colored balls provide an easy review of the status as well as when each submittal item has been approved.

The Progress Photos Module is an easy way to organize all your progress construction photos. Click on the photo to enlarge it and click on it a second time to reduce the size of the photo. Conversation notes and the daily diary are linked to the photo by the day that it was taken. View photos individually, by list or by collage. Search individual fields or use the Sogal It! search box to search across all fields.

The Daily Notes is the module where an inspector or project manager can provide a narrative or details of the work that takes place on site. This is a daily diary log of project event. The format can be customized with different reports for inspectors, field engineers, or project managers. Search individual fields or use the Sogal It! search box to search across all fields.

Download onto your desktop or view within the browser a particular drawing for review and comment. Using the free Adobe reader one can view, zoom-in, rotate, markup and make comments. Other document viewers can be used as well. Attach the document, photograph or a portion of a document to an RFI in order to provide additional information on an issue that needs clarification.

The Budget Status Module maintains all the bid items by contract and work breakdown structure. The original budget items are uploaded from an Excel file and then updated within the system as the project progresses with a working budget and work awarded. The Budget Status Module interfaces with the Change Management Module to provide a snapshot of the indicated cost of construction for each line item and the project as a whole as compared
with the working budget for the project. The headings and individual fields can be adjusted and customized as well as the reports in order to suit the unique preferences of an individual company. Reports can be printed at any time or after searching and finding over a certain set of parameters.

The Change Management Module provides a location and method to track potential issues that could ultimately become a change order to a contract on the project. This module interfaces with the Budget Status Module. Change items are either converted ultimately into a change order or simply
dropped-off and terminated from required further action. Change items can affect multiple bid items or contracts and multiple change items can be included into a single change order for a Contractor or Sub Contractor. Change orders and printable reports can be customized to satisfy specific company needs or replicate existing reports. Search individual fields or use
the Sogal It! search box to search across all fields.

The Punchlist Module keeps track of the status of the punch items that an Engineer, Architect or Inspector have created. The contractor or subcontractor
can sign off and then the originator can give final approval once the completed work has been verified. The colored balls provide a visual status indication of the state of each punch item in the list, and how much time has elapsed since the item was added to the punchlist.

Comments on the drawings and the specifications can be formally addressed by anybody adding comments into the Formal Drawing Review Module. The Architect or Engineer will then look at the individual comments and determine their responses as shown by the colored balls. This review process provides a formal approach to the drawing review where all comments can be addressed with a more formalized form of tracking and resolution.

One can also use the Documents Holding Cube to markup and comment conceptual drawings if that is the preferred approach. A live online markup and comment option can also be added instead of checking out and in the document. This all depends on how the administrator would like to set up the project. Hence there are three ways to perform project design reviews.

The Document Holding Cube is an area where project participants can put drawings or other documents to share. You can upload any document and have access given or restricted to whomever you choose. Individuals can then markup and make comments on the documents and check them back into the document holding cube. A history trail is created of who downloaded and uploaded the drawings. The status column provides information of who currently has the document. Folders can be created and nested by individual companies or subprojects, and documents placed in those folders.

You will only see the documents that you have been given access to view. Only the originator who initially uploaded the document will be able to remove it from the Document Holding Cube