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CIPAce Solution · Operate and Maintain

Inspection and Work Management for Public Works

Modernize inspection and maintenance operations over the long term. A dedicated mobile application and connected work management move a field finding straight to a work order, keeping infrastructure in a state of good repair.

Also Known As
IWM · Mobile Inspection · Work Order Management · Maintenance Management
CIPAce mobile inspection and work order view
$250B+
in capital programs across all CIPAce customers
20,000+
users across all CIPAce customers
25 years
of CIPPlanner capital infrastructure delivery
The Challenge

Where Inspection and Maintenance Fall Behind

Modern field operations demand technology that keeps data accurate and turns a finding into work without manual re-entry. Most agencies lose time at the seams between inspection, work orders, and compliance.

Field Results That Never Become Work

Inspections captured on paper or in a separate app stall before they turn into a work order, so a defect found in the field waits on manual follow-up before anyone acts on it.

Manual Errors and Unit Discrepancies

Hand-entered condition ratings and quantities introduce calculation discrepancies that undermine fiscal accuracy and slow the maintenance workflow.

Labor and Equipment Allocated Blind

Without live visibility into crews, materials, and inventory, work is assigned with overage or shortage and coordination depends on phone calls.

Compliance Reporting by Hand

Grant reimbursable work reporting and policy compliance, including protected surface tracking after resurfacing, are heavy manual efforts when the data lives in disconnected systems.

Solution Key Capabilities

From Field Inspection to Closed-Out Work

CIPAce™ integrates advanced asset management with mobile inspection, so field crews, schedulers, and compliance teams work from one record.

Mobile Inspection Management

Instant photo and video capture, precise geolocation tracking, and standardized data collection for accurate condition ratings directly from the project site.

Streamlined Work Request Initiation

Field inspectors initiate work requests onsite, capturing source data immediately to eliminate manual follow-up and accelerate the maintenance workflow.

Unit Calculation Accuracy

An intuitive mobile interface guides inspectors through precise unit tracking to eliminate calculation discrepancies and ensure fiscal accuracy.

Resource and Inventory Management

Scheduling tools allocate labor and equipment without overage or shortage, connect materials and tools to the Inventory Management module for real-time stock, and streamline purchase orders for low inventory.

Inspection Request Execution

Capture comprehensive execution details, including third-party services and vehicle usage, through an intuitive workflow from initiation to verified Inspection Request closeout.

Advanced Compliance Reporting

Automate grant reimbursable work reporting and enforce policy compliance, including automated tracking for five-year protected surfaces after street resurfacing, and monitor response and completion rates.

Dynamic Crew Routing

Route crew assignments dynamically based on geography, priority, and availability, so the nearest qualified crew takes the next job.

Enterprise Security and Single Sign-On

Secure Single Sign-On across all municipal users through standard Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) integration.

Built on CIPAce

Configurable Without Source-Code Changes

CIPAce™ Inspection and Work Management runs on a configurable enterprise CIPAce™ platform designed to adapt without requiring source-code changes for many common enhancements.

Dashboards and Portals

Configurable dashboards consolidate tasks, data, and drill-down insights, including health check style visual indicators for performance measures.

Reporting and Analytics

Access virtually any data element for standard, custom, and analytic reporting, with outputs including PDF, Word, and Excel.

Workflow and Notifications

Automate multi-party review and approval with routing, validation rules, workflow logs, and email or dashboard notifications.

Document Management

Centralize records with version control, routing for review and approval, full-text search, and online mark-up for common file types including CAD.

Audit Trail and Access Control

Track changes to business records, who made them, and when, supporting accountability, compliance, and audit readiness.

Integration Framework and APIs

Two-way integrations with third-party software through the CIPAce Web API, supporting enterprise integration across financial systems, GIS, and other tools.

Mobile Enablement

Field inspectors and work crews capture inspections, photos, and work progress on a mobile application, offline in the field, with data synced when a connection returns.

24 U.S. states

with city, county, state, utility, and transportation agencies running CIPAce™

More than 90%

of CIPPlanner customers are public sector organizations

100% dedicated

to capital infrastructure enterprise software development and system deployment

Deployment Options

CIPAce™ supports both traditional On Premises deployments and Software-as-a-Service deployment models, depending on your organization’s IT strategy and governance requirements.

Ideal For

  • Public works and street maintenance departments
  • Utilities and transportation agencies
  • Field inspection and maintenance crews
  • Agencies with grant reimbursable work programs
Questions Buyers Ask

Inspection and Work Management, Answered

The questions below are the ones public works and maintenance teams ask most often. Each answer gives the criteria first, then what CIPAce™ does about them.

The deciding factor is whether an inspection turns into work without a second system. Weigh candidates on field capture, whether inspectors can open a work request onsite, and how the results reach a work order.

CIPAce™ Mobile Inspection Management captures photo, video, geolocation, and standardized condition data from the site, and inspectors initiate work requests directly in the field, so findings become work without manual follow-up.

CIPAce™ lets field inspectors initiate work requests onsite, capturing source data immediately. That removes the handoff where a paper finding waits to be re-entered before anyone schedules the fix.

Each request carries its execution detail from initiation through to a verified closeout.

CIPAce™ Advanced Compliance Reporting includes automated tracking for five-year protected surfaces following street resurfacing, so a moratorium on cutting a newly paved street is enforced by the system rather than remembered by staff.

The same reporting automates grant reimbursable work reporting and monitors response and completion rates.

CIPAce™ synchronizes with existing civic infrastructure, including public service request platforms, permit systems, and street opening databases, so field work stays aligned with the permits and requests that authorize it.

Internal GIS asset databases connect directly to the operational modules to track defect types and full condition histories.

They get lost at the handoff. When inspection lives in one tool and work management in another, a finding has to be re-entered before it becomes a work order, and some findings never make the trip.

CIPAce™ keeps inspection and work management in one workflow, so a condition captured in the field initiates a work request on the spot and carries through to closeout.

CIPAce™ Resource and Inventory Management allocates labor and equipment without overage or shortage and connects materials and tools to the Inventory Management module for real-time stock visibility.

Execution capture records third-party services and vehicle usage, so the true cost of the work is on the record.

CIPAce™ automates grant reimbursable work reporting as part of Advanced Compliance Reporting, so the documentation a reimbursement requires is produced from the work record rather than assembled by hand.

It also enforces policy compliance and monitors operational metrics such as response times and completion rates.

CIPAce™ Mobile Inspection Management enables instant photo and video capture, precise geolocation tracking, and standardized data collection for accurate condition ratings directly from the project site.

Because the mobile app feeds the same records as the office, the evidence stays attached to the asset and the work.

CIPAce™ routes crew assignments dynamically based on geography, priority, and availability, so the right crew takes the right job without a dispatcher reconciling spreadsheets.

Scheduling tools keep labor and equipment allocated to demand rather than to habit.

The two are usually sold separately, which is the problem. Inspection tools record condition, work order tools schedule and track the fix, and the gap between them is where findings stall.

  • Inspection management captures condition, ratings, and evidence in the field
  • Work order management plans, assigns, executes, and closes out the work

CIPAce™ Inspection and Work Management does both in one workflow, so a field finding initiates a work request and follows through to verified closeout on the same platform.

Related

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We will use your inspection types, your work order flow, and your compliance rules, not a generic sandbox. Thirty minutes with someone who has implemented field operations for an agency like yours.

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