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Inspections.

The inspection workflow, from daily queue to sign-off, with deficient findings auto-creating follow-up tasks.

Daily queue

Each user lands on a daily queue that surfaces what's due. The queue shows inspections due, overdue follow-ups, open complaints, and unassigned tasks. Coordinators can see workload across the team; inspectors see their own work first.

Inspection record fields

  • Site context (address, parcel, classification, related contacts).
  • Photos attached to the inspection.
  • GPS captured at creation time from the browser.
  • Inspection type, weather-assisted fields, and any custom fields configured in the tenant.
  • Findings, including a deficient flag and free-text observations.
  • Follow-up tasks created from deficient findings, with due date and assignee.

Mobile-friendly capture

Inspections are created and edited in a mobile-friendly browser experience. The form is laid out for one-handed use in the field, including photo attachment, GPS confirmation, and the deficient flag. A native iOS app is planned and is not shipped today.

Cadence tracking

Each site type can carry an inspection cadence (for example, an annual inspection on construction sites, a quarterly check on a high-risk facility). The workspace flags sites whose next inspection is approaching or overdue, so coordinators can build a route without keeping a parallel spreadsheet.

Deficient findings and follow-up tasks

When an inspection finding is marked deficient, NPDESTracker auto-creates a follow-up task with a due date and an assignee. Closure evidence lives on the task itself (photos, notes, the date the issue was resolved). The follow-up shows on the assignee's queue until it's closed, and remains traceable from the originating inspection.

Inspector sign-off

Saved inspections carry timestamped user attribution. The sign-off serves audit purposes (knowing who recorded what, and when) and is not used as a performance metric or productivity score.

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