Bentley Announces InspectTech Collector Software for iPad

Bentley Systems, Inc., has announced the immediate availability of InspectTech Collector Mobile for use on the iPad. This new iWare app underscores Bentley’s commitment to providing a broad range of apps for mobile devices that increase information mobility with integrity across engineering disciplines and the infrastructure lifecycle, the company said.

InspectTech Collector Mobile works with Bentley’s InspectTech software-as-a-service offering, which helps asset owners streamline the process of planning inspections, collecting and managing inspection data, and complying with government reporting requirements — reducing inspection times by up to 25 percent. The new app empowers inspectors of transportation and infrastructure assets — from bridges and culverts to signs, light poles, antenna towers, storm water networks, and more — to quickly and effectively collect a range of inspection information, including photos and audio, in the field on their iPads. By expediting these inspections, InspectTech Collector Mobile enhances inspector productivity and saves owner-operators time and money.

According to the announcement, through the app users simply sign in to their InspectTech system, and anyone can try the app’s capabilities with access to sample data via Bentley’s new “Explore” trial services program. The app is available for download at no additional charge.

The key advantages of InspectTech Collector Mobile include:

• enhanced inspection efficiency — A streamlined interface delivers valid fields and drop-down boxes as the inspector works through a logical and thorough collection of inspection data;
• improved inspection quality — Inspectors enhance inspections with the ability to capture photos, audio, and video as they inspect individual assets;
• reduced inspection costs — Inspectors need no longer travel back to the main office to upload reports, and they enjoy the efficiency associated with the use of a single inspection device that takes the place of multiple inspection tools, including paper and pen, GPS, camera, and audio recorder;
• increased productivity and reduced errors — Inspectors create comprehensive reports, working quickly and accurately with agency-specific forms and historical asset information;
• enhanced inspection flexibility — Like all Bentley apps, InspectTech Collector Mobile enables inspectors to work with or without an Internet connection;
• inspection compliance — Calculations are performed based on National Bridge Inventory (NBI) and other inspection standards;
• enhanced accuracy – InspectTech Collector Mobile rapidly pinpoints assets using GPS technology;
• time savings — Synchronization with the organization’s home InspectTech solution via cloud services and automatic generation of high-quality reports speed inspection completion;
• powerful support for analysis and planning — Inspection data can be provided for planning, performance monitoring, and risk-based analysis and decision making.

“SCDOT is excited to be testing InspectTech Collector Mobile for bridge inspection data collection,” Lee Floyd, PE, State Bridge Maintenance Engineer, South Carolina Department of Transportation, said. “The Department’s Director of Maintenance Office has been pushing the use of iPads for some time now. We believe that the iPad hardware, along with its stable environment, is an excellent choice for bridge inspection applications. Our early indications are that the InspectTech Collector Mobile software from Bentley is easy to use and will improve our bridge inspection workflow.”

“InspectTech provides a secure and managed shared source of information for the inspection, inventory, maintenance, and management of transportation physical assets,” Jeremy Shaffer, Bentley director of Transportation Asset Management, said. “It generates savings through better efficiency — from capturing and reviewing inspection data to turning needs into actionable plans – and empowers maintenance management to make the best use of asset inspection information for maintenance planning, prioritization, scheduling, and capital-project decision making. Our new InspectTech Collector Mobile further enhances the flexibility of InspectTech, advancing information mobility within inspection workflows and giving inspectors yet another way to conveniently gather their crucial asset inspection information in the field. This app will also be available to all InspectTech users as an optional data collection add-on for use with the AASHTO Pontis Bridge Management transportation asset management system – as part of the Bentley and AASHTO ongoing partnership.”