A challenge that often arises in building and structure sciences is the delay between testing and report delivery. Our employee-owners were recently featured in an article about how we leverage MetaField, a software platform by Agile Frameworks, to streamline the reporting process as well as improve quality and consistency across the company. The article highlights how our Building and Structures Sciences team uses MetaField for their building envelope field inspection and testing services. Specifically, our team uses the software to create check-list based forms that are used by technicians for fire stopping special inspections and other building envelope components....
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Next Generation Reporting: Mobile Solutions for Field Data Collection
Challenges to Field Data Collection Imagine you are on a construction site collecting data for a soil density test or a concrete test and then need to manually write down all of the field data you collected to complete the daily report. In the construction material testing industry, a real challenge can be the delay between the time the test is performed and final reporting to clients. Traditionally, field technicians who performed field testing and observations also recorded the results, completed paper daily reports and then would have to wait until they got back to the office to input the...
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