The hold point that wasn't held
Work carries on past a failed hold point because nobody who could stop it was told in time.
Product · Quality (QC)
Construction quality management, from inspection to close-out
Run ITP and ITR inspections with hold and witness points and geotagged photos, see an NCR raised the moment a material is rejected, and close punch items only once they have been verified. Every NCR, submittal and walkdown keeps its own sign-off rules and audit trail.
Why it matters
Quality slips through the gaps between forms
Paper checklists and spreadsheets record what happened. They don't stop what shouldn't.
Materials accepted on trust
A rejected delivery is noted, then used — because the rejection never became an NCR anyone had to close.
An NCR that closes itself
When the person who raised an NCR can also close it, 'closed' stops meaning 'fixed'.
Capabilities
What Quality does
Inspections (ITP / ITR)
- Inspections scheduled, started and completed — a result can only be recorded once the inspection has started
- Checklist lines marked pass, fail, not applicable or hold, with hold, witness and review points
- A failed hold point alerts the inspector straight away
- 21 built-in checklists: 11 for work such as excavation, pour cards, rebar, formwork, blockwork and waterproofing, 10 for materials
- Geotagged photos taken with the device camera, and a printable ITR with contractor, witness and QA/QC manager signature blocks
Materials
- Material inspections at site or before dispatch, with batch and heat numbers, quantity and the approved submittal they belong to
- The checklist loads automatically for the material category
- Accept, accept with observations, hold or reject — and a rejection raises a linked major NCR automatically
- A rejection at goods receipt in Procurement raises an NCR as well
NCRs and observations
- NCRs with category, severity, discipline, assignee, due date, FIDIC clause, drawing and specification references, and estimated against actual cost
- The person who raised an NCR can't close it; a closed NCR is locked
- The assignee is told when it's raised and the raiser when it's closed; every change is logged
- An observation can be answered, closed or escalated into a linked NCR in one step
Punch lists, submittals and walkdowns
- Punch items from open to in progress to pending verification to closed — sent back when the fix isn't right, with the verifier recorded
- Walkdowns that raise punch items as you walk, with a printable report
- Submittals — shop drawings, product data, samples — approved, approved as noted, rejected or resubmit; a final decision is locked
- NCR, punch, observation and inspection form templates approved through check and approval before use
How it works
From inspection to a closed NCR
1
Plan
Create the inspection from a built-in checklist.
2
Inspect
Start it, mark each line and take geotagged photos.
3
Alert
A failed hold point notifies the inspector at once.
4
Record
Pass, conditional pass or fail — then print the ITR.
5
Raise
A rejected material raises its NCR automatically.
6
Close
Someone other than the raiser closes it, with the corrective action.
Outputs
What comes out of it
- Printable reports for NCRs, inspections (ITR), material inspections, punch items, walkdowns, observations and submittals
- In-app notifications to assignees, inspectors and raisers
Connected
Part of one project record
HSE
HSE & Safety
The broadest HSE toolset on the platform, with TRIR, LTIFR and severity rate worked out from man-hours.
SourcingProcurement
Requisition to goods receipt — sealed bids, scored vendors and budget-checked POs.
HandoverProject Close-Out
Bring the project to a clean, documented finish.
Questions
Quality (QC) — common questions
Not by itself: the inspector raises the NCR in one step from the inspection. What BuildCore raises automatically is the NCR for a rejected material — at a site or pre-dispatch material inspection, or at goods receipt.
No — someone else has to (administrators are exempt). Once closed, the NCR is locked, and every change along the way is in its log.
Twenty-one: eleven for work, from excavation and pour cards to rebar, formwork, blockwork, plaster, waterproofing, tiling, conduit and plumbing, and ten for materials. Lines can be added on each inspection.
Yes. Inspection photos are taken with the device camera and geotagged, and NCRs can also be captured offline in Field Capture and synced later.
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