Randomblink
The Irreverent Reverend
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I currently work for City Government and am involved in a project where we are designing a Roofing Maintenance / Building Management database. We are using Microsoft Access as our database program of choice. We had originally shopped around and it was decided that we could create a more customized-to-our-needs system by building it in-house.
Truth be told? They reviewed several outside sources database programs. Most of them were built in Access or with VB and they were VERY generic, which doesn't fit the needs of the department doing this project. SO... knowing that I have like 10+ years MS Access experience, it was decided to do it in-house (yippee... bleh), ergo, I build it for them... saving them MUCHO DINEROS.
So... I have so far built several tables, setup the relationships, and now we have hit a snag. Apparently, we aren't covering as much as we could. Apparently, there is more that the database needs to track. Our outside party keeps adding things we need to track, AFTER the fact. So, rather than rebuild this database every other month... I am writing in the hopes that SOMEONE has started / completed / whatever a project similar to this.
I would like to work WITH someone else in designing this beast. Someone who has a grasp of Roofing Inspections and Maintenance and maybe even someone who has experience with Capital Tracking or Building Management. Whatever we work on together would be available for all, but I would ESPECIALLY like to work with other City Government Employees if at all possible... no prejudice to whatever city, all cities welcome.
Currently I am just an Office Administrator with experience instead of college, but I have done consulting work with databases (MS Access oriented) in the past and have built several large-scale projects / database-applications for previous employers, so don't think you will do all the work. I am MORE than willing to setup a spot on a personally owned website where we can collaborate on this project, BUT I am under pressure to turn something out quickly... So, answer up fast.
Those who are interested, make sure to reply to my email: randomblink at yahoo dot com
Use the subject: Roofing Database
Any other subject get's put in the SPAM CAN... chuckle
Answer up fast... This will be rather open-sourced or whatever, so no worries about the license. I just want to get this damned database built as fast as possible. Like I have said, I have a massive table structure setup already and I have started on a form design as well... I have tons of notes and thoughts on paper that I will willingly transfer to my Project Collaboration Site for those who would like to help out.
Email if you are interested... Thanks
Truth be told? They reviewed several outside sources database programs. Most of them were built in Access or with VB and they were VERY generic, which doesn't fit the needs of the department doing this project. SO... knowing that I have like 10+ years MS Access experience, it was decided to do it in-house (yippee... bleh), ergo, I build it for them... saving them MUCHO DINEROS.
So... I have so far built several tables, setup the relationships, and now we have hit a snag. Apparently, we aren't covering as much as we could. Apparently, there is more that the database needs to track. Our outside party keeps adding things we need to track, AFTER the fact. So, rather than rebuild this database every other month... I am writing in the hopes that SOMEONE has started / completed / whatever a project similar to this.
I would like to work WITH someone else in designing this beast. Someone who has a grasp of Roofing Inspections and Maintenance and maybe even someone who has experience with Capital Tracking or Building Management. Whatever we work on together would be available for all, but I would ESPECIALLY like to work with other City Government Employees if at all possible... no prejudice to whatever city, all cities welcome.
Currently I am just an Office Administrator with experience instead of college, but I have done consulting work with databases (MS Access oriented) in the past and have built several large-scale projects / database-applications for previous employers, so don't think you will do all the work. I am MORE than willing to setup a spot on a personally owned website where we can collaborate on this project, BUT I am under pressure to turn something out quickly... So, answer up fast.
Those who are interested, make sure to reply to my email: randomblink at yahoo dot com
Use the subject: Roofing Database
Any other subject get's put in the SPAM CAN... chuckle
Answer up fast... This will be rather open-sourced or whatever, so no worries about the license. I just want to get this damned database built as fast as possible. Like I have said, I have a massive table structure setup already and I have started on a form design as well... I have tons of notes and thoughts on paper that I will willingly transfer to my Project Collaboration Site for those who would like to help out.
Email if you are interested... Thanks
