Watch? How do you watch a structural report?
Video, baby!
We have never been particularly famous for doing things the “regular” way, and structural engineering should be no exception.
Traditionally, a structural inspection goes something like this. A structural engineer turns up on site, does a walk around, inspects everything that is visible and accessible, takes a lot of photos, and then disappears back to the office. A few weeks later, you receive the final deliverable. The structural report.
That structural report is usually a hefty PDF document packed with observations, tables, photos, and recommendations. It is technically correct, professionally written, and often very thorough. It is also, in many cases, long, dense, and not exactly easy to digest. Even with 5G, downloading and navigating a structural report can feel like hard work.
If you have ever engaged a structural engineer for a structural inspection, audit, or condition assessment, think back to what you actually asked for. Did you simply ask for a structural report? Or did you really want answers to much more practical questions like, “Are the structures supporting my process equipment safe?” or “This crack, dent, or deformation looks a bit suss. Can I keep running the plant?”
Hopefully it was the latter. But in reality, more often than not, the request is framed as “we need a structural report”.
So what if you could watch a structural report instead of reading it?
That is the idea. A video based structural report can walk you through the structure, highlight critical issues visually, and explain risks and recommendations in plain language. You still get the technical rigour and written documentation where required, but the insights are delivered in a way that is faster, clearer, and far more engaging.
So what, you ask? The difference is understanding, confidence, and better decisions. And that is exactly what a structural report should deliver.
Let’s Use an Analogy – the Human Body.
Say you have an ache in your chest – and it’s not going away. It only aches when you jog, and you think it might be a problem.
Do you:
A) Prepare a scope of work to perform a full-body inspection and report, and shop it around the medical profession for the lowest price?
B) Visit your GP, describe your problem and ask him for an informed opinion?
It seems obvious right, but essentially, we are your structures’ doctor, and so it seems mindless to us that you’d be focussed on an inspection and a report and not finding and solving the problem.
Don’t you just need peace of mind that your structures are not going to let your process down and cause unnecessary and immensely costly shutdowns? Or in the worst case, what you need to do to get it sorted?
Got a Concern? Let’s Look at It Right Now!
The image shows a typical findings sheet we construct during our inspections on our iPad.
All you need to do is send us two photos:
i) One can be close enough to show a problem you’re concerned about.
ii) The other zoomed out to provide context.
We will complete a findings sheet for you so you can get a sense of how easily a structural assessment can be made.
This offer is 100% FREE and intended to give you peace of mind or ‘just cause’ to take action.
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I Still Need a Structural Report
Of course you do!
But really what you need is a clear concept of the problems, and how best to deal with them. A punchlist of items, ranked in order of urgency.
Instead of said report constructed on an unwieldy spreadsheet, or a PDF document hundreds of pages long, you might prefer something like this:
Definitely get in touch if you want your structures professionally assessed and your reports prepared this way.
