AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp Streamlines Site Inspections with Deltek ArchiSnapper

An interview with Thibaud Bruyndonckx, Safety Advisor at AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp

AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts describes itself as "a learning metropolis"—with 13 campuses in central Antwerp, plus two in Mechelen and Turnhout, it's easy to see why.

The quality of these facilities is fundamental to the experience of its 18,000 students, whether they're studying for a bachelor's degree in biochemistry or a master's degree in dance.

But as Thibaud Bruyndonckx, Safety Advisor at AP, explains, conducting site inspections and delivering facilities management projects across so many sites can have its challenges.

"You might take as many as 30 photos while visiting one workplace," says Thibaud. "Then, when creating the report, you have to spend a lot of time matching those photos to their exact locations."

The painful process of reviewing photographs after a site visit, and manually inserting them into a report, will be all too familiar to architects, contractors and engineers worldwide.

It's just one of many routine tasks that can make completing site reports slow and frustrating, from writing initial notes to creating fully branded reports ready to be shared with other teams.

Keen to streamline the creation of its own field reports, AP signed up for a 14-day free trial of Deltek ArchiSnapper.

Keeping Site Information Organized with Deltek ArchiSnapper

ArchiSnapper is an easy-to-use field app for paperless inspections, automated reports and simplified snag lists.

Relied on by over 10,000 architects, engineers and contractors, it empowers you to create reports on your smartphone or tablet during an inspection, so they're virtually complete when you leave the site.

You can set up templates and default answers and—crucially from Thibaud's point of view—easily insert photos, floor plan annotations and location pointers.

"When I take a photo with Deltek ArchiSnapper, it's automatically added to the report I'm working on," says Thibaud. "This saves a lot of time back at the office."

Faster Report Creation and Easier Collaboration

Deltek ArchiSnapper also accelerates the final stages of report creation, letting you rapidly turn your work into a branded, high-quality PDF and share it with a single click. This saves most users at least 45 minutes for every report.

"It's really easy to work with the app," says Thibaud. "Once we complete a report, we can simply generate the PDF and send it to our technical maintenance department. It's helping us to collaborate across our teams and campuses."

A Successful Trial, Guided by Experts

The university's maintenance team were impressed by the app and the training and support they received from Deltek ArchiSnapper's experts.

"The app is very intuitive, and there are helpful videos online," says Thibaud. "But it's still great to have the Deltek ArchiSnapper team on hand to guide us. They've provided a lot of useful information, and whenever we've had a question, the team is there to help."

Getting Everyone Working Together

When a team of maintenance professionals is working to support several different sites, it's easy for the information they capture to end up dispersed across devices, applications or paper forms.

Deltek ArchiSnapper solves this problem by safely centralizing information in a single cloud account. This, along with the ability to easily add due dates and assignees, helps keep facilities management operations efficient and coordinated across multiple teams.

"We asked the Deltek ArchiSnapper team to run a session with our technical maintenance department to make sure we're working together as one," says Thibaud. "So, it's not just easier for us to capture and share site information, but to know that any issues we raise have been fixed."

Streamline Your Next Site Inspection with Deltek ArchiSnapper

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