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Industry leader reports record growth among users of its fire and life safety inspection, testing, and maintenance mobile applications and online reporting services.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 18, 2023 – The BuildingReports network of over 1,200 service and facility management professionals eclipsed the 10 million inspection, testing, and maintenance milestone. Founded in 2000, BuildingReports provides mobile inspection applications and web-based reporting tools to ensure critical facility assets are functioning properly and complying with applicable codes based on jurisdictional and occupancy type requirements.

To date, over 20 billion square feet of commercial and industrial floor space has been inspected and serviced using BuildingReports’ mobile and SaaS compliance reporting solutions. This team of dedicated industry professionals is proud of their impact on the industry for over two decades.

“When we started BuildingReports, we wanted to make a product that would change the industry and positively impact those who used it,” said Jason Kronz, president and chief technology officer. “Through our partnership with service providers, code enforcement officials, and facility management professionals, we’ve helped improve positive outcomes even during challenging times.”

In addition to ensuring that facility management professionals remain in compliance with code requirements, BuildingReports’ back-end analytics allows service providers to remotely monitor the performance of technicians in the field. The net result is asset-level intelligence that helps facilities and service providers mitigate risk while saving lives.

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Building-safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners, and fire and safety officials charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to accurately gather data on fire and life safety devices, ensuring these devices are working properly and meeting code requirements, as well as identifying necessary compliance actions through easily verifiable inspection reports. With over 10 million inspection reports to date—covering billions of square feet of floor space in millions of buildings—BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting.

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ATLANTA, December 5, 2022 (Newswire.com) – BuildingReports, the Atlanta-headquartered leading provider of mobile and web-based technology solutions for the fire and life safety industry, has partnered with Philippines-based Digitrack Pte. Ltd. to grow its international presence. The announcement comes on the heels of BuildingReports’ recent launch of multilingual functionality in early 2022.

The new partnership adds to the international presence established in Latin America and long-time partnership with Canadian licensee Building Reports Canada. “The addition of BuildingReports Philippines to the BuildingReports family of companies and licensees is a significant step in our continued growth,” said Jason Kronz, BuildingReports President and Chief Technology Officer. “BuildingReports is pleased to partner with an industry service leader in the region to license our solutions to other service providers to help protect people and property.”

“We look forward to helping service companies and facilities in our region improve their fire prevention and protection efforts while reducing liability as a partner of the industry-leading technology provider,” says Digitrack General Manager, Joshua Martin C. Casten. “As compliance requirements evolve and building system technologies advance, automating the inspection and reporting process becomes increasingly imperative to ensure requirements are met.”

BuildingReports was founded in 2000, and its flagship mobile application suite, ScanSeries®, allows inspection, testing and maintenance companies to conduct verifiable inspections using a device barcoding and scanning process. Digitrack currently operates across Asia and Africa providing firefighting, fire detection. and alarm system services for the industrial market, ranging from light manufacturing to heavy industrial facilities.

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ATLANTA, October 5, 2022 (Newswire.com) – BuildingReports.com, Inc. and Inspection Reports Online (IROL, Inc.) have executed a new partnership to combine two of the leading inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM) technology platforms to provide web-based solutions for Authorities Having Jurisdiction, service providers, and facility management professionals. BuildingReports’ investment in IROL resulted from a years-long relationship and mutual passion to provide solutions that help protect people and property. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Created by a group of individuals who have over 100 years of combined experience in the Fire and Life Safety Industry and the Fire Service, IROL was developed to address the frustration and challenges regarding fire and life safety system ITM and overall system performance such as: affordable field reporting software, ITM records management, and tracking deficiency remediation. Today, IROL’s solutions continue to provide advance technology that delivers real-time data, increases code enforcement, and overall builds safer communities.

BuildingReports launched a similar solution, ComplianceCenter, in 2015 to assist fire prevention jurisdictions with digital submittal to eliminate the expense and challenges of paper reporting. Both organizations plan to develop a uniform, fully integrated solution to address the challenges facing the fire prevention officials tasked with ensuring compliance requirements are met within their jurisdictions. Existing users of both platforms will continue to be fully supported in the interim.

