Field inspection apps
Guided checklists, photos and readings, with offline mode for remote sites. See iOS apps.
Custom software for energy and utility companies.
Inspections, work orders, permits and compliance reports still move between field crews, contractors and the office by hand. We build the tools that capture the work once and keep the paperwork moving.
Common problems
Where the time usually goes.
Today
- Inspection notes get retyped
- Compliance reports take weeks to assemble
- Contractor paperwork is hard to track
With the system
- Findings, photos and readings from the field land in your asset records the same day.
- Evidence gets collected as the work happens, so reports pull together instead of starting from scratch.
- Insurance, certifications, timesheets and invoices tracked per contractor, with gaps flagged.
What we can build
Examples for your kind of organization.
Every project starts by looking at how your team actually works, so yours may look different.
Work order follow-through
From request to completed job, with nothing waiting in an inbox.
Compliance evidence
Records, approvals and documents kept together and ready for audit.
Contractor management
Onboarding, certifications and invoices checked against the contract.
Asset and outage reporting
Numbers from several systems in one view, on a schedule.
Document search
Find answers in procedures, permits and past reports, with links to the source.
Handled with care
What we watch for.
Utilities that operate parts of the bulk electric system fall under NERC CIP cybersecurity standards. We keep our work in back-office and field-reporting systems unless your security team has approved otherwise, and design to your requirements from the start. We don't claim certifications we don't hold.
Related problems
Common places to start.
Documents piling up
Contracts, forms, invoices, reports. The information your business needs is locked inside PDFs, and someone has to read each one.
Read moreReports built by hand
Every month, someone exports from four systems, pastes it all into a spreadsheet and fixes what looks wrong. By the time it's ready, the numbers are old.
Read moreApprovals stuck in email
The request went out on Monday. By Friday, nobody knows who has it. The person who needs to approve it never saw it, or forgot.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Will this touch our control systems?
No, not by default. We work on the business side: inspections, paperwork, reporting and coordination.
Do we replace our asset or work order system?
Usually not. We connect to it and handle the work around it.
Partner with Inkwell
Tell us where the time goes.
A few sentences is plenty. We'll tell you honestly whether custom software makes sense.