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Transforming compliance: Bugs & Sparks’ 50% inspection time reduction

Learn how Bugs & Sparks, South Africa’s trusted name in safety compliance, revolutionized their inspection process. By teaming up with Property Inspect, they’ve cut inspection times in half, enhanced efficiency, and streamlined compliance certification. Discover how innovative technology is reshaping the future of safety and compliance.

24,000+

inspections performed

50%

inspection time saved

50%

increase in efficiency

Executive summary

Bugs & Sparks are the complete compliance solution for domestic and commercial safety in South Africa. From compliance certificates to maintenance and new installations, Bugs & Sparks have made it their aim to provide the very best service and quality of workmanship.

Always looking to improve and innovate, Bugs & Sparks saw an opportunity to partner with the leading inspection tool, Property Inspect, in order to solve the real-life problems, and legal requirements, of compliance inspections. The move from traditional methods of information capture to Property Inspect has shown an immediate improvement and time saving of over 50% by utilizing the scheduling and inspection function. From time on site, dispute resolution to risk mitigation and document storage, Property Inspect has had a major impact on the efficiencies of the service and reduced the time taken to issue a compliance certificate.

Background & introduction

Situated in the heart of Cape Town, Bugs & Sparks was established in November 2007 by Craig Louw, a qualified Electrician, Novell CNE and Compaq ASE. Craig established a thriving business model based on trust, reliability and punctuality. Craig Ford then bought out Craig Louw. Craig Ford & Melodie Botha now run the business and with client satisfaction at the core of their services, Bugs & Sparks have an integrated online booking system that enables them to streamline appointments and tasks, job scheduling, job management, invoicing and general account management.

The challenge

Bugs & Sparks faced challenges with slow and inefficient paper-based inspections that impacted on the management of repairs, which was a labour intensive and time consuming issue.

Documenting all aspects of the inspection process and outcomes are vital to both the business, and the industry. Placing inspections at the core of their services gives Bugs & Sparks the opportunity to get ahead of the competition, but the challenge is to ensure that they remain focused on their client’s needs. Staying ahead of the curve by being early adopters of Proptech is key to increasing sales and growth of the company, and that’s why they chose a solution like Property Inspect.

Objectives

  • Find a tried and tested, user friendly system that would solve the scheduling headache and create efficiencies
  • Develop flexible templates that could be adapted to encompass the range of inspections and compliance certificates
  • Create a solution that would reduce time on site and provide an automatic report distribution option
  • Evidence all activity within the system with an audit trial for management reporting and analysis could be monitored
  • To find a robust and scalable solution that had excellent support and delivery that could work on and offline
Property Inspect has been a game-changer for us, reducing paperwork and improving efficiency across the board. We’re able to manage repairs faster, resolve disputes easily, and stay ahead of the competition.
Craig Ford
Director

Implementation

Property Inspect’s digital solution has been seamlessly integrated with Bugs & Sparks, moving from traditional paper reports to efficient on-site digital reporting. Property Inspect provided an end-to-end solution that enabled digital property reports to be conducted on site, easily and quickly.

The solution

  • Cloud based storage reduced risks associated with traditional paper reports
  • Client ‘no shows’ for inspections reduced
  • Full historical logs and timeline storage made for effortless compliance
  • Staff evaluations and accountability became easier to manage
  • Easy access to reports significantly reduced time taken to resolve disputes
  • Inspector diaries and time management dramatically improved
  • API integrations allowed connections with other systems
  • Effortless report creation via the APP, resulted in ‘time on inspection’ reductions

Outcome

Bugs & Sparks have performed around 24,000+ inspections in the Property Inspect App! Moving from the traditional paper form, Bugs & Sparks have been able to make huge improvements in managing their inspection process realizing a 50% increase in efficiency and now have a secure and documented process for conducting compliance and property inspections and management of their expanding services.

Switching to Property Inspect transformed our inspection process, cutting time by over 50%. It has streamlined everything from scheduling to compliance, allowing us to focus on what matters most—our clients
Craig Ford
Director

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