“We’re excited to combine our resources in our mission to provide third-party reporting technology for the betterment of community risk reduction,” explained Jason Kronz, BuildingReports’ President and Chief Technology Officer. “Fire prevention officials are under significant pressure to enforce code requirements to help protect communities, but with the IROL partnership, we have enhanced our ability to help protect save lives.”

“With our combined industry experience and value proposition, the sky is the limit,” said Jill Cotton, Communications Director at IROL. “Both organizations are passionate about providing innovative solutions to help save lives. Our goal is to create sustainable prevention and risk reduction strategies that help build safer communities, and this partnership will only strengthen our ability to achieve that goal.”

 

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ATLANTA, August 22, 2022 (Newswire.com) – In early August, the BuildingReports network of over 1,000 fire protection, life safety, security, and mechanical service providers recently surpassed the 9 millionth inspection milestone. Founded in 2000, BuildingReports provides mobile inspection applications and web-based reporting tools to help ensure critical facility assets are functioning properly and complying with applicable codes based on jurisdictional and occupancy type requirements.

To date, over 18.6 billion square feet of commercial and industrial floor space and over 630 million individual assets have been inspected or serviced using BuildingReports solutions. The pandemic put a strain on these industries, but the premier service companies that leverage contact-free technology continued to execute inspections despite several facility closures, allowing the uninterrupted delivery of required inspection documentation to the Authority Having Jurisdiction and stakeholders.

“We’re proud to assist our partners in continuing to grow during what was a tough time for many while also ensuring the safety of people and property,” said Jason Kronz, BuildingReports’ president and chief technology officer. “This new milestone is truly a testament to these dedicated service providers and facility management professionals. Without their perseverance, the threat of critical facility assets failing in the event of an emergency could have put even more lives in danger.”

In addition to ensuring that facility management professionals remained in compliance with code requirements since 2020, BuildingReports’ back-end analytics allowed service providers to remotely monitor the performance of technicians in the field. The BuildingReports network of over 1,000 service members has been providing remote services for over two decades, including remote inspection submission, device merging, and other back-end operational capabilities intrinsic to BuildingReports’ industry-leading ScanSeries and SaaS reporting services.

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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BuildingReports, the Atlanta-headquartered leading provider of mobile and web-based technology solutions for the fire and life safety industry, has grown its Latin American presence. The company already has thousands of regional users that have performed hundreds of thousands of commercial and industrial fire alarm, fire sprinkler, fire suppression, life safety and security inspections, despite, until now, only having English and French-Canadian versions of its mobile applications and online reporting solution.

The organization has also invested in additional staff to drive sales and current user growth. Paul Gutiérrez, Gerente de Ventas de Latinoamérica, will be leading the expansion. “We are very excited to add this functionality for our loyal service members, but also about the new opportunities it creates,” explains Gutierrez. “Countries in the region are becoming more aggressive in their fire prevention and protection efforts, to both protect citizens and attract more interest in international development.”

“BuildingReports’ success has been built on trust, a critical foundation when your business is protecting lives and property,” says BuildingReports president and chief technology officer, Jason Kronz. “We understand how important relationships are to our Latin American Members, and we are committed to forging similar relationships with new partners who require a Spanish-language version for employees and customers.”

BuildingReports was founded in 2000, and its flagship mobile application suite, ScanSeries®, allows inspection, testing and maintenance companies to conduct verifiable inspections using a device barcoding and scanning process. The suite includes the following:

  • FireScan® allows for data collection during fire inspections for control equipment, auxiliary functions, initiating devices, monitoring equipment and notification appliances.
  • HVACScan® enables heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technicians to provide detailed service logs and documentation for electrical and mechanical components.
  • SafetyScan® enables inspectors to create detailed inspection reports for portable fire extinguishers, lighting, personal protective and safety equipment in any facility.
  • SecurityScan® allows inspectors to collect inspection data for burglar and security systems, access control, CCTV and nurse call stations.
  • SprinklerScan® enables inspectors to easily test and inspect sprinkler systems and water-based fire protection systems in any environment.
  • SuppressionScan® lets inspectors scan and record detailed data for the most critical hazards in any building, including data for clean agent, gas detection and kitchen hood systems.

