Web Structures Inspection

Web Structures Inspection (WSI) is mobile inspection software allowing inspectors to undertake Principal, General, Demand & Condition Inspections on a wide range of structures including Bridges and Retaining Walls. This software is ideally suited for offline working, allowing inspectors to go offsite and into areas with little to no network coverage. Photographs of inspections can be taken, stored within WSI and uploaded when network coverage is resumed. All inspections are compliant with the County Surveyors Society (CSS) Inspection rules.

Inspection of Structures 

General Inspections may not be able to collect information on Elements inspected on a Principal Inspection (PI) due to access limitations. In this case, WSI will prompt the inspector with the information on the element from the previous PI, including any photographs taken. In the case of multi span structures, WSI also allows the inspector to copy defects between spans.

The Structure summary data is displayed pre and post survey, allowing the inspector to review and amend values including Inspectors and Engineers Comments. The span length, width and area are automatically populated from the W.D.M. Limited Structures Management Database. Options are provided to transfer images between the Structures Management System and Web Structures Inspection providing the inspector with information at his fingertips.

Multi-span and/or multi construction form structures are easily accommodated, including the functionality to survey spans on different dates to accommodate traffic management demands. Additional Spans or Construction Forms can be added on site, updating the main WDM® Structures Management System on completion.

Each Element set is displayed on a separate screen. The Defect and Severity of each element are set automatically based on their relationship. Comments can be held against each element. Where input is not possible from pick lists, an inbuilt keyboard is automatically displayed. To aid the inspector in assessing the rate of deterioration the previous survey information is displayed beneath the current survey.

Documents and Photographs

Multiple documents can be stored against any asset, with the ability to view them, in a document window, within the software. The document can be opened in the relevant reader with a single click with support for sharing into or from SharePoint.

Photographs of inspections can be taken, stored within WSI and uploaded when network coverage is resumed. Photographs previously taken can be viewed by inspectors to compare any changes that may have happened to the structure.

Health & Safety Information

Health & Safety Information held against the Structure in the main Structures Management System is also available to view in WSI. These attributes are totally user definable but typically consist of Hazard, Special Equipment Required and Minimum Number Personnel. This aids the employer in his role defining Safe working arrangements for lone workers.

Structures Management System (SMS)

Web Structures Inspection is only one part of WDM®’s Structures Management System (SMS). SMS provides a minimal risk inspection solution, featuring a user defined asset base, enabling the user to define structure types; geometry and components of the structure. This allows the user to manage all structure types within the scope of BD 62/07 as-built and operational records for highway structures.