Visual Approvals – a fully integrated software solution for the complete building certification process.
In an industry where rigour, efficiency and accuracy are mandatory, Visual Approvals ensures that no detail is missed and that nothing is overlooked. The power and reliability of Visual Approvals strengthens your internal processes, improves your customer service standards and helps your business to truly excel.
Track Every Detail
Powerful Data Integration
Consolidate Complex Information
Reliable Communication Processes
Hosting Flexibility
Fully Integrated Software
Visual Approvals is verified as compliant for the NSW BPB Certification Data Reporting and interfaces to the VBA’s Building Activity Management System (BAMS). These regulatory reports are included as standard in Visual Approvals’ pricing plans.
No other software package on the market is able to offer the level of comprehensive, fully integrated functionality which Visual Approvals can bring to your business. So, aside from saving your business time and money, and potentially increasing your profits, how else will our software benefit your business?
While the potential benefits are many and varied, they fall within three key areas - Accuracy, Accountability and Advantage.
Accuracy | Accountability | Advantage
Accuracy. Simplify the inherently complex building approval process, without compromising accuracy. The building approvals industry is focussed on details, concerned with reducing liability, and mitigating risks. Visual Approvals understands this, with accurate data collection and reliable record-keeping tools underpinning the entire software package.
Accuracy | Accountability | Advantage
Accountability. The Visual Approvals solution takes a complete end-to-end view of the building certification process. This means that our software is specifically designed to ensure accountability is maintained throughout, with in-built safe guards and cross checks to maximise productivity and minimise the potential for error.
Accuracy | Accountability | Advantage
Advantage. Give your business a significant competitor advantage. Visual Approvals is a fully integrated solution with the power to automate all of your documentation processes. Compile, edit, save and send document sets with ease - such as a selection of site plan pages, application forms, and an invoice for your services - all with just 3 mouse clicks.
How much will your business save with Visual Approvals?
The Visual Approvals monthly-based (pay-as-you-go) subscription model offers your business a complete software solution which saves you time and money! By reducing manual processes, printing and associated labour costs.
# of Approvals
+
Manual Processing Costs
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up to $264,795.20
in SAVINGS
* Manual costs include: postage, envelopes, paper, printing, manila folders, phone calls, labour for administration, assessment, certifying and inspections.
“In short, Visual Approvals has been written for the way we, as certifiers, do business. It takes a lot of the “guess work” out of the approval process and gives us confidence that all the details are taken care of and all the data for each project is securely stored.”
“No other package I know of does as much as Visual Approvals. It handles much more than just approvals — it’s a complete business package that enables you to manage, monitor and audit your finances, issue decision notices, make on screen assessments, electronically annotate plans, and much more.”
“SMS is working very well, we receive about 3 to 4 telephone calls each day to reschedule inspections from the SMS. We have noticed the reduction in inspections being cancelled on the day, which is making our inspectors more profitable.”
“VA is a necessity for any serious Building Surveyor / Certifier. It simplifies the process and ensures a high level of service to the client. The support is fantastic with response times generally the same day.”
“The system is the best I’ve seen, the support is great, always prompt and effective, the pricing structure while different to most other packages I feel it is a better way of paying for an IT package. “
“VA supports all the aspects of our business from the assessment and inspection stages, processing of council applications, document generation, invoicing and ordering requirements as well emailing. VA also provides clear and accurate checking processes for our staff and allows easy tracking of a job’s progress.”
“Since changing over to VA, we have been able to streamline our assessment processes whilst maintaining a consistent approach to the assessments via the checklist system, work remotely with ease, and move to a virtually paperless office.”
“Visual Approvals has never let my company down and my staff find it not only easy to use but with a support section that is very user-friendly”.
“When I think of Visual Approvals the word that comes to mind is ‘easy’. Visual Approvals provides easier access to each file, it’s easy to create reports, electronic filing with the councils is easy, it’s easy to do QLeave and QBCC returns, it has many searchable fields making it quick and easy to find and retrieve information.”
“Gayle from their Support team is very helpful and quick to get back to me. I like how she can view my computer and I can show her exactly what I am doing which means I get a faster response to my questions.”
If you’re thinking of moving to Visual Approvals then go for it. The team is there to help with anything from start to finish, nothing is too hard to sort out and Dean is always willing and able to help. Visual Approvals generally makes your life easier.
The great plus with VA is that it is paperless! Everything is electronic from the signing of documents to onsite inspections with tablets, we do not keep any hard copy files and we use a lot less paper. VA has made the entire permit process far more efficient. I would highly recommend VA!