For more information on BuildingReports, ScanSeries or SafetyScan, please contact pgutierrez@buildingreports.com or visit la.buildingreports.com.

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(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – The BuildingReports network of over 1,000 fire, life safety, security and mechanical service providers recently completed its 8 millionth inspection report, less than a year after reaching the 7 million milestone in December 2020. Founded in 2000, BuildingReports provides mobile inspection applications and web-based compliance reporting to help independent service companies ensure critical facility assets are code-compliant and working properly.

The mobile application and software-as-a-service provider is used by service companies and facility management professionals to protect lives and property by ensuring critical facility systems are in compliance with industry codes and standards. To date, BuildingReports has been used to inspect more than 16 billion square feet of facility floorspace across more than 1 million commercial and industrial facilities.

“We are very pleased to see the continued growth and adoption of verifiable inspection compliance and reporting technology in the industry as one of the most effective tools in protecting building occupants from life-threatening fire and life safety events,” said Jason Kronz, BuildingReports president and chief technology officer. “Even during a pandemic, we have seen the dedication and resilience of the technicians who perform this important work, and we’re honored to help support them in their mission.”

Since April of 2020, BuildingReports University staff have helped support members by offering complimentary webinar training for field technicians and administrative staff to sharpen their skills and expand their knowledge. The training team has, so far, completed 528 interactive online training sessions at no cost to BuildingReports service members.

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About BuildingReports

Building-safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners, and fire and safety officials who are charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to accurately gather data on fire and life safety devices, ensuring the devices work properly and meet code requirements while identifying necessary compliance actions through easily verifiable inspection reports. With over 8 million inspection reports to date—covering more than 16 billion square feet of floor space in over 1 million buildings and representing more than 500 million devices—BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting.

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(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – The BuildingReports network of nearly one thousand fire, life safety and security service providers recently passed the 7 million inspection milestone, less than one year after announcing the 6 million reporting milestone. During a challenging year, the software-as-a-service provider and the inspection, testing and maintenance companies that leverage BuildingReports’ industry-leading technology continued to protect lives and property by ensuring critical facility systems were in compliance with codes and standards. An estimated over 15 billion square feet of commercial and industrial floor space have been inspected using the service to date.

“As we celebrate another milestone achievement by our service members, we also express our deep gratitude for their commitment as essential workers who have continued to work tirelessly to ensure the safety and security of the public,” said Jason Kronz, BuildingReports president and chief technology officer. “Like so many this year, our network has experienced numerous challenges and the loss of friends and colleagues as they continue to fulfill this critical role. We are humbled by, and thankful for, their dedication and resolve.”

Founded in 2000, BuildingReports provides mobile inspection applications and web-based compliance reporting to help independent service companies ensure critical facility assets are code compliant and working properly. Customers can conveniently access detailed reports that meet stringent codes and standards, review discrepancies and approve corrective actions online from any mobile device or computer with internet access.

In response to the pandemic, the company launched new features on its SafetyScan mobile application to assist contact-less tracking and reporting of disinfection and sanitization. The new device category, “Disinfected Surfaces,” allows for tracking important details such as surface type, frequency of cleaning performed, cleaning supply used, lot #, dwell time, type of cleaning and area type.

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About BuildingReports
Building-safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners and fire and safety officials charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to accurately gather data on fire and life safety devices—ensuring these devices are working properly and meeting code requirements—as well as identify necessary compliance actions through easily verifiable inspection reports. With over 7 million inspection reports to date—covering more than 15 billion square feet of floor space in over 1 million buildings and representing more than 400 million devices—BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting.

