Now a days members of the Engineering, Construction, Contracting, and Real Estate industry are facing biggest challenges and need to meet todays market demands. Biggest challenges are like estimating the cost of construction, manage their assets, their suppliers, subcontractors, HRMS and financial management systems.

Different departments are maintaining the data in different sources by using different files. For example the accounts department was maintaining a software package, and other departments were using excel sheets and not linked to accounting software. And all the times, much of this data available in site offices which was not connected to head office.

Whenever there is a demand of any data or reports, all the departments have to dig out the information, and consolidate it in to report. All these process of collecting data from different departments and consolidating it to reports done manually. This lengthy manual process will badly affect to the decision making process.
A centralized approach to manage data aggregation and dissemination is needed to ensure the long-term value of these firms.

QUADRA ERP is Researched, Designed, and Developed by construction functional experts with technical excellence of software professionals. Over 20 years of construction domain experience of the team has equipped to deliver world class solutions for this complex ECCR&O domain. Specialized knowledge on the requirements of the business practices of the industry gave leverage to the development of a comprehensive and integrated ERP package coordinating all the activities of ECCR&O Industry.

Quadra is an ERP Solution for ECCR&O which integrates all major activities and monitors entire processes in continuous basis. Its a functional software package, which automates workflow between departments with in built control.
The entire system of Quadra comprises well-defined modules for executing and managing different processes in construction. All modules integrated with one another. The Quadra ERP for ECCR&O comes up with below mentioned modules.

PRE CONSTRUCTION:
The initial processes involved in a project are taken care of. The following modules such as Land, Liaison and Legal modules are covered in this section. The land module deals with the matters involved in the initial survey to the final purchase of the land. The legal module helps in having a follow up in all legal related matters. The liaison module helps in automation of work from one department to another.

CONSTRUCTION:
The engineering module contains all the major activities that occur in a project. There are many modules with the help of which the working becomes much easier. Some of the core modules which will fall under the construction section are Tender Bid Management, Estimation, Contractors Billing, Materials Management, Labour Management, Plant and Machinery, Contract Sales Billing, Fixed Asset Management, Project Scheduling, Reporting Tool, MIS, Dashboard and many more modules.
POST CONSTRUCTION:
The post construction section basically deals how a product can effectively keep up the confidence of the clients by managing the assets and by keeping good relations with the customers. The modules which play a major part in the post construction section are lease and rental, project maintenance, and after sales.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS:
Finance is one of the major areas of concern for any company to decide on the ongoing processes and for the future projects. Quadra gives you complete financial management solution. The integrated finance with other modules with the automatic postings gives user to manage, track and maintain financial health of the enterprise. The module offers depth of functionality in accounting, reporting, and financial analysis. This is comprised of Chart of Accounts Creation, General Ledgers linking to company, Tax masters, Opening Balance entry, Cash Budgeting, Voucher Entry, Voucher Posting, Bank Reconciliation, Inter-Company Fund Transfer, Accounts payables and Account Receivable.

HRMS:
HRMS system takes care of the human resource and payroll functions of an organization. Functions performed by Quadra HRMS includes Consultant Definition, HR circulars, Notifications, Awards to employee and Disciplinary action against a employee , Job Vacancies code creation, Man power request from other departments, Applicant Registration, Scheduling the interview, Employee Appraisal, Employee Training, and Employee Portal.

CRM:
In todays competitive business scenario, holding on a successful customer is as critical as finding a new prospect. The activities which involves sales and marketing are also a part of efficient CRM. This Module helps the company to track all pre sale and sale activity right from the enquiry to the closure of sale. This module helps to take care of all marketing activities and its budgets. This module comprised of Enquiry Management, Client Management and Marketing Financials.

CONCLUSION:
All the data and information should be accurate, timely and consistent. More importantly, an ECCR&O organization needs a standard and complete integrated system to consolidate and handle the data. Lack of such complete integrated system may affect badly for ECCR&O organizations in the long run.

Salt chlorinators are probably the easiest and most popular product for swimming pools. This makes perfect sense after all why manually dose the pool every day when the salt chlorinator can do it for you.

However there is a tendency to oversize and undersize chlorinators which can lead to both operating the chlorinator cell at very low output in which case you feel like you have paid too much or the chlorine level in your pool dropping away in peak use or full sun and the like.

There is a formula I have used for many years and it is very simple to apply to almost any pool. Using the formula the amp draw of the cell can be calculated and once the amp draw is known the manufacturers data can be used to correctly size the cell.
The formula works by applying the following data:

PV = Pool Volume in cubic metres
R = Free available chlorine residual you are targeting
T = time the filter and chlorinator will be running in hours

The formula looks like this:
R * PV = cell amps
T
Or in English residual multiplied by cubic metres all divided by running time.

Lets work through some examples to show you how it works. Well start with an average backyard pool of say 50 000 litres where the targeted residual free available chlorine level is 3 mg/l and the filter system normally runs for 8 hours a day.

