Defect management with plan reference, photo capture and reporting
Record defects on site, assign them with a deadline and keep proof that they were fixed
upmesh Defect Management is an app for recording defects digitally on the construction site. You record construction defects on mobile with a smartphone or tablet, locate them on the digital construction plan, add photos, trade and due date, and assign them to your team or a subcontractor. Status and communication remain documented in the ticket – as proof that the defect was reported and the deadline was set.
This does away with Excel lists, unsorted photo collections and entering everything a second time after the walkthrough.
Capture construction defects by photo
You record new defects on site with a smartphone or tablet – with a photo, description and position on the plan.
Assign and track defects
Assign defects to your team or subcontractors and track progress transparently.
Complete photo documentation
Solid evidence and processes you can analyze, thanks to consistent project documentation.
Digital defect recording instead of binders and a digital camera
With the upmesh app for iOS and Android, you record construction defects right during the walkthrough. You add supplementary information such as description, trade, due date, photos and documents in the same step – even without an active internet connection.
360-degree images, for example from a Ricoh Theta or Insta360, can also be saved in the ticket and viewed directly in the app. This gives people who weren't on site a complete overview of the situation.
Responsibility and deadlines instead of follow-up questions
You define who has to fix which defect and by when: assign the ticket to a team member or subcontractor and set a due date. With the free upmesh account for subcontractors, external companies can collaborate too – at no extra cost.
Questions and status changes are handled as a message, photo or document in the ticket. That keeps all communication about the defect in one place – instead of scattered across inboxes and phone notes.
Spot overdue defects and create reports at the push of a button
The Kanban board shows the current status of the construction project. You see immediately which defects need your attention; overdue defects are highlighted in color.
You create reports at the push of a button – with descriptions, photos, plan excerpts and the complete communication history. You define the content and layout yourself in the report tool. That way you spot bottlenecks early and at the same time have a document that holds up as evidence.
Proving that defects were reported and deadlines set
When it comes to the burden of proof towards the client, what counts is whether the notice of defect and the setting of a deadline can be documented. In upmesh, every entry carries a date, location and author, and the history remains traceable and unaltered.
For engineering firms providing site supervision under Leistungsphase 8 of the HOAI (the German fee scale for architects and engineers), and for general contractors dealing with their subcontractors, that is the difference between a recollection and proof.
“The app is easy to use, so it has been embraced by all of our site supervisors and the trades we look after. We handle almost all of our communication with everyone involved in construction through upmesh, do our defect management and documentation with it, and we're also very happy with the versioning feature in plan management.”
Torsten Heywinkel, Managing Director, agn Group
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Manage defects instead of chasing them
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