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You’ve got to keep track of your people, your equipment, and their statuses. The question is, how? As a utility, almost everything you do happens outside an office, in areas that are remote, without readily-available landmarks, or outside of the reach of mobile networks – or all three. Despite these...

Learn how implementing a digital field inspection management platform can help to prevent field worker inspection fraud. Late in 2021, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) faced a nightmare scenario: a former contract worker was alleged to have falsified as many as 3,000 electric system inspection reports. While PG&E scrambles to...

Digital quality inspections in construction can make the difference in the time and money lost chasing rework. Construction rework can have devastating effects on your deadlines and profits. Of course, some measure of rework in construction is expected — despite your best efforts — and is built into project budgets...

By using consistent digital inspection processes, we can make our data more available for modern analysis. Experts point to the growing importance of data-driven management in construction safety. We should be able to use the increasingly available amount of construction safety-related data to improve safety decisions and protocols. But when...

Inspection management is the backbone of safe, efficient, and high-performing operations. Whether you're addressing safety protocols, quality standards, or maintenance schedules, inspections are critical to keeping everything on track. However, traditional approaches often leave gaps, resulting in inefficiencies, missed risks, and mounting compliance challenges. A data-driven inspection strategy eliminates these...

Your field teams are your eyes and ears on the ground. Their success–and yours–depends on effective field inspection programs for utilities. When you’re responsible for delivering high-quality utility services to your customers, maintaining service uptime isn’t your only priority. You also must ensure the safety of your workers, the quality...

Your on-site inspection teams are your eyes and ears on the ground. Their success–and yours–depends on effective field inspection programs. When you’re responsible for managing complex construction and engineering projects, meeting timelines and managing costs aren’t your only priorities. You also must ensure the safety of your workers, project quality,...

Learn how to make field inspections a team sport with Fulcrum’s intelligent team automation. In addition to its powerful digital inspection applications, Fulcrum now offers out-of-the-box intelligent team automation workflows to manage your inspections programs end-to-end and promote real-time collaboration across your organization. ‍ Put the “I” in Team Inspections...

Introducing new capabilities to make field inspections a team sport. Published March 23, 2022. In Issue 13, we give a little "tease" of Fulcrum's soon-to-be-released new capabilities... stand by in April to hear more! We also look at how digital field inspections can help utilities keep track of their workers...