Hydrant inspections don’t have to use up your team’s valuable time and limited budget. Here are 5 ways AssetAlly can help make your hydrant inspections quick, easy, and headache-free.
1. TIME SAVED = MONEY SAVED
Hydrant flushing is part of every municipality’s annual budget and schedule, which is why many communities choose to inspect and flush hydrants simultaneously (if your community has not yet implemented this workflow, we highly suggest doing so!). To make this process as simple and efficient as possible, AssetAlly’s Hydrant Inspection Tool allows your team to access important historical data and provides an intuitive, digital form where they can track inspection notes on other important data. This process eliminates the need for cumbersome paper documents that are easily lost or filed incorrectly, helps your team communicate more effectively, and simplifies the inspection process. The result? Time and money saved.
2. CUT DOWN ON TRAINING COSTS
Many communities are operating with limited staffing resources and tight budgets, forcing some municipalities to follow an “all hands on deck” approach in order to complete mandatory hydrant flushing. Training an already overwhelmed team to perform inspections while flushing hydrants can be frustrating, time consuming, and costly. However, neglecting hydrant inspections will ultimately cost far more in the long run, which is why we’ve made AssetAlly’s Hydrant Inspection Tool intuitive and user friendly. The hydrant inspection procedure is clearly outlined and easy for anyone to follow, allowing your team to complete inspections without extensive training.
3. IMPROVE WORKFLOW
With your community’s hydrant data in one place, you can simplify your workflow by easily accessing historical information to make better decisions when prioritizing hydrant replacements and maintenance. More efficient workflow = dollars saved.
In AssetAlly, you’ll simply click on a hydrant, start a new inspection, and check through the list of the details that apply ( and don’t forget to save!).
4. SIMPLIFY DOCUMENTATION
Nobody likes paperwork (it’s never where you need it when you need it most). By completing your hydrant inspections in AssetAlly, you’ll eliminate the need for paper files and be able to access your data from wherever you are, whenever you need it. No more trips to the office in order to access imperative information while you’re in the field (this is perhaps more important now than ever, when access to digital information is crucial if/when you cannot access your files in person).
5. MORE EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION
Because hydrant data is spatially represented in AssetAlly, it’s easy for management to visually communicate with staff what maintenance needs to be done and where it should be completed. You can also filter and group maintenance tasks, with this tool, ultimately cutting back on time wasted on back and forth communication.
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For more information on how AssetAlly can help your community effortlessly complete your hydrant inspections, please contact us today!
