Planning Construction Work

In a standard workflow, an organization begins by determining what materials, labor, and equipment are needed to install (construct) or remove (demolish or retire) an asset at a given location.

Compatible Units (CUs) are then configured based on the resources (materials, labor, and equipment) needed to complete all phases of the work.

Next, work designs are created to estimate the construction work using all of the materials, labor, equipment, and any other costs associated to the work. The compatible units are usually utilized on the design to define these requirements. Multiple design versions can be created so as to compare cost estimates and resource requirements.

Also, the term “asset”, in the context of construction work, is used to refer to fixed assets, also called capital assets. Not all fixed assets are Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management assets; a record in the asset table with an asset ID. For example, you may not track wires as individual assets within Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management. Whether an Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management asset should also be created as a result of construction work is determined by the presence or lack of presence of an asset type on the CU definition.