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NoteVault

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What is NoteVault?

NoteVault is a construction reporting tool with three components. The Notes! app is supported by an audio-to-text translation service, and the Crew! app allows users to track labor, materials, and equipment quantities. The AlertMe! app supports group calls for issue…

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Notevault is a versatile tool that is widely used in the field and supervision for various purposes. Users rely on Notevault on a daily …
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NoteVault Works For Us

10 out of 10
February 02, 2017
We use Notevault to do our daily reporting on every construction site, that we are on. It allows our foreman an easy way to do their daily …
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Great program

10 out of 10
January 24, 2017
Incentivized
Our company uses NoteVault daily. We record all activities from daily meetings, issues, change orders, manpower, safety, rental equipment. …
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What is NoteVault?

NoteVault is a construction reporting tool with three components. The Notes! app is supported by an audio-to-text translation service, and the Crew! app allows users to track labor, materials, and equipment quantities. The AlertMe! app supports group calls for issue notification.

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What is NoteVault?

NoteVault is a construction reporting tool with mobile and web-based accessibility. The Notes! app supports audio-based reporting with a human transcription service. This service converts audio recordings into text reports, including multilingual translations. The tool also allows users to attach multimedia files to the reports. The Crew! app enables users to track labor, materials, and equipment quantities and to centralize crew reports and time cards. The AlertMe! app is designed for rapid group calling to keep the broader team informed while the on-site issue is addressed.

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Notevault is a versatile tool that is widely used in the field and supervision for various purposes. Users rely on Notevault on a daily basis to generate reports, track job progress through pictures, and monitor labor hours and materials. By using Notevault, the quality and accountability of daily reports and job status have significantly improved. This has become crucial as it provides contractors and owners with concrete proof of progress and work completed.

One major application of Notevault is in highway repair projects. It enables more thorough and accurate reporting by allowing users to document daily activities, track issues, capture progress photos, and record subcontractor information. Project superintendents utilize Notevault at every job site to facilitate communication and streamline daily reporting. By incorporating instant information sharing and easy team collaboration features, Notevault emerges as an essential tool across all types of projects.

In addition to construction sites, commercial plumbing contracting companies in Florida and Michigan also rely on Notevault for their daily project notes and communication needs with project managers and contractors. Moreover, Notevault proves invaluable in addressing the common challenge of foremen not turning in daily reports. By empowering them to record notes, take pictures, and track daily activities within the app, the accuracy and immediacy of reporting are ensured.

Furthermore, Notevault serves as a helpful tool for record-keeping purposes related to site issues, progress updates, manpower allocation, safety concerns, change orders, rental equipment management, and more. This comprehensive functionality is particularly beneficial in resolving disputes with clients and subcontractors.

Overall, Notevault has gained popularity among users due to its user-friendly interface, ability to capture real-time information, instant data sharing capabilities, ease of use for generating reports, as well as its effectiveness in enhancing communication between team members. With its wide range of applications in various industries such as construction and plumbing contracting, Notevault has established itself as a reliable solution for efficient daily reporting and project management needs.

Efficient Project Management: Many reviewers have found Notevault to be a fantastic tool for project management and reporting. They appreciate the ability to access the status and overview of projects and reports, which allows them to keep tabs on production and track the sequence of tasks. This feature has been mentioned by several users as a huge time saver, especially when job issues arise.

Accurate Documentation: Notevault is highly effective in proving the quality and condition of work. Users' workers are able to document and photograph project status and condition daily, providing ample evidence in case of any questions or disputes. The ability to save PDF versions of daily reports is particularly valuable, as it allows users to easily share status and conditions with interested parties or customers. Several users have noted that it's hard to argue with time/date stamped pictures.

Improved Communication: Users appreciate Notevault's communication features, finding it easy to keep other support staff in the home office up-to-date with project developments. They also value Notevault's unlimited picture-taking feature, which allows them to provide thorough documentation and context for each photo. The ability to edit and correct daily reports and have them reissued with new information is also found to be very useful by many users.

Labor interface learning curve: Some users have found the labor interface to be challenging to understand and utilize, requiring training to fully grasp its functionality. This sentiment has been expressed by multiple reviewers who have felt that the learning curve is steep and additional training is necessary in order to effectively navigate the labor interface.

Difficulties with adding pictures: Initially, some users experienced difficulty and clunkiness when trying to add pictures to the app. However, they were able to figure it out over time through trial and error. While there may have been a learning curve involved, users eventually became proficient in this aspect of the app's functionality.

Inconvenient report retrieval from archives: The app does not currently offer a convenient way for users to retrieve reports from the archives. This lack of functionality has been noted by some reviewers as an inconvenience, as it requires extra effort on their part to access previous reports stored in the archive section of the app.

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January 25, 2017

Notevault review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Notevault for daily reporting when I am out on highway repair projects. Having time-stamped photos and the transcribed text available allows me to do a more thorough and accurate job of reporting.
  • Enhances safety; instead of writing notes, with my head down buried in a notebook, I am aware and looking around. I work on highway repair projects next to live traffic and all types of construction equipment moving in all directions and overhead.
  • Documentation; I got in a dispute with a contractor recently and won it immediately by showing my Notevault notes with time stamped photos of the disputed work.
  • Communication; I can keep other support staff back in the home office up to date with project developments and they get to see what is going on .
  • Difficult to bring back reports from the archives. I don't archive any more; I just sequentially date my projects and keep them all live.
  • Notevault is set up for normal work shifts. But I mostly work night shifts from about 10 pm to 6 am. You then have to sort and filter the notes from two separate "days" in the system to get a coherent report from a single night shift. I live with it, but I don't like it.
On every construction job I have ever been on, somebody has to write a daily report. This is a fantastic tool for that person, whether foreman, superintendent, project manager, or whomever.
January 25, 2017

