Mobile Devices as a Tool for Digitized Project Documentation and Inspection (2024)
Chapter: Appendix C: Case Example Questions
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"Appendix C: Case Example Questions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Mobile Devices as a Tool for Digitized Project Documentation and Inspection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27901.
APPENDIX C
Case Example Questions
NCHRP Synthesis 54-04
Mobile Devices as a Tool for Digitized Project Documentation and Inspection
Follow-up Zoom Interview Questions
General
- Please describe your journey for using mobile devices for construction inspection:
- When did it start?
- Please elaborate on the use of business vs. personal mobile devices.
- Please elaborate on when mobile devices are provided by contractors.
Mobile Devices Usage
- Please elaborate on how you decide which mobile application to use for a particular inspection function.
- How do you become aware of the application?
- How do you receive inspectors’ buy-in?
- How do you maintain the use of the application?
- Please elaborate on the role of IT.
Mobile Devices Policies
- Please elaborate on how mobile devices policies are developed and deployed.
Mobile Devices Data Storage
- Please elaborate on how mobile devices data is stored and maintained.
- Please elaborate on the availability or the development of retention schedules for mobile device data.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Case Example Questions." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Mobile Devices as a Tool for Digitized Project Documentation and Inspection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/27901.
Mobile Devices Challenges
- Please elaborate on cost implications (capital replacement, IT costs, operational cost, training cost, etc.) associated with the use of mobile devices and how they can be addressed.
- How are these costs paid for (project funds, EDC/STIC grants, etc.)
- Please elaborate on other challenges associated with the use of mobile devices and how they can be addressed.
Future of Mobile Devices
- How is your agency planning to leverage the use of mobile devices for inspection functions in the future?
Mobile Devices Lessons Learned
- What suggestions do you have for lessons learned related to using mobile devices for inspection?
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