The same checklist, forty times, in forty formats
Each foreman keeps the inspection in a notebook or a spreadsheet of their own. By the time the last block is inspected, the first block’s record has been rewritten twice and nobody can compare them.
Solar sites
Solar construction project management: one template, every block
A solar site repeats the same work across many blocks and rows, so the same inspection and the same daily report are filled in again and again. What matters is that every open item can be traced back to a location. Fidrel gives you a site form template that is filled in once per location, locked when submitted, and a daily report that records the day and the place together.
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What repetition does to a site record
A failure without a place
A failed torque check or a damaged module is noted in the daily report as a sentence. A week later the crew returns and the only clue to where it was is a nickname for the row.
Records that change after the fact
An inspection sheet that can be edited afterward is weak evidence when an owner asks what was found and when. A record that cannot change is easier to trust.
The same template, a different location each time
The template is written once and filled in as many times as the site needs. What changes between forms is the Location / element field, which is free text, and the answers. Because the list can be searched by location and filtered by template, one block’s inspections can be read together, and the count of Fail answers on each row tells you where to look first. Every form has a reference number, and every submitted form keeps the items as they were on the day.
Site forms
The daily report carries the day and the place
A daily report records the work in progress, the number of people on site, equipment, deliveries, weather and delays, with photos from the phone, and it has a work area or location field. Reports are shown day by day and can be filtered by author, location, company, date and status. A report cannot be deleted, and every change to it is logged field by field with the name and the time, so a delay noted in the field can be checked later against what was written that day.
How to repeat one inspection across locations in Fidrel
Step 1
Build or pick the template
In Site forms choose New template, name it and add check items. Each item has a label, a type and an option to make it Required: a check answered Pass, Fail or N/A, or a text, number or date field.
Step 2
Fill out one form per location
Choose Fill out a form, pick the template, and type the Location / element, for example a block and row. Enter who performed it and the date, then answer item by item, on a phone if you are in the field.
Step 3
Submit and lock
Complete all required items and Submit. The record is locked for everyone, administrators included, and keeps its own copy of the check items, so a later change to the template does not touch it.
Step 4
Trace the failures
The list shows the number, template, location, inspector, the count of Fail answers, the status and the date. Search a block to see every form filled in for it, and open the daily report from the same day.
From a failed check to a corrective item
A site form counts the Fail answers but does not raise an NCR for them. To follow a problem through to closure, create an NCR from the daily report or from a failed inspection record: Create NCR copies the title, text, location and responsible person and links the two. The NCR carries a category, a priority and a corrective action and is tracked from open to closed.
What Fidrel does not do on a solar site
Fidrel does not track progress per array block, and there is no map or plan on which a failed check can be pinned. There is no offline mode, no equipment commissioning tool and no photo field in a site form. Fidrel makes no claim about any utility, energy or interconnection requirement. A Fail in a site form is counted as a deficiency in the list and does not open an NCR on its own.
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Yes. A template is filled in once per location, with the block or row typed in the Location / element field. The list can then be searched by location and filtered by template.
Yes. Build your own template where each item has a heading and a type and can be required. A check item is answered Pass, Fail or N/A; the other types are text, number and date.
No. A submitted form is locked for everyone, administrators included. If a result was entered wrongly, fill in a new form and say so in its notes.
No. A Fail is counted as a deficiency in the list. To raise an NCR, create it from the daily report or from a failed inspection record, where Create NCR carries the location across.
No. Fidrel has no map, no plan pins and no progress per block. Progress sits in the schedule, activity by activity, and in the daily reports you write.
No. Fidrel makes no claim about any utility, energy or interconnection requirement. It records the inspections and reports your team fills in.