Custom foundation inspection reporting software development
Appfront builds software with which foundation investigators and building surveyors record their research per property and report on it: the inspection pits, the wood samples, the measurements of tilt and joint gaps, the photographs and the assessment, in a file from which the report follows according to the guideline you apply. With the re-assessment deadline in a calendar and the building block as a whole in view.
What is reporting software for foundation investigation?
Foundation inspection reporting software turns every property into a file and every survey into a structured set of data: the inspection pits with their locations, the timber samples with their readings, the out-of-plumb and string-line levelling, the photos for each point and the assessment per component. The report is generated from that data in the structure the guideline and your client require, with the quality class and the reassessment deadline included. Anyone who surveys the same property a few years from now starts from the previous file.
Without such a system, field readings are written on a form, photos are kept on a phone and the report is retyped into a template back at the office. A reading copied incorrectly becomes an incorrect class. The previous survey of the same property cannot be found, and answering how an entire building block is doing takes an afternoon of searching through reports.
We build custom software because foundation investigation has its own rules. The structure of the report, the measurement points and the assessment criteria follow the guideline you use and the requirements of your client, whether that is a municipality, a housing association or a private individual. The software should follow that structure and show how each conclusion is based on the evidence, rather than imposing a generic inspection form.
Fieldwork
Inspection pits, samples, readings and photos entered on the tablet in the crawl space, with the location on the floor plan and without any signal required.
Assessment according to the guideline
The criteria and class divisions you use, recorded as rules, so that each component's assessment can be traced back to the reading it is based on.
Report from the file
The report generated in your structure, with maps, photos and tables drawn from the data, as a draft for the surveyor and as a final version with a date.
How we build your foundation inspection reporting software
We start with your reports and your field forms as they currently are, and with the guideline you use. The structure of the file follows from that.
Which guideline and which clients, how the report is structured, which readings are taken in the field and how they currently reach the report. We review a set of recent reports alongside you.
The property as a file with a floor plan, and the survey with inspection pits, samples, readings and photos on the tablet, including where there is no signal.
The assessment rules per component, the quality class and the reassessment period, and the report generator in your structure, with draft and final versions.
The overview per building block or street, reassessments in a calendar, and exports for the client. After that, we take over the software's maintenance.
What foundation inspection reporting software actually does
The components below come up in almost every foundation survey. Which ones you need depends on the guideline you use and on your clients.
Property file
Address, year of construction, foundation type, floor plan, previous surveys and the owner or client, with a history for each property.
Field input
Inspection pits on the floor plan, timber samples with readings, out-of-plumb and string-line levelling, photos for each point, on the tablet without signal.
Assessment rules
Criteria and class divisions according to your guideline, applied per component to the readings, with the justification visible.
Report generator
The report in your structure generated from the file, with tables, photos and floor plan, as a draft and as a final version with date and author.
Building block overview
Properties per building block or street on a map, with class and reassessment period, for municipalities and housing associations.
Reassessment schedule
The period per property in a calendar with notifications, and the previous survey as the starting point for the next one.
Who we build foundation inspection reporting software for
This software is designed for organisations where foundation investigation is an ongoing process and where reports currently involve too much manual work and too little traceability.
Foundation investigators
Several investigations a week, each involving fieldwork and a report. Field data entry and the report generator remove the need for retyping.
Building consultancies
Foundation investigation alongside other building surveys. The property file and assessment rules make each investigation traceable for the client.
Municipalities and housing associations
Many properties in building blocks with timber pile foundations. The overview per block and the reassessment schedule turn separate reports into a programme.
Portfolio owners
Properties whose foundation condition determines their value. The property-by-property file with its history is what a buyer or a bank will ask for.
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This page is about foundation investigation. For the structural survey of the building as a whole, see our page on a condition survey inspection app under NEN 2767, and for inspections in general, our page on an inspection app. You can read about our way of working under custom software development.
For submitting cone penetration tests and boreholes to the Key Registry of the Subsurface (BRO), see our page on a BRO integration.
If you inspect and repair concrete structures, see our software for concrete repair reporting.
Why choose Appfront for your foundation investigation reporting software?
A foundation report is only as good as the traceability of each conclusion back to a measurement. That is what we build on.
From measurement to conclusion
Every class and every deadline in the report refers to the measurements and the rule they follow from. That is what a client or a court needs to be able to check.
Your guideline, your structure
We build the assessment rules and the report the way you apply them. If the guideline changes, we adjust the rules, and older reports remain as they were.
The property as the starting point
The next investigation starts from the previous one. That saves fieldwork and makes the development of a foundation visible.
Security and privacy in foundation investigation reporting software
Foundation records contain addresses, owners and conclusions with financial consequences. Access is governed by role and by client: a municipality sees its properties, an owner sees only their own file. Every entry and every assessment is logged with user and timestamp.
A final report is stored unalterably with date and author; a correction is a new version referring to the old one. Assessment rules are stored with an effective date, so a report from years ago can be recalculated using the rules that applied at the time.
Frequently asked questions about foundation investigation reporting software
Questions that foundation investigators and clients ask before getting started.
It records each property's investigation from the field: inspection pits, timber samples, measurements and photos on the floor plan. The assessment follows your guideline as rules, the report is generated from the file in your structure, and the reassessment deadline is kept in a schedule. For each building block you can see all properties and their classes.
Yes, that is the starting point. The measurement points, criteria and classification are recorded as you apply them, and the report follows your structure. Which guideline and which client requirements apply is established at the start; the software records them with an effective date.
Yes, on a tablet without signal. Inspection pits are placed on the floor plan, measurement values and photos are entered per point, and everything syncs as soon as there is a connection. Re-typing at the office is no longer needed, and with it the errors that creep in there.
From the file, structured to your format, with tables, photos and the floor plan placed where they belong. The investigator receives a draft to write and check the explanatory notes; after that the report is finalised with date and author and does not change any further.
Yes. Properties per building block or street on a map, showing for each property the class, the date of the last investigation and the reassessment period. For municipalities and housing associations, this is the overview used to steer a programme.
The deadline from the previous report appears in the agenda and gives advance notice. The new investigation starts from the previous file: the same pits and the same measurement points, so that developments become visible. The new report refers back to the previous one.
Yes, with their own login and access only to their own properties, or via exports. A municipality sees its building blocks, a housing association its portfolio, an owner their property. What they see is the final report and its status, not the draft.
Your foundation investigation from one file?
Send us a recent report and your field form, and tell us which guideline you follow. We will show you what the file looks like per property and what the report generator produces in your format.