We are proceeding with this weekend’s distribution of SiteManager 3.8 tx2.010. Tonight Friday, October 26, 2012 SiteManager version 3.8a tx 2.010 will be made available for install through LANDesk. The upgrade process will begin at 6 PM tonight and will proceed through Saturday and Sunday (all times central). SiteManager (Citrix, MTS and client) and SiteManager reporting will be unavailable for this duration. SiteManager is scheduled to be available again Monday, October 29th at 6 AM or sooner. A pdf copy of this notice is available here.
We were unable to resolve the technical issues with the automated update process that was original scheduled with this release. So, we are scheduling it for a later release and continuing without it. SiteManager 3.8a tx 2.010 will only contain the change order modifications listed below.
Please make every attempt to keep all SiteManager PC's powered on during this period.
It is mandatory that standalone users check in all work in prior to 6:00 PM Friday, October 26, 2012. Laptop and tablet devices using SiteManager standalone must be powered on and on the TxDOT network. Devices using Citrix and/or Terminal Server SiteManager require no updating and can remain offline.
Remember – When users open SiteManager for the first time (presumably on Monday) the user id field on the logon screen will be blank. SiteManager user ids are case sensitive and 99% of these ids are all upper case characters.
The primary purpose of this 3.8a tx2.010 upgrade is to:
Conform to the May 30, 2012 Phil Wilson memo, “Franchise Model – Contract Change Orders” Link.
This release contains two significant changes.
· Change order approval levels will be determined manually. No longer will SiteManager assign the appropriate approval levels. Under the franchise model, District discretion will be used to manually select approval levels. Approval levels will be assigned in a process that is identical to the formally available override option*. See link for new change order approval process.
Minimum requirements :
1. A minimum of one Area Engineer or District Engineer must be included with each change order approval.
2. A minimum of two different users must approve each change order.
ü The change order header window override option has been removed (see figure 1a & b).
ü Federal Funding and Oversite indicators have been added to the change order header window (see figure 1a). The Federal funding indicator is only representative of the controlling CSJ.
*The override option has been removed as there are no longer any calculated approval levels to override.
