Containment Buildings Require
50,000+ Quality Records
The Challenge
Liner plate weld maps fall behind installation
Containment liner plate welding produces thousands of weld joints that must be mapped, inspected, and NDE tested. Paper weld maps are drawn by hand and fall behind the welding crew. When NDE finds a defect, locating it on the weld map requires matching field marks to hand-drawn sketches.
Rebar placement density inspections are visual only
Rebar in containment walls must meet exact spacing, cover, and lap splice requirements. Inspectors visually verify placement and sign paper inspection reports. With 85 miles of rebar, paper inspection records cannot prove which specific areas were verified.
Concrete pour sequence monitoring has temperature gaps
Mass concrete pours require continuous temperature monitoring to prevent thermal cracking. Temperature readings at multiple locations must be logged every 30 minutes for days after placement. Paper logging produces gaps during shift changes and crew rotations.
Post-tensioning records not linked to tendon locations
Post-tensioning forces must be documented for each tendon at each stressing stage. Paper records show force values but are filed sequentially. Finding the complete stressing history for a specific tendon requires searching through hundreds of paper records.
The POD Advantage
Voice-mapped weld documentation
Welders and inspectors speak weld joint IDs, locations, and inspection results as work progresses. POD builds the digital weld map in real time, linking every joint to its NDE results, repair history, and acceptance status.
Photo-verified rebar inspections
Rebar inspections documented with GPS-tagged photos showing spacing, cover measurements, and lap splice lengths. POD creates a verifiable record of which specific areas were inspected, not just a signed paper form.
Continuous temperature logging
Temperature readings logged by voice or digital input at every monitoring location on schedule. POD alerts when readings are due and flags missed intervals immediately, not after the pour is complete.
Tendon-specific stressing records
Post-tensioning forces documented by tendon ID and stressing stage. POD links every force reading to the specific tendon location and tracks the complete stressing history from initial pull through final lock-off.
Containment Construction Intelligence
“We poured 400 cubic yards of containment base mat concrete in a continuous 72-hour pour. The temperature monitoring records had a 4-hour gap because the night shift tech forgot to log readings. That gap triggered a nonconformance that required core samples to prove the concrete was not compromised.”
— Construction Manager, Nuclear Plant New Build
Industry-Specific KPIs That Update Themselves
POD tracks hundreds of KPIs from a 5-minute voice report. Here are just 2 of them.
Safety Performance
Earned Value Performance
Both cost and schedule under pressure
These update in real time from a 5-minute voice report. No spreadsheets. No data entry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Build the Last Barrier With Zero Documentation Gaps
See how POD captures every containment construction record to NQA-1 standards.