Building Control
Service Outline
Building control includes the statutory and routine inspections made during the construction stage of the building to ensure compliance with the building regulations and associated legislation and guidance.
Motile Building Control integrates with existing Building Control Back Office systems and allows inspectors to gain access to information immediately, limiting the number of visits to site and to the office. This also eliminates the need to duplicate information that most departments create on paper and hold in hard copy files.
Motile Building Control Functionality
Phase one includes
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Real time search and display of application data
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Real time search and maintenance of inspection and inspection action data
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Generate electronic building control inspections and completion certificates with pre-populated system data for review and optional signature capture in the field
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View associated information to a building control application that would be required to complete an inspection
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Work in a consistent manner through inheriting the business rules contained within the back office system
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View and record spatial data
Management
Management and team leaders can view a hierarchy of the complete team and contact details for each of the clients held within the back office function. Building Control departments will see the benefits of integration into customer relationship management and document management suites. This integration allows on-site users to access files, drawings, plans and notifications automatically, which will address the Parsol and “Priority Outcome” requirements.
Inspection plans
Most Building Control departments have more than six different types of inspection plans. All can be access by Intelligent Mobile whilst on site. Building Inspections are becoming more complex with Corgi gas registration, sound installation and electricity certification are now included in Building Control guidance notes and building regulations. The use of Intelligent Mobile scripts can greatly assist with this process by providing structure and control whilst completing building inspection certifications.
Key Performance Indicators
Building Control departments all have performance indicators to meet. Typically, there are 12 indicators that address local and national requirements covering local and national indicators. Examples include: Percentage of domestic and non-domestic applications decided and checked within a set period, First time approvals, Sites Inspected within certain time scales, etc. Intelligent
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New efficiencies, processes, quality and standards
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Flexible working for departments which could lead to reduced office space
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Improved audit
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Improved team communication & collaboration (sharing of documents and data electronically)
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Joined up working across the whole department
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Improved levels of staff retention and work quality by improving level of moral and training for contract / temporary staff
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Substantially improved levels of customer service providing an automated approach for Building Control departments
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Increased levels of productivity in workload
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Increase levels of income through smarter and efficient approaches to working
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Increased levels of efficiencies through onsite recording of information and live access to back office systems
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Reduced number of repeated visits to site saving fuel and travel time costs
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Increase levels of competitiveness with the likes of NHBC (National Housing Building Council)Remote worker safety
Rapid Return on Investment
As a minimum, it is expected that implementing Intelligent Mobile BC will enable officers to undertake an extra inspection per day due to the reduced number of visits required to or from the office. Based on an average income of £70 per inspection visit a single officer could generate an extra £15, 400 per year of revenue for the Building Control department