The main features of the WinCERTS application include, but are not limited to, the following:

Discipline Registers

WinCERTS has been designed around a simple concept wherein the project's certification data is broken down for control purposes into discipline registers which reflect the overall content of the project Equipment List: Mechanical & Electrical Equipment, Instruments, Cables etc. In addition further discipline registers may be created to control the certification process for construction activities: Civil, Structural Steel, Architectural etc. The number of registers (their characteristics and terminology) to track certification per project is user definable: for example the project may wish to see separate registers or groups for Loss Control and Trace Heating.

Certification

A library of test certificates can then be defined according to the project procedures. The certification engineer can then build up the certification requirements for each item (Tag Number, Cable, Loop, Test Pack, Work Pack etc.). The level of detail of the certification requirements is up to the user: a high level strategy employing discipline, acceptance and handover certificates or a detailed audit trail whereby each individual voltage, pressure, leak test certificates are identified.

Progress

WinCERTS has an easy method of updating the status of each certificate, the date of the test and, where required, track the certificate number. The result is a comprehensive history of
certification tests and compilation of test dossiers for handover to the operator.

Structures

Control and report structures may be designed by the client to reflect the overall status reporting for the Commissioning Team. These structures can contain different levels of detail and are hierarchical. They would typically represent the following report queries: Phase / System / Sub-System, Acceptance Certificate / Handover Certificate, Work Area, Responsibility / Contractor etc. The detailed items (Tags, Cables etc.) identified in the discipline registers are linked into the appropriate part of the structure. The structures provide the framework for both detailed outstanding work lists and management summary reports.

Reports

WinCERTS provides a very powerful reporting capability enabling the engineer to (a) query the detail / progress of each discipline register as well as (b) issue management with overall status reports during the mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning and handover phases of the project. The flexibility is such that any part of the structures created may be queried with the engineer choosing the output level of detail required.

Queries

Associated query registers to record and control Punch Lists, Engineering Queries, Site Queries, Construction Change Notes and Non-conformances.

Interfaces

WinCERTS applications have been successfully linked to other client/project systems. Typically this has involved regular downloads from the client's engineering registers. The system has been developed in MS Visual Basic and uses a database that can be read in MS Access. Clients have the option to create user definable interfaces and reports in Access or request that Kildrummy develop them.