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PROGRESS AND WORKFLOWS

Activity Tracker

Replace your static spreadsheet tracker


Visual Tracker

Automatically colour-code designs & drawings


Mobile App

Report progress easily in the field


Automated Handover Notifications

Send notifications to trades' mobile devices


Deliverables List & Reports

See and share all deliverables in one report


Workflow Templates

Build repeatable process workflows


Progress Audit Trail

Stay protected with a digital progress record

 

QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE

QA Checklist

Assure quality and build Right First Time


Activity Sign-off

Get notifications and sign-off trades' work


Issue Sign-off

Get notifications when issues are flagged


Issue List & Reports

See and share all issues in one report


Issue Templates

Build repeatable issues workflows


Photo Documentation

Stay compliant with geo-tagged photos


Quality Audit Trail

Stay protected with a digital quality record

 

PAYMENT VALUATION AND INTELLIGENCE

Commercial Dashboard

Link costs directly to your site activities


Commercial Look-Ahead

See forecasted costs from your programme


Commercial Planned Works Valuation

Easily valuate actual achieved planned works


Baseline Scheduling

Transform your baseline into a production plan


Look-Ahead Planning

Update look-ahead plan based on data


Planned vs Actual Dashboards

Understand the performance of all teams

 

Deliverables Dashboard

High-level milestones overview

 

Quality Dashboard

Spot quality issues and trends proactively

 

Run Rate & Performance Dashboard

Track team performance against the plan

 

Activity Drilldown

Identify challenges before they escalate

FEATURED

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Sablono Track Free replaces your existing spreadsheet tracker for simple progress reporting on-site.

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Use Sablono to minimise defects, get to the root cause of quality issues and streamline your workflows to get it right first time.

The better QA system

ACONEX ALTERNATIVE

Aconex vs Sablono

When it comes to ensuring quality which quality management solution is best for your company? 

Aconex vs Sablono

Why companies choose Sablono vs Aconex

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Workflows connected to QA

With Sablono you can plan detailed workflows and attach QA checklists to each activity, then as you progress activities, you’ll simultaneously document quality. This gives quality assurance in the moment, activity by activity for proactive quality management. Aconex provides QA checklists but these checklists are not connected to a wider workflow, acting as a more reactive approach to quality management.

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Sablono allows you to easily track quality assurance across each and every one of your activities. Aconex does not have the ability to track QA across your activities.

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Pre-planned ITPs/QA checklists

Aconex does not provide the ability to pre-plan ITPs and QA checklists across each activity. However, with Sablono, you can predefine these ahead of time to standardise inspections and ensure that quality processes are followed.

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Geo-tagged photos

Sablono allows you to attach geo-tagged photos to QAs and activities as evidence of quality and compliance standards being met. While Aconex allows you to upload photos, these are not geo-tagged which means you have no record of when and where the photo was taken.

Aconex vs Sablono feature comparison

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Managing quality proactively 

Sablono provides proactive quality assurance

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Sablono provides robust quality assurance and quality control features that allow you to not only fix issues - but also prevent them from happening in the first place.

Attach digital QA checklists within your workflows directly to your activities. Then, have trades complete these along with attaching relevant notes, documents and photos as they report progress on-site from the Sablono app.

With Sablono, you can create quality workflows before you even begin works to ensure compliance. Predefine QA checklists for each of your units, outline the flow of trades, hold-points, roles and responsibilities and more. You can even embed management sign-off into your workflows for extra peace of mind. Then, replicate these workflows to quickly scale quality best practices across your projects. 



Aconex take a more reactive approach to quality assurance

With Aconex, you cannot preplan QA workflows or attach them directly to your units. This means that you will have to carry out quality assurance on an ad-hoc basis which can lead to issues escalating or being missed altogether. 

 

 

Tracking quality assurance

Sablono allows you to understand what's done vs what's not done

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Sablono makes it simple to understand and track the quality of works across your site.

With Sablono's Activity Tracker, you can quickly verify that all necessary QA checks are in place. See a complete quality overview at glance or filter by area, deliverable, team, or status for more specific insights.

You can even click into each activity to get a full historical timeline right down to "who did what and when," to make disputes and "best guesses' a thing of the past.

With a reliable record of every action, you'll have clear answers to questions like "Who performed the final check and approved this task?". Plus, this digital audit trail is automatically updated and remains accessible for decades, providing you with crucial evidence of compliance even after the project is complete.

Aconex does not allow you to clearly track quality

Tracking quality assurance with Aconex can be challenging. While the platform offers QA checklists, you cannot currently attach them to individual units. As a result, it becomes difficult to monitor QA across the site, confirm that all necessary checks have been completed, and ensure the quality assurance process has been thorough.

 


Getting work signed-off quickly and easily

Sablono allows digital sign-off by multiple parties

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With Sablono, multiple parties can review and approve tasks or deliverables in real time without the need for physical meetings or paper-based processes. This speeds up approvals, reduces bottlenecks, and keeps the project on track.

Embed management sign-off in your workflows right from the start. Decide which activities will require sign-off and when in the workflow this will happen, then assign this role to individuals in your management team. When work is completed, management can approve or reject work based on whether it aligns with the predefined standards.

 

Aconex does not provide digital sign-off by multiple parties

With Aconex, because there is no digital sign-off functionality, sign-offs may require more face-to-face meetings which can slow the approval process.

 

Understanding where issues and works are located

Sablono allows you to take and upload geo-tagged photos on-the-go

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With Sablono, geotagged photos automatically capture the exact location where uploaded images are taken, providing a clear reference for site conditions, completed work, or issues in specific areas of the project. This ensures that documentation is linked to the precise spot, eliminating guesswork.

When problems or defects are identified, geotagged photos also make it easy to pinpoint the location of the issue. This speeds up the resolution process as the right team can be sent directly to the site, saving time and reducing delays.

 

Aconex does not provide geo-tagged photos 

While Aconex does provide the ability to upload and markup photos, these are not geo-tagged which means that it is not possible to determine where the photo was located.

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Aconex vs Sablono

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Digital QA checklists
Preplanned QAs / ITPs per unit
QAs linked into work sequences
Digital sign off by multiple parties
QA tracker
Issue management
Geo-tagged photos
Offline capability
  •  “Sablono is very useful for tracking on-site progress and predicting and forecasting the potential impact of any delays that occur. It’s a helpful tool to quickly assess the amount of work that has been completed in a given period by any individual trade.” 

  • "Sablono is a truly collaborative working platform which enables multi-user live updates providing real-time progress reports. The biggest benefit of Sablono is when used with a repetitive work stream." 

  • "Intradepartmental tools for progress tracking are no longer used, instead a unified and official tracking system powered by Sablono enables us to take a major step towards digitalization."  

  • "My favourite part of Sablono is the way it keeps a record of handovers. It is very efficient to carry out a handover walk on site, sign a sheet, complete the QA checklist on my phone and attach the signed sheet on the app."