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(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – BuildingReports, the leading provider of mobile and web-based technology solutions for the fire and life safety industry, recently announced new functionality to help facility management professionals track and report on safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

The ScanSeries® suite of mobile applications provides comprehensive and verifiable online compliance reporting technology, designed to eliminate error-prone and time-consuming manual inspections and reporting, including life safety systems with SafetyScan®. To assist facilities in their efforts to uphold strict safety measures, SafetyScan now features a new device type for Disinfected Surfaces that allows for tracking of the following information:

  • Surface Type – allows tracking of common surfaces, including Buttons, Countertops, Doors, Doorknobs, Handrails, Radios, Steering Wheels and user defined areas.
  • Frequency – indicates the frequency with which the surface was disinfected in hourly increments, as well as longer periods such as Daily, Weekly, Monthly or by Shift.
  • Cleaning Supply Used – an open text field allows employees to indicate what type of cleaning solution was used to disinfect the surface.
  • Lot # – allows for tracking the source or supply of the disinfectant used as a quality control measure.
  • Dwell Time – the Environmental Protection Agency defines “dwell time” as “the amount of time that a sanitizer or disinfectant must be in contact with the surface, and remain wet, in order to achieve the product’s advertised kill rate.” This field allows for reporting the amount of time the surface remained wet, up to 30 minutes.
  • Type of Cleaning – provides options for Intermediate Disinfection, Sanitization, Sporicidal/Sterilant and UV treatment types.
  • Area Type – indicates if the surface is in a General Access, Limited Access, Public Access and Sequestered Access area to help determine potential exposure and contamination risk.

The SafetyScan application also includes the ability to track and report on personal protective equipment (PPE), including those items that can be used to help prevent the spread of contagious diseases, such as:

  • Masks (including N100, N95, N99, P100, P95, P99, R100, R95 and R99)
  • Breathing Apparatus and Breathing Cylinders
  • Gloves
  • Clothing

For more information on BuildingReports, ScanSeries or SafetyScan, please contact info@buildingreports.com or visit www.buildingreports.com. All media requests should be directed to marketing@buildingreports.com.

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About BuildingReports

Building safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners, and fire and safety officials who are charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to quickly gather data on fire and life safety devices to ensure they are working properly and meet code requirements, and to identify actions needed to meet compliance through easily verifiable inspection reports. With more than 14 billion square feet of floor space inspected in more than 900,000 buildings to date, BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting. Learn more at www.buildingreports.com.

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ORLANDO, Fla., February 3, 2020 (Newswire.com) – BuildingReports, a leading provider of mobile and web-based technology solutions for the fire and life safety industry, and ServiceTrade, a leading commercial service management technology provider, now offer integration between their Software-as-a-Service platforms. The companies made the announcement at the AHR Expo in Orlando, Florida, and revealed details regarding specifics of the integration.

BuildingReports’ leading mobile inspection and web-based reporting solutions help ensure the safety, compliance, operational continuity, and maintenance of critical systems in commercial and industrial facilities. The comprehensive and verifiable online compliance reporting technology is designed to eliminate error-prone and time-consuming manual inspections and reporting. BuildingReports is exhibiting this week in the West Hall of the Orange County Convention Center in booth #8689.

ServiceTrade is a cloud-based solution for commercial service contractors that streamlines operations and enables them to deliver an enhanced customer experience. ServiceTrade’s mobile and web applications allow office staff and field technicians to manage and coordinate business-related operations and communications from one central location. ServiceTrade’s booth, #8664, is also located in the West Hall.

The integration eliminates manual processes and improves efficiency, workflow, and compliance for users by:

  • Linking buildings from both systems for convenient database management.
  • Syncing devices with deficiencies from BuildingReports Proposed Solutions reports to ServiceTrade for quoting and repairs.
  • Tracking corrective action in ServiceTrade and automatically updating reports in BuildingReports to improve compliance documentation.
  • Providing 90-day visibility of past ServiceTrade service history and status without leaving the BuildingReports portal.