PV = 50 cubic metres
R = 3
T = 8
So applying our formula we get

3 * 50 = 150 / 8 = 18.75

So the correct sized chlorinator cell for this pool would be 18.75 amps.

As another example work through this, the pool volume is 120 000 litres, the targeted free available chlorine level is 2 mg/l and the pump and filter run time is 12 hours.

PV = 120 cubic metres
R = 2
T = 12

So again applying our formula we get

2 * 120 = 240 / 12 = 20

So the correct size cell for this pool is 20 amps.

In reality both these pools chlorinator cells would probably be the same cell as manufacturer tolerances would probably mean there is a cell drawing around 20 amps.

Even though this formula works and works all the time you still need to add cyanuric acid or stabiliser as it is often called and run the pump filter system whenever the pool is in use.

Where chlorinators come in a one size fits all set up it is even more important to understand and apply the formula. By working the formula backwards you can get the run time for the chlorinator. This formula looks like:

R * PV = T
cell amps

Using our examples from above see below some equation run throughs.

PV = 50 cubic metres
R = 3
cell amps=18.75

So applying our formula we get

3 * 50 = 150 / 18.75 = 8

So to maintain a residual of 3 mg/l using a cell that draws 18.75 amps at 12 volts the calculated run time for the plant is 8 hours.

PV = 120 cubic metres
R = 2
cell amps = 20

So again applying our formula we get

2 * 120 = 240 / 20 = 12

And similar in this pool using our formula in reverse to get 2 mg/l or ppm using a 20 amp cell the run time would be 12 hours.
One common error a pool owner is likely to make is to use the dial control to reduce the chlorine output by reducing the current going to the cell. Sure I know manufacturers add this control for this purpose, however a very common occurrence is for this to be turned down when the pool is first charged with salt and slowly turned up over time as the salt depletes. This practice is not the best idea. By doing this as the salt level falls the salt cell is being asked to increase its chlorine output a sort of two way pincer.
A better practice is to adjust the salt chlorinator run time to the calculated run time and run the salt chlorinator for that time at 80% or thereabouts, and top up the salt if the chlorine level is found to be dropping.

Monitoring the salt level in the pool is critical to the longevity of the cell. Combined with correctly sizing the salt cell and adequate pool maintenance the cell should last a reasonable period before requiring replacement.

In this article I have shown how to calculate the correct salt cell size for your pool. I have demonstrated applying this formula in reverse to obtain a correct operational run time for a given chlorine residual and chatted generally about salt levels and stabiliser or cyanuric acid levels. If you want to find out more information on this or any other pool equipment topic you can use www.poolindustrysecrets.com site. For those people who use non metric systems here is a quick conversion guide.

1 cubic metre = 1000 litres
1000 litres = 264 us gallons
1000 litres = 219 uk gallons
ppm = mg/l
1000 us gallons = 3785 litres
1000 uk gallons = 4546 litres

Console Wars is today a widely recognised phrase referring to the un-tracked battle between major video game consoles, which typically occurs every four or five years when a new ‘generation’ of games consoles are released by the industry leaders, which today are Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – in no particular order.

The history of console wars is by no means brief, with the first of note being competed way back in the early 1980’s between the Intellivision and the Colecovision, and by all accounts, the Colecovision came out on top in that particular head-to-head selling half a million units, largely thanks to it’s licensing of popular arcade games from the time. If a video games console sold half a million units today, though, it would be a complete failure and would perhaps even go by un-noticed by the developed world’s hordes of gaming enthusiasts.

The growth of the video games industry has been so rapid that the top consoles of today, the XBox 360, Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii sell in multiple-millions across the world – with the main video gaming markets being North America, Japan, Europe and Australia.

Microsoft, despite being new-boys in the video game console market with the XBox 360 being only their second venture into it, have already established a firm fanbase of millions all over the world thanks to the success of the original XBox console. One of the main features that the XBox introduced to the console games market was the first online gaming community with any real feeling of value. XBox Live, the online gaming service of the XBox and now the XBox 360 too, was far superior to the Playstation Network – the Playstation 2 equivalent online service.

Microsoft of course have no lack of funds, and they gave the launch of the XBox console and indeed the XBox 360 console a huge kickstart by securing exclusive titles which proved a huge success. Notably games from the Grand Theft Auto and Halo games series.

The Playstation 3, although very powerful, has so far been living off the reputation established by the Playstation and Playstation 2, as it brings nothing to the industry which the XBox 360 and Nintendo Wii don’t offer also. Metal Gear Solid 4 alone, has infact been a major selling point of the console for many gamers – as it’s not available on the XBox 360 or Nintendo Wii consoles.

The Nintendo Wii is without doubt the most refreshing addition to the video games industry for quite some time, bringing a new perspective into gaming that has never before been explored, and it aims to get a stranglehold on the growing audience of lifestyle-aware gamers. Ultimately the Nintendo Wii gets gamers moving with it’s new motion sensitive control system and thanks to the many peripherals which the controller connects to, the possibilities that open up to you within Nintendo Wii games seem endless.

