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Line crew inspection app
Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.
// The problem
A distribution utility inspects poles, lines and transformers on paper forms, and defects reach the work plan late, often missing photos and locations.
// What we would build
An iOS and Android app for inspectors and crews that works offline on a map of the network, with structured inspections, photos and defects that become work orders, and a web back office for planners tied to the GIS and the asset system.
// What is in it
- Tools, spares and vehicles tracked by QR code and GPS across service areas
- Inspection forms per asset type, on a map of the network from your GIS
- Defects with photos, location and priority, raised at the pole
- Work orders created from defects and dispatched to crews
- Offline maps and forms for areas with no coverage
- Sync with your asset management system, such as SAP or Maximo
- Dashboards of open defects by circuit and priority
// Stack
- React Native
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL with PostGIS
- Esri ArcGIS APIs
- IBM Maximo or SAP integration
- Microsoft Azure
// estimate
- Build
- ≈ US$211,000 to US$322,000, delivered within 41 weeksCAD 300,000 to 458,900
- Hosting
- ≈ US$811 a monthCAD 1,155 a month
- Support
- ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month
- Hardware
- ≈ US$9,360CAD 13,330
Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.
Timeline by milestone
- Discovery
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Discovery and site walk-through
- 0.4 weeks
- Design approved
- 8.9 to 14.9 weeks
- Core features
- 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
- Full build
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
- First build on devices
- 2.4 to 3.9 weeks
- Stock, receiving and transfers
- 3.9 to 6.4 weeks
- Tracking and devices working
- 2.4 to 4.4 weeks
- Testing and fixes
- 0.4 weeks
- Store submission
- 0.4 weeks
- Pilot site live
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Launch
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
- Rollout
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Outside our hands, and added to the calendar
- App store review
- 1 week
- Hardware delivery, after it is ordered
- 2 to 4 weeks
- Penetration test by your chosen firm
- 2 to 4 weeks
How it is paid
- Deposit 20%
- CAD 60,000 to 91,780
- Discovery 3.7%
- CAD 11,100.00 to 16,979.30
- Discovery and site walk-through 4.6%
- CAD 13,800.00 to 21,109.40
- Design approved 8.3%
- CAD 24,900.00 to 38,088.70
- Core features 3%
- CAD 9,000 to 13,767
- Full build 2%
- CAD 6,000 to 9,178
- First build on devices 8.1%
- CAD 24,300.00 to 37,170.90
- Stock, receiving and transfers 13.9%
- CAD 41,700.00 to 63,787.10
- Tracking and devices working 9.2%
- CAD 27,600.00 to 42,218.80
- Testing and fixes 1%
- CAD 3,000 to 4,589
- Store submission 2.7%
- CAD 8,100.00 to 12,390.30
- Pilot site live 4.6%
- CAD 13,800.00 to 21,109.40
- Launch 3.7%
- CAD 11,100.00 to 16,979.30
- Rollout 5.2%
- CAD 15,600.00 to 23,862.80
- Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
- CAD 30,000 to 45,890
- Battery GPS tracker x 25
- CAD 8,180. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
- Cordless barcode scanner x 10
- CAD 4,550. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
- Corded barcode scanner, for our build and testing
- CAD 290. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones
- Cellular GPS development kit, for our build and testing
- CAD 310. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones