Despite worldwide financial crisis, a significant amount of oil rig fabrication work continues to prosper due to the huge order book backlog. Whilst some projects have been canceled or delayed because of financing, the on-going projects are now under bigger pressure to save time and cost of fabrication. The obvious way to control cost is better project management, leading to cost efficient utilisation of material and manpower. In order to do so, management requires timely knowledge of all aspects of project execution in order to effectively manage workflow and material.