Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for waterproofing contractors.
A checklist built from how waterproofing contractors work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Leak inspection report
- Treatment quote by system
- Job record with test photos
- Warranty register and re-visits
- Material issue per job
- Crew and applicator day plan
- Stage bills and retention
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For owners
- For estimators
- For site supervisors
- For accounts
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Enquiries by source and quotations converted
- Jobs in progress by stage and crew
- Material issued against quoted use, by site
- Warranties ending soon, by client and area
- Leak callbacks by treatment system and supervisor
- Dues and retention outstanding by client
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- SMS
- Payment links and gateway
- Accounting package export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Is it built for waterproofing or for general contractors?
- Can quotations be priced by square feet?
- Can each coat be recorded on site?
- How does the warranty register work?
- Does it record the ponding test?
- Can builders’ retention be tracked?
- Can the accounts go into our accounting package?
- Can open jobs and warranties be moved across?
- Who owns the data?
- Is this worth having with only a few crews?
- How long before the supervisors log treatments on it?
- What does the contractor need to find?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- What was applied cannot be proved
- Re-visits are free and endless
- Chemical use is a guess
- Retention is never chased
- The first heavy rains swamp the office
Prefer to talk it through? See the waterproofing contractors page.