Swiss Safety Center: Digital defect recording for fire safety

Digital defect recording for quality assurance in fire protection

How Swiss Safety Center AG achieves time savings of up to 50% by using PlanRadar

The challenge: managing a large volume of defects in a short period of time

Florian Zimmermann is deputy manager of the fire safety consultancy at Swiss Safety Center AG. Together with his team, he is responsible for fire safety planning and quality assurance for fire protection on site. The goal is to find all faults on the construction site in order to be able to hand over a safe and fault-free building to the customer, in terms of fire protection and prevention.

Swiss Safety Center employees are often faced with large volumes of defects that need to be dealt with quickly. It is therefore extremely important for teams to work in a structured way to ensure that they can keep track of projects, to prevent errors and guarantee project quality. 

The solution: digital recordings of defects with PlanRadar

Swiss Safety Center AG has used PlanRadar for the quality control of fire safety measures since 2018. The company first tested the platform on one project. Project workers were immediately enthusiastic about the excellent structure of the platform, which helped them stay up to date with projects. 

Workers record defects immediately on site by adding tags and keywords in the app, adding the final touches in the office. PlanRadar makes it possible to work quickly and efficiently. Swiss Safety Center AG also benefits from seamless documentation so that it is well prepared for any client issues that occur. “With PlanRadar, we no longer need to worry about being overwhelmed by the number of defects to be recorded. We can work through defects together in a structured way and as a team on the building site,” said Florian Zimmermann. Swiss Safety Center AG has completed around 72 projects with PlanRadar so far. 

Another important benefit for using the software for fire safety planning and inspections is the opportunity to improve collaboration in teams. The cloud-based solution means different team members can work on a project at the same time. Functions such as the BIM viewer are very popular and PlanRadar can also contribute to making communication in teams more efficient.  

Training users was very intuitive. Training sessions were held as part of tests for the initial projects and no other support was required. The web-based software was successfully integrated into the existing IT infrastructure because the company did not need to buy any additional hardware. “PlanRadar differentiated itself from competitors during the procurement process, because most of these offer standalone variants with limited usability on tablets,” Zimmermann explained. New employees receive training on how to use PlanRadar as part of the general onboarding process. Users also regularly discuss the platform internally.