For an industrial painting and linings contractor, the final quality databook is commonly a condition of final invoice payment. Even when the blast and spray crews finish on schedule, QA inspectors often spend weeks in the job trailer assembling daily ambient logs, abrasive batch numbers, surface-profile tape readings, SSPC-PA 2 dry-film thickness tables, and NACE SP0188 holiday-test sign-offs into a PDF binder for the asset owner.
Current state before intelliSPEC
- Retyping gauge memory every night: AMPP / NACE CIP inspectors downloaded thousands of DFT readings and psychrometer logs into vendor software, copied them into Excel, and checked SSPC-PA 2 Paint Coating Level 3 rules by hand.
- Missed hold-point signatures: Waiting for the owner's inspector to walk to the trailer and sign paper Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) sheets delayed topcoat application while blast steel risked flash rusting.
- Unverified inspector and gauge records: Attaching current AMPP CIP / FROSIO certificates and gauge calibration sheets to every daily report was a manual copy-paste chore.
Configured path
The contractor adopted intelliPAINT, intelliCREW, intelliTRACK, and intelliEDGE across its field crews.
- Bluetooth gauge-to-form capture: Inspectors paired DFT, surface-profile, and environmental gauges to
, logging steel temperature, relative humidity, and the >= 5 F (3 C) dew-point margin offline at the work face. - Automated SSPC-PA 2 acceptance math:
evaluated gage, spot, and area averages against the specified minimum and maximum mil window in real time, flagging any non-conforming spot before the crew moved scaffold. - In-field ITP sign-off and instant databook: Owner and contractor inspectors signed hold points on the tablet, and
/automatically bound the inspector's AMPP credential and gauge calibration cert to the compiled databook.
Measured outcome
- Same-day invoice submission: The signed, audit-ready coating databook exports the hour final holiday testing and visual walkthrough close.
- Zero coat-over errors: Hard digital gates prevent intermediate or finish coat sign-off if dew-point spread or primer DFT is out of specification.
- Complete batch and serial traceability: Paint lot numbers, pot-life windows, and calibrated gauge serials stay permanently tied to the coated structure or tank course.