NoteVault

Jason Burdette | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
NoteVault is used by my company to keep track of on site issues and completion of projects. Really helpful tool for record keeping of site issues and progress. Simple to use and very user friendly. Would definitely recommend this product to construction companies.
  • Record keeping
  • Issue notifications
  • Progress record
  • Make an app available for iPad
Well suited for record keeping to monitor progress
Cheryll Blount | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses NoteVault by our superintendents on the jobsites. We upload progress photos of the construction process and what was accomplished that day. We also report any problems or issues for the day. In addition, we keep track of the subcontractors onsite by recording who was onsite for the day.
  • It is very easy for anyone to use with a smart phone.
  • You can upload photos and voice messages every day without having to do anything special. It automatically updates every day.
  • NoteVault transcribes and uploads the photos directly into our software program.
  • The website for administrators setting up projects and users could be improved. It's hard to find where things are located. I would like it in more of a Office (Word) template, with tabs up top. Some things are in Settings, some are in tabs, some are on the right side.
NoteVault is great for the busy superintendent that doesn't have time to fill out daily reports. He can voice record his observations, take pictures and NoteVault uploads it directly to your software program every day. It works with a variety of software programs. You can also use it for uploading safety information for the day.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
NoteVault is being used company wide by all the Project Superintendents on each job site.
  • I love the fact that you can use NoteVault across multiple devices. You can start something on your tablet and complete it on your laptop or desktop computer.
  • I love the ability to add photos directly to your notes.
  • The ability to use speech to text capabilities to take notes in the field is a very nice feature.
  • The only thing that I have any issues with is entering manpower. It does not have the ability to break down how many hours each person on site has worked. For example...if you have a company with 8 employees on site and 4 of those guys worked for 8 hours and the other 4 only worked for 6 there is no ability to separate the two at this time. I understand that they are working on changing that though.
NoteVault is perfect for remote location projects involved in the construction industry. It makes perfect sense to use it in that field.
Mike Petrich | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Notevault is currently being used in our company by field and supervision, as well as on a project management basis. We are using it daily in the field for reports and job progress pictures, tracking labor hours and materials, as well as addressing safety, material or job issues as they arise. It has greatly increased the quality and accountability of daily reports and job status, as well as being 'proof' of progress and work completed to the general contractors and owners we do projects for.
  • Notevault is fantastic at being able to access status and overview of projects and reports for the whole project, to keep tabs on production and where we are at in the sequence and how it's being effected by other trades. This has been a huge time saver when any job issues have come up.
  • Since the field lead has to document and photograph job status daily, and since it GPS locates where the report is being done, it's been great for holding workers accountable for their hours and production, without requiring constant supervision.
  • It's also been fantastic for proving quality and condition of our work. My workers notate and photograph project status and condition daily, so if there's any question of damage by other trades, sabotage by other trades, or other issues, we have plenty of ammunition.
  • Note vault is also great because of how it allows us to save PDF Versions of the daily reports to send to interested parties or customers to show status and conditions. Hard to argue with pictures that are time/date stamped.
  • The labor interface has a bit of a learning curve. It does take some training for both apps but generally the guys can get a handle on it.
  • Adding pictures can be a bit clunky at first, but the guys seem to work it out fast. Like anything, the guys with aptitude for electronics grab it faster than the older guys who are used to old school methods
  • I'd prefer the apps combined into one function.
It's is absolutely well suited for all daily reporting/documentation needs, also since it essentially 'self archives' you can revisit past projects by logging into the admin panel faster than going to my own archived job files. It saved our skin by documenting where a bad GC Superintendent had been giving false information to the office, and we were able to prove our conditions/progress and alleviate the issue.
It's very well suited for large projects, and ongoing projects. A bit less suited for small fast service type projects. We keep one 'service' job open to document the fast turn over stuff to alleviate that issue.
Aaron Jewell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses NoteVault as a daily report tool across all projects. The filed superintendents are able to load instant information and not have to wait until days end to try and remember what took place for the day. The ability to load photos, drawings, etc. and make notes allows for communication with other team members and ease of use for PM's to extract and forward to Architects or Designers.
  • Add photos
  • Tracks manpower
  • Usage of tasks completed
  • Does not track weather as accurately as it could
  • Doubles up notes and duplicates to make a daily report confusing
  • Could improve on training for how to properly fill out the report
Great for construction projects where a PM can access instant updates on a project without having to be on the jobsite. A positive overview to recap a day and track issues or concerns to follow up on. The ability to load photos to reflect detailed items that need attention or show completion.
January 24, 2017

Great program

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company uses NoteVault daily. We record all activities from daily meetings, issues, change orders, manpower, safety, rental equipment. The reports are reviewed, approved and then sent to our clients as daily reports. NoteVault has helped us successfully resolve disputes / extras with our client and sub contractors. I would recommend NoteVault to everyone in the construction industry. You can set up your specific categories to what is important to your industry.
  • All voice recordings are translated accurately
  • Reports are sent to us daily at time we specify
  • NoteVault works very close with us to be sure all are needs are identified
  • Would like to find an easier way to download pictures. It works very well but I have had some issues
NoteVault is well suited for our business in construction. We work on sites with many contractors. It is valuable for our site foreman to make notes on all aspect of the daily duties quickly.
January 24, 2017

PMs need NoteVault

Colleen Prawdzik | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We currently use NoteVault in our operations and field departments as a means to track labour and keep on top of our projects
  • Easy Interface on the App
  • Customer Service is great
  • Not alot of bugs within the App
  • App use on Android platform on not great
Any Project Manager looking to keep up with multiple projects at a time needs NoteVault.
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