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Catch quality issues before they become rework

A quality issue might start small. It becomes expensive when the next trade builds on top of it.

Sablono puts inspections, Hold Points and sign-off into the flow of work, helping teams catch problems before work moves on.

The same defect. A very different cost.

Imagine one unsealed penetration. The defect doesn't change. What changes is how much work has happened before someone finds it.

 

Found immediately By next trade At handover After occupation
Fix it while the crew and materials are still there Reopen completed work and bring trades back Remove finishes and delay handover Remediate occupied work and establish responsibility 

 

The earlier you catch it, the less there is to undo.

HOW SABLONO HELPS

Catch problems while they're still easy to fix

Put the right inspections and approvals at the points where mistakes become expensive - before work is concealed, handed over or built on by the next trade.
HOLD POINTS & SIGN-OFF

Quality gates before work moves on

Require critical work to be inspected and approved before the next activity is released. Teams can see when work is ready and when they need to wait.
Problems are resolved while the responsible trade, materials and access are still available.
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ISSUES & DEFECTS

Close the loop when something isn't right

Raise issues directly against the work, assign them to the responsible trade and track them through resolution, re-inspection and sign-off.
The issue isn't finished just because someone says it's fixed.
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ROOT-CAUSE ANALYTICS

Stop fixing instances. Fix the cause.

When the same issue keeps appearing, fixing each defect individually isn't enough.
Analyse issues by trade, activity, location and type to identify recurring patterns - then address the cause before the same problem is repeated across the project.

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PROVEN ON LIVE PROJECTS
92% of users say Sablono gives them peace of mind around quality reporting

“What truly impressed us about Sablono was how effortlessly it gives us full traceability over every detail of our projects. It’s rare to find a system that’s this powerful yet so easy for our teams to use. It’s rapidly transforming how we track progress, resolve issues, and keep everyone aligned.”
Jean-Baptiste Lugger Construction Manager, FT Construction 

10,000+
Residential units delivered with Sablono 
Never be in the dark about quality again
Getting it right first time just became easier.
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Stay compliant
Always have the right quality documentation to ensure compliance.
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Less admin, more action
Save time by reporting quality directly from the site. 
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Reduce risk & rework
Keep track of quality by capturing quality against the programme in a single platform.
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Quality and compliance - built into your workflow
Sablono empowers teams to capture, verify, and deliver quality work on schedule.

Spot issues before they become problems

“The real-time, day-to-day tracking has allowed us to spot and resolve issues before they become costly. We can now see live updates on screen as work happens on site. Before Sablono, everything was manual — we’d jot notes on paper, take photos, and mark things up on walls.” - Stephen Horrocks, Senior Project Manager, Domis Construction

FAQs

What is the difference between a hold point and a witness point? A hold point stops the following activity until the check has passed and been signed off. A witness point additionally requires a named party to be present for the check — a client inspector, a fire consultant, building control. Sablono raises both from the programme and notifies whoever is needed.
Doesn't gating the sequence slow the programme down? It changes where the time goes. A held unit costs hours; a unit reworked after the following trade has closed it over costs days, and usually somebody's contingency. Teams report the sequence running faster overall because crews stop turning up to rooms that were not ready.
What stops someone just marking the check as passed? The check requires its evidence — the required fields and the photographs — before it can be signed, and sign-off can be assigned to someone other than the trade doing the work. The approval carries a name and a timestamp, so a rubber-stamped check is visible as one later.
Can subcontractors use it without training overhead? The site side is a phone. Scan the room, see the checks for that activity, complete them, attach the photographs. Most crews are productive on it the same day, which matters because a system trades will not use produces no record at all.
How do we know where our rework is actually coming from? Issues are raised from templates against an activity and a trade, so the same three cuts — by trade, by activity, by level — surface the patterns. Most projects find a small number of issue types account for the bulk of the remedial work.
Where should we put the first gates?

Wherever the work is about to be covered up, and wherever a following trade inherits the condition. Firestopping, penetrations, cavity barriers, waterproofing and pre-close inspections are the usual first four, and they tend to pay for the whole exercise.