GGSD Program Details for Contam Data System

Contam Data System

Category	Geoenvironmental database systems
Publisher	A F Howland Associates
Platform	Win95/98, WinNT, Win2000
Status	Commercial
Description	Contam Data System allows the management of analytical results for the determinands defined in the CNMT pick list defined by the AGS document Electronic Transfer of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Data, 3rd Edition. The pick list amounts to some 417 pre-set determinands but the system allows this to be added to by the user. The system provides a means of entering chemical analytical results, together with project and sample reference information. It allows the data to be recalled for editing and amendment. Checking is carried out from result sheets, which can be either previewed on screen or printed as required. It will generate an AGS format file to contain the key fields in the Group table CNMT and the common fields, Test Result and Test Result Unit. Data is entered in a spreadsheet format and the precise list of determinands shown on the data entry screen is user selectable and stored as pre-set groups. Data within the entry screen is capable of being cut, copied, pasted and deleted in accordance with standard Windows procedures and can be transferred in and out of Excel spreadsheets. Data can be saved at any time and edited at any subsequent period. A data management routine provides backup, copying and renaming of analytical results and user defined determinand pick lists.
Data formats supported	Database and Spreadsheet : Excel Geotechnical : AGS
Supplier in United Kingdom	A F Howland Associates