5 Considerations when Performing Virtual Building Inspections 

Virtual building inspections provide a unique solution to the inspection process that otherwise would have slammed to a halt with terms like the pandemic, COVID-19 being spread around. Thankfully, virtual building inspections provided a means of continued inspections using alternative steps and technology amidst an otherwise halted economy.

If you’re performing virtual building inspections, you should be practicing safety steps to ensure you’re not missing any important documentation. Follow these 5 considerations while performing virtual building inspections to ensure you don’t miss anything important by not being present at the site. 

#1. Consider Real Time Progress & Interactions 

While virtual building inspections reduce the face-to-face contact that we’re all accustomed to, they should not reduce or limit the potential to ask questions and be involved in the inspection process.

Consider real time progress tracking on virtual building inspections and the use of a two-way communication with the builder, purchaser or agent, and the inspector to ensure feedback and any questions or concerns are covered.

Contact us to discuss virtual live streaming solutions to conduct remote video building inspections. We have options that allow for both buyer and agent to ask questions during the inspection process. This ensures there are no interactions missed as a result of the “virtual” process. 

#2. Hire a Professional to Capture Video 

While you could capture the video for virtual building inspections yourself, the risk of capturing the wrong footage or incomplete footage and having your inspection denied is significant.

Especially if you’re not tech-savvy or you don’t have the appropriate equipment needed to deliver quality virtual building inspections. Hiring a professional to capture the inspection footage for you rather than doing it all yourself can save you time and reduce hassle overall. 

Beverly Boy Productions can perform your remote inspections with professional gear and top quality cameras that will ensure the best footage is delivered to the inspector. We’ll work with the inspector to deliver the footage required to get the job done — just give us a call! 

#3. Compare Virtual Building Inspections with Peers 

Since virtual building inspections are a relatively new process for all of us it’s important to review your processes with your peers. This is a great way to find out what others are doing and how they are handling the building inspection process.

Long after COVID-19 and the need for all-the-time virtual inspections have passed, continued efforts to shift towards virtual site building inspections will continue. You might as well work together with your peers to streamline the process and get the most out of it. 

#4. Define Virtual Building Inspections Processes 

As you dedicate more of your business time to virtual inspections it will become more important than ever to define the appropriate processes for you, your team, and any third party inspectors to utilize.

As you define the processes that are most appropriate for your group, consider how inspection results should be captured and delivered. Will a screen shot due? Should a full frame photo be captured? Is MP4 video necessary?

All of these considerations should be made as you grow and focus on virtual inspections that deliver maximum value for your client and your team. 

#5. Determine Documentation Standards – and Stick with Them

Finally, since virtual video building inspections are so new, there’s a great chance that the documentation standards for them have not been thoroughly outlined yet.

Now is the time to determine how you will document remote building inspections and to stick to the standards that you set for yourself and your team. Virtual inspections are generally more heavily documented than an in-person inspection and that should be a good thing.

However, it is important to determine what you will do with past inspections, how data will be stored, and what documentation you will require for such inspections as we shift back to a mix of in-person and cloud-based inspection processes. 

Ready to get started with offering virtual building inspections to your clients? Give Beverly Boy Productions a call. We’ll help you start producing virtual building inspections that deliver quality data to your team as needed.