CONSTRUCTION
Inspection records for every construction site
Scaffolding, plant and temporary works inspections, recorded on site from a phone and held in one system across every site you run.
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Scaffolding, plant and temporary works, each on its own schedule
Schedule Manager
Temporary works and CDM-related inspections run as their own schedules, alongside your plant and scaffolding, each with its own checklist, certificate and list of who's authorised to sign it off.
Checklist Editor
Manufacturer-approved checklists for the plant and equipment you run, drawn from the 120+ brands in the Papertrail Product Directory. Build your own for anything specific to your site with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Task Manager
Fail a check and set the item to Quarantine, so nobody puts it back into service while it waits. Raise the corrective action during the inspection and track it to close-out with the Task Manager add-on.
Analytics
Utilisation, inventory status, compliance reports and competency management, all in one view. Hogan Group uses this mix across a diverse, multi-site team.
Schedule Manager
Temporary works and CDM-related inspections run as their own schedules, alongside your plant and scaffolding, each with its own checklist, certificate and list of who's authorised to sign it off.
Checklist Editor
Manufacturer-approved checklists for the plant and equipment you run, drawn from the 120+ brands in the Papertrail Product Directory. Build your own for anything specific to your site with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Task Manager
Fail a check and set the item to Quarantine, so nobody puts it back into service while it waits. Raise the corrective action during the inspection and track it to close-out with the Task Manager add-on.
Analytics
Utilisation, inventory status, compliance reports and competency management, all in one view. Hogan Group uses this mix across a diverse, multi-site team.
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Checklist Editor
Inspect
Use manufacturer-approved checklists for any equipment type, from lifting gear to PPE inspection records. Build your own with the Checklist Editor on Expert and Enterprise.
Built for a diverse team, on every site
Hogan Group printed roughly 150 checklists a week before switching to Papertrail. Equipment and checklists are now organised into individual folders per item for a quick history review, with custom modules built for its quarrying, asphalt, concrete and roadworks operations.
“Papertrail is exceptionally user-friendly and intuitive. The software requires minimal training for our diverse team members, ranging from 18 to 79 year olds. Its ease of use has optimised our processes and made it effortless for everyone, regardless of age or background.”
Jamie Hogan
Production Director, Hogan Group
Related modules
Document Control
CDM paperwork and method statements, kept alongside the equipment records they refer to, ready for the same audit.
Staff Competency
Training and competence records for site staff and contractors, stored in the same system as the equipment they work on.
Inspection Management
Plant, tools and general site equipment beyond scaffolding get the same schedule-and-checklist treatment as the rest of the site.
Share your site records with contractors, subcontractors and the local authority
PartnerHub connects your account to the organisations you work with, so they see the records you share, and every update to them, in their own workspace.
Invite
Invite a principal contractor, a subcontractor or the local authority overseeing a job into a PartnerHub partnership
See
They see the live record in their own workspace, with its full inspection history, not a certificate emailed after the fact
Withdraw
Withdraw access and the record disappears from their view immediately
Built around the standards construction teams are inspected against
Every site and specialism carries its own mix of requirements. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 apply to almost every construction project in Great Britain, and LOLER covers the cranes, hoists and other lifting equipment on site. Papertrail runs each on its own schedule, whatever the mix on your site.
- ISO 27001, British Assessment Bureau (opens cvs.babcert.com)
- LEEA Associate Member
- IRATA International Associate Member
- GetApp Category Leaders 2025, GetApp User Reviews 4.7
- Capterra Shortlist 2025, Capterra 4.7 (opens www.capterra.co.uk)
- Software Advice Front Runners 2025, Software Advice 4.7
Frequently asked questions
Will crews on site actually use it, not just the office?
Yes. A check is a scan, a checklist and a save, on a phone or tablet on site. Hogan Group's own team spans ages 18 to 79, and the software needed minimal training across that whole range.
How fast can we get every site set up, not just one?
Your account does not start empty. Papertrail builds new accounts from industry-specific templates, so your account opens with the folder structure, inspection frequencies, equipment states and record blueprint suited to a construction site, not a blank account you configure yourself, site by site. Bringing your existing equipment list and inspection history across is a separate step, and we help you do it.
Does this cover CDM and temporary works, not just plant and equipment?
Yes. Temporary works and CDM-related inspections run on their own schedule, alongside the equipment records you keep, so the paperwork works the same whichever specialism it belongs to.
Can Papertrail be adapted to a specific site or specialism, like quarrying or asphalt work?
Yes. Papertrail built custom modules for Hogan Group's own quarrying, asphalt, concrete and roadworks operations, instead of forcing a generic checklist onto a specialist site.
Every site, ready for its next inspection
Book a demo and we will walk through it with your own sites and crews, or start for free and set up your first site yourself.
26 million inspections recorded· No obligation.
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