Repair Recommendations in detail

Once surveys are reviewed and their status has been set to ‘Reviewed’, the repair recommendation feature becomes available.

To see the repair recommendation, click the Reviewed tab to see inspections with the repair recommendation feature available to them. Now you can view an inspection and are directed to the Review page. Beneath the Inspection details and defect details panel, the repair recommendation feature becomes available. Click on the ‘repair recommendation’ panel. 

You will now see the recommendations that have been processed by the platform based on the reviewed inspection. This is the first column, which is suggested by the platform and indicated by the word VAPAR underneath.

If you are satisfied with the suggested recommendation by VAPAR, simply click on the VAPAR menu button and copy the repair recommendation.

If you are not satisfied with the generated recommendation, you are able to select your own recommendation in the ‘Decision’ column and create your own notes.

What are the different Repair Recommendation categories?

No Action: If no immediate action is required, this box should be checked to confirm the decision that no repair is scheduled.

Roots: Root treatment or cutting recommended

Debris: Jetting or cleaning of pipe to remove debris and deposits is recommended.

Patch: Patching of pipe sections recommended (# of patches listed)

Dig-Up: Due to the type of defect observed, it is likely that it will require excavation down to the pipe at this location to repair

Lining: Lining of full pipe recommended (if Lining is selected then roots, debris, and patch will be automatically deselected even if checked).

Repair Notes: Location to enter details about repair recommendation type and chainage.

Now you can provide more detail on the repair works required by indicating the 'Likelihood', 'Consequence', and 'Frequency' of the survey. If you need more information on these three criteria, click the link at the end of this section to find out more.

Can Repair Recommendations be exported?

Once you are happy with the recommendation set, you can export this data. 

Exporting all repair recommendations can be done on the Inspections page via the bulk actions options. Running the repair recommendation will update the inspections repair recommendations based on any changes you have made, otherwise, you can head straight to exporting your report. Make sure to generate the file before clicking download.