VFA (
http://www.vfa.com/) as a complement to their VFA.Facility product, has an app called VFA.Auditor specifically geared towards assessments - definetely has photo capture capability (with some limited photo editing, like rotating, designate as primary photo), and synchs with the VFA.Facility database. From a tablet (Android & Ipad) you have access to a system library to see system definitions (uses Uniformat II). I haven't used it, only seen online demos.
Don't know about geo tagging or associating w/ drawings . . .
An interesting trend I've noticed in these sorts of applications (talking about condition assessment software now) is the move away from checklists. Used to be that there was a checklist for every subsystem and sub-subsystem out there, so many and so cumbersome that only the true die-hards would ever complete them. The trend now seems to focus on remaining life, duty cycle, maintenance practices and records to assess building systems. On one hand this puts a heavier burden on the assessor as the SME, but on the flip side, more assessments are getting done vs. only a few with the long, laborious checklists. Making the assessments as consistent and objective as possible has always been a challenge.
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James Rodriguez AIA
Project Manager
Boeing
Torrance CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-28-2014 17:29
From: Bart Trudeau
Subject: Apps for Building Assessment
This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Committee of Corporate Architects and Facility Management and Technology in Architectural Practice .
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Has anyone come across apps for the Android or iPad that work well for collecting building assessment information? Ideally the information would be tagged to floor plans and have the ability to include reference photos.
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Bart Trudeau AIA
President
TRUDEAUarchitects PLLC
Latham NY
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