“We’re pleased to announce this integration is now available to our network of Service Members who utilize both solutions to provide best-in-class service delivery, reporting, and asset management,” stated Jason Kronz, president and chief technology officer of BuildingReports. “Our customers asked and, with the help of ServiceTrade, we have delivered. This also presents opportunities for ServiceTrade users to seamlessly adopt our solutions and present their customers with an even stronger value proposition.”

“We are excited to launch this new integration with BuildingReports, as they’ve been a longtime market leader in compliance productivity,” says Billy Marshall, ServiceTrade CEO. “Technician productivity is critical for service contractors in the industries we serve, and this new integration improves speed and accuracy for customers across both platforms.”

Existing users of both solutions who wish to enable the integration should contact BuildingReports Member Services by email at memberservices@buildingreports.com for activation and more information.

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About BuildingReports

Building safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners, and fire and safety officials who are charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to quickly gather data on fire and life safety devices to ensure they are working properly and meet code requirements and to identify actions needed to meet compliance through easily verifiable inspection reports. With more than 13.5 billion square feet of floor space inspected to date, BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting. Learn more at www.buildingreports.com.

About ServiceTrade

ServiceTrade streamlines service operations so commercial service contractors grow their service revenue while delivering amazing customer experiences. Its mobile and web applications enable online engagement throughout the service cycle to build loyal and valuable customer relationships. More than 500 commercial service contractors trust ServiceTrade to run their service operations. Learn more at www.servicetrade.com.

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ATLANTA, GA – BuildingReports, the most trusted name in compliance reporting, announced its service members recently completed the six millionth inspection report since 2000, less than one year after crossing the five-million threshold. To date, service providers have inspected fire alarm, fire sprinkler, life safety, fire suppression, security, and HVAC systems covering more than 13.5 billion square feet of commercial and industrial floor space.

Founded in 2000, BuildingReports provides mobile inspection applications and web-based compliance reporting to help independent service companies ensure critical facility assets are code-compliant and working properly. Customers can conveniently access detailed reports meeting stringent codes and standards, review discrepancies, and approve corrective actions online from any mobile or computer device with internet access.

“Our continued growth is truly a testament to the hard work and dedication of the service members, who tirelessly strive to ensure the safety of facilities and the people within them,” said Jason Kronz, BuildingReports’ president and chief technology officer. “Our success has been established on a foundation of trust, and as we continue to build on that foundation in 2020, I’m very excited about how we can help our service members grow with us.”

To that end, in recent years the company has expanded their portfolio of mobile applications and cloud-based reporting technology to include security systems with SecurityScan. Even more recently, the company grew even further outside of fire and life safety to include preventative maintenance and service documentation for HVAC systems with HVACScan.

In a recent series of regional seminars, BuildingReports has announced the company launched a new National Accounts program.

“Our new National Accounts program will open up numerous opportunities for our service member base, allowing them to compete as a network for large scale, geographically diverse contracts,” said Kronz. “We are very excited about the possibilities, and the members and customers already working with us on this first phase of rollout see the big picture potential.”

“Our new National Accounts program will open up numerous opportunities for our service member base, allowing them to compete as a network for large scale, geographically diverse contracts,” said Kronz. “We are very excited about the possibilities, and the members and customers already working with us on this first phase of rollout see the big picture potential.”

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About BuildingReports

Building-safety compliance is critical to service companies, building owners, and fire and safety officials who are charged with safeguarding occupants. BuildingReports’ mobile and online inspection reporting tools enable inspectors to accurately gather data on fire and life safety devices, ensuring these devices are working properly and meeting code requirements, as well as identifying necessary compliance actions through easily verifiable inspection reports. With over 6 million inspection reports to date—covering more than 13.5 billion square feet of floor space in over 850,000 buildings and representing more than 300 million devices—BuildingReports has earned its reputation as the most trusted name in compliance reporting.

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