Arcove: Inspection Management
Bringing Clarity to the Chaos of Construction Inspections.
Arcove:
✔ All-in-one platform for managing homebuilding tasks, including scheduling, trade coordination, and inspection workflows.
✔ Built-in inspection management lets builders schedule, track, and respond to inspection results without leaving the app.
✔ Designed with builders in mind — reducing delays, miscommunication, and back-and-forth across teams in the field.
Role: UX Designer
Employer: Cathedral Plumbing
Platforms: Mobile
Areas: Research & Design
The Problem
✔ Inspection requests from Construction Managers were handled via text, spreadsheets, and memory
✔ There were no intuitive way to track what was ready for inspections
Major communication gaps between trades
What’s at stake?
✔ Field teams frustrated; didn’t know what to schedule
✔ Trade partners confused about timelines
✔ Inspectors showing up to unready sites
✔ Real financial impact from missed milestones
Design Process
✔ Mapped pain points by shadowing superintendents and trades during inspection workflows
✔ Created user flows for milestone-based scheduling aligned to project build stages
✔ Conducted stakeholder reviews to validate needs and refine concepts
✔ Designed flows for scheduling, automatic status updates, and result logging
✔ Integrated support for photo uploads and AI-assisted red tag documentation
The Solution
✔ Designed a milestone-based inspection scheduler
✔ Let superintendents:
See what was eligible for inspection
Request inspections in-app
Log pass/fail outcomes with photos
✔ Introduced AI-powered red tag summary tool (that auto-generates ticket language)
Our Designs
Inspection scheduling entry point.
Using date picker to choose inspection date.
Entering result entry point & green tagging.
Red tagging inspection process.
Research & Insights
✔ Reduced failed inspections due to better timing
✔ 100% of inspection results documented in the app
✔ Trade teams updated faster and fewer miscommunications
✔ Piloted with 2 field teams, expanding to more sites
Key Takeaways
✔ Clear UX = better scheduling and accountability
✔ High adoption without training = success
✔ Real-world empathy drove simple but powerful tools