The only real exclusive titles worth mentioning to the Nintendo Wii, as with previous consoles, are those starring the companies legendary gaming mascot, Mario, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii.

The difference in graphical power behind the XBox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii consoles is minimal and the game support for all three consoles is like never before ensuring all three have thrived alongside one another and continue to do so. There will be no clear winner in the current console war, as unlike in those gone by, most gamers find themselves loving two of the major consoles, if not all three! It’s no longer a “fan-boy” industry where everyone has their favourite, which can only be good news for the future of video gaming which has already grown at a faster rate than ever before in recent years.

An online business directory is a web page or published records of data which registers all enterprises within some category. There are hundreds and thousands of trading methods that you can use to promote your business or to develop new business. Many professionals from various fields have been inside the online mode of trade like telemarketing executives, automobile suppliers, electronics agencies, electrical equipment manufacturers, computers services, electrical equipment suppliers and many more.

All of these business personals work, some better than other ones, but being a business professional you should incorporate a kind of methods to get your trading note out. One very easy way to get started is to add your services to online B2B marketplace. The business process that is involved in a B2B online marketplace is providing clients or customers with directions categorized for easy navigation to find products and its related services. Let us discuss the impacts of online business directory in automobile and electrical industry specifically.

B2B impacts in Automobile industry

In Dubai Business directory the process of purchasing is automatic. This automating process in procurement helps in reduction of paperwork that brings down the charges per purchase order. Simple communication between clients has been expedited by the Internet. Use of a coding is now being refined, guarantees the standard of e-market communication in automobile supplying and procuring. Gulf business directory that are promoting their large sectors of automobile clients also ensures the inventory level and scheduling the delivery. This B2B in both Qatar business directory and Saudi business directory have altered the task of business that has clearly impacting the automotive advertisers.

Impacts of Business to Business in Electrical industry

Electrical industry has been renovated through this means of online business in supplies as well as manufacturing. More than 90 percent of all B2B Electrical Supplies in online is done by the indigenous visitors and the rest from other viewers using both computer and Smartphones to do the procurement. Thus UAE business directory are more focused towards targeting the audience from the country mostly rather than concerning other clients. Electrical equipment suppliers as well as other electrical equipment manufacturers are focused in providing dedicated online services to attract the viewers and also support in building their client base.

Generally the use of an electronically based B2B online marketplace exchanges lowers the prices of specific value chain activities in electrical industry. There is also significant change in the downstream industrial activities that has reduced procurement costs by which the organization in gulf business directory can have attention over the other facts like competition and enhanced services to customer.

Kenya is the most industrialised country in East and Central Africa. Other countries in this region have for a long time been looking up to Kenya because of her strong political as well as economic strength.

Agriculture has over the years been the backbone of Kenyas economy. This is the most vibrant of all industries in the country and this country has therefore been the source of many agricultural products for export. This industry is well distributed across the country with different regions favouring the growth of various agricultural products depending mostly on climatic conditions. The Rift Valley is in particular identified with the growth of cereals like maize, wheat and sorghum as well as beef farming and milk production. Other parts of this region are also famous for horticultural products like flowers and fruits which make Kenya a major exporter of these products across the world. The Central region is on the other hand identified with the production of coffee and tea as well as a variety of nuts and fruits. All of the above products are majorly for export as well as for local consumption. Other parts of the country that are largely involved in major agricultural products include the Western part of Kenya where fishing is the main agricultural activity.

Besides agriculture, tourism is the other main industry in Kenya. Over the years, Kenya has been widely known for her diverse wildlife and cultural activities. This stature was further boosted in the recent past when Kenya was put on the international spotlight for her famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve. This was as a result of the now world renown phenomenon: the wildebeest migration that is witnessed around the months of August and September every year.

This aspect of the Mara has provided a great deal of publicity of not only this reserve but also other reserves, National Parks and the rich cultural experience that keeps visitors flowing to Kenya. One of the most famous of these cultures is that of the Kenya Maasai that has been well embraced by visitors across the world. The intrigue of their high jumping morans and the way they interact with the wildlife is a major attraction.

Besides the Mara, the Kenyan Coast is another major tourist attraction. It has been identified with international celebrities who not only visit regularly but have also gone ahead to buy prestigious homes here where they reside during their visits. Other visitors have an ample variety of world-class hotels to choose from on their visits to the Coast. Most of them are fully booked during the tourism boom periods mostly during winter seasons in the US and Britain.

Having realised the importance of tourism to the economy, the Kenyan Government has been working extremely hard to further promote tourism all over the world.

Another major industry in Kenya is the manufacturing industry. The country is not only involved in the export of raw products but it also has well established processing and manufacturing plants for different products. A number of these industries are for agricultural products mainly meat processing, coffee and tea processing and milk processing among others. A couple of other manufacturing firms have received international acclamation and they include alcohol production and a number of companies that manufacture food products. All of these products are not only for local consumption, but also for export in the East and Central Africa region and beyond.