Custom as-built file app development for electrical engineering
Appfront builds apps that let electricians work with the as-built documentation on site. At the distribution board, the engineer sees the current drawing and circuit schedule, marks a change on the drawing with a photo, records measurement values and scans components. The change reaches the office as an open revision. We describe the documentation, the versions and delivery to the office on the software page; this page is about the app for the engineer.
What is an as-built documentation app for electrical engineering?
An electrical installation is constantly changing: a circuit added, an RCD replaced, a final circuit rerouted. Every change belongs in the as-built documentation, so that the drawing and the circuit schedule match what is actually installed. The office manages that documentation. But the change is made at the distribution board, by the engineer, and that is where the problem begins.
Without an app, the engineer takes a printed drawing, if one exists, and notes a change by hand. Or a photo is sent from a phone to the office, without saying which distribution board it was. Measurement values sit on a loose form. At the office the change is processed weeks later, when someone has time, and until then the drawing in the cupboard is out of date.
We build custom development because the app has to fit your work: how your documentation is structured in the office, which drawings and overviews belong to an installation, which measurements you take, and which job card or scheduling software you use. The app works on phone and tablet, including in a basement or plant room without signal.
Current at the distribution board
On site, the engineer sees the current drawing and circuit schedule for that installation.
Change with a photo
A change is marked on the drawing, with a photo and explanation, and goes straight to the office.
Measurements in the documentation
Measurement values and scanned components go directly to the installation, without a form.
How we build your as-built documentation app for electrical engineering
We start with your installations: what a documentation file looks like, which changes engineers make, and how they reach the office today.
Your documentation, drawings, measurements, engineers and job card software.
Per site, the installations and distribution boards with the current drawing and circuit schedule.
Marking on the drawing with a photo, recording measurement values and scanning components.
The change as an open revision in the documentation, followed by management.
What an as-built documentation app for electrical engineering actually does
The components below come up at almost every electrical contractor. Which ones you need depends on your installations.
Installations
Installations and distribution boards per site.
Drawings
Current drawing and circuit schedule on the phone.
Marking
Change on the drawing with a photo and explanation.
Assessments
Measurement values per circuit or component.
Components
Scanning and recording components.
No signal
Working in basements and plant rooms.
Who we build an as-built documentation app for electrical engineering for
The app is intended for engineers who make changes to installations on site.
Contractors with maintenance agreements
Many installations under management. The current drawing is the core.
Maintenance
Changes during maintenance. Marking with a photo matters most.
Technical services
Own buildings and installations. Measurements in the documentation are what is needed.
Companies doing inspections
Inspections and measurements. The measurement values per circuit are the core.
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This page is about the app for the engineer on site. For the file, the versions and delivery at the office, there is our page on revision file software for electrical engineering, for work orders our page on engineer work orders in electrical engineering, and for inspections our page on a NEN 3140 inspection app. You can read about how we work under building software.
If you want engineers to also complete their job sheet with measurement readings on site, take a look at our app for electrical engineering job sheets.
Why choose Appfront for your electrical as-built documentation app?
An inaccurate drawing is a risk for the next engineer. That is what we build around: the current drawing on site, changes sent straight to the office, and measurements recorded without paper forms.
Drawings that are right, sooner
The change is ready as a revision the same day.
No loose photos
Every photo is linked to an installation and a change.
Safer work
The next engineer sees what is actually there.
Security and privacy for an electrical as-built documentation app
The app holds drawings and installation data for clients, information that should not be public. Access is set up by role and by client.
The app runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily back-ups. Drawings are stored on the device so they work without signal, and changes are sent as soon as there is a connection.
Frequently asked questions about an electrical as-built documentation app
Questions electrical contractors ask before getting started.
It shows the engineer the current drawing and circuit schedule on site, lets them mark a change with a photo and notes, records measurements and components, and sends the change as an open revision to the file in the office.
That software is for the office: the file per installation, drawing versions and delivery to the client. This app is for the engineer on site. They work with the same file, so a change made on site is ready in the office straight away.
No. The engineer marks the change on the drawing, with a photo and a short note. The actual drawing update happens in the office, in the drawing software, using the marking as the basis.
Yes. Distribution boards are often in basements or technical rooms with no signal. The installation drawings are stored on the device, and changes are sent as soon as there is a connection.
Yes, per circuit or component, based on the measurements you take. The readings go into the installation's file, so a test report no longer has to be copied from a form.
Yes, provided it has an interface. A work order then refers to the installation, and a change made during that work order is linked to the correct job.
Check that first. Some job sheet apps allow photos and comments, and that may be enough. Custom development makes sense when the engineer needs to see the current drawing on site and mark it up, and when the office needs to process that in the file.
Can engineers' changes go straight into the file?
Tell us how your as-built files are structured, what changes engineers make and how they reach the office today. We will show you what the app looks like.