Practical articles about what goes wrong in installation company admin — and how automation fixes it.
Every fire safety intervention legally requires a written report. Most technicians still write them by hand. Here is why that is dangerous — and how it can be done differently.
Every refrigeration installation needs a legal logbook. Every leak check generates a mandatory record. Most companies still manage this with Excel and paper. Here is what that costs.
Belgian law requires quarterly maintenance on every elevator with a written report each visit. A company maintaining 200 elevators produces 800 reports a year. Here is what that costs.
EU MDR 2017/745 requires demonstrable maintenance and traceable calibration for every medical device. Biomedical technicians still do most of this work manually. Here is what that risk looks like.
After every boiler service, a legal certificate is mandatory — with combustion values, CO reading and accreditation number. Most technicians type it up at home after work. Here is what that costs.
Every new gas installation requires a legal commissioning certificate for the grid operator. Without it the connection is not activated. Most accredited installers still produce it in Word.
Every electrical installation in Belgium requires a complete AREI inspection dossier before commissioning: as-built diagram, measurement protocol, declaration of conformity. Over 10,000 electrical companies still produce these manually.
Every EV charging point requires an AREI inspection, a Fluvius subsidy dossier and a load balancing report. The electricians who used to do two installations a day now do ten. The administration has not scaled.
As-built files and delivery reports are mandatory for HVAC and electrical installations, but are structurally delivered late. How installation companies automatically generate as-built documentation.
Creating, assigning and closing work orders: in most HVAC and electrical firms this still happens manually four times over. How installers combine digital work orders and scheduling.
Clients of HVAC and electrical firms call for the completion report or inspection certificate that should have been sent long ago. Here is how to deliver the document automatically as soon as the job is done.
HVAC and plumbing companies don't lose money on the job itself — but on reports and certificates left hanging after the work is done. Here is how to keep your pending documentation under control.
HVAC and electrical firms lose track of materials between warehouse and site. Here is how to record used materials right on site — so they land in the site report and on the invoice.
In most installation companies the same job data is typed three times: once on the work order, once in the report, once on the invoice. Here is how to capture it just once.
Typing up a site report costs a technician an average of 30 to 45 minutes per job — usually after hours. That is wasted craftsmanship. Here is how it can change.