Patent ID: 7873495
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method to provide quality assurance information for a construction project, comprising: populating a quality assurance database with identifications of individual ones of a plurality of construction project welders and weld inspectors; and further populating the quality assurance data base with a plurality of weld data logs individual ones of which are associated with a specific welding operation of the construction project, each weld data log being configured to store information that is at least descriptive of a welder, material used during the specific welding operation, specifics of a completed weld including at least weld location, weld type and weld dimensions, and information descriptive of a weld examination, where information entry into at least one weld data log is made by a weld inspector using a mobile terminal that is capable of wireless communication with the quality assurance database.