Your structures inspected, documented, reported — your way
Every bridge, every walkway, every sign — inventoried and inspected. Create your own inspection forms, generate official PDF reports when needed, or simply keep the history in the app. You choose the level of formality based on the context.
What is a structure and an inspection report?
A structure is a fixed asset on your network — bridge, boardwalk, stairs, lookout, sign — inventoried with its position and its history. An inspection report is the questionnaire you defined yourself, filled in on site on a given date: every answer is kept, and you either export an official PDF or simply keep the record in the app.
- Replaces
- The inspection binder, the paper form that has to be retyped back at the office, and the memory of whoever was there last year.
- Where it happens
- Questionnaires defined on the web, inspections filled in on the phone in front of the structure.
Quick inspection or detailed form — your choice
You arrive at a bridge for the annual inspection. Pull up the form your organization prepared: specific questions, checkboxes, photos, severity levels. Or, if it's an informal check, add a quick note with a few photos. Either way, everything is geolocated, dated, attached to the structure's file. History builds itself, inspection after inspection.
- Custom forms or free-form inspections, depending on context
- Photos, severity levels, checkboxes
- Everything geolocated and attached to the structure file
Rate the condition of this part of the structure.
Design your own inspection forms
Your organization has specific inspection requirements? Build your own questionnaires from the web dashboard: multiple choice, free text, photos, checkboxes, severity levels. One form per structure type — bridges, walkways, signs — or a universal form. Your teams fill it in the field, you receive structured, comparable data year after year.
- Unlimited fully customizable questionnaires
- One form per structure type or a universal form
- Published in one click, deployed to your team's phones
One field inspection, one report ready to share
A field inspection immediately becomes a viewable report at the office. For internal needs, everything stays in the app — photos, form answers, notes, history. For your partners, insurers, board of directors or funding bodies, export an official PDF in one click: professional layout, your organization's logo, branded header, all photos attached.
- Professional PDF with your logo and branded header
- All photos and form data included automatically
- Same work serves internal team and external partners
Everything you need for your infrastructure
Structured inventory
Bridges, walkways, signs, lookouts, tables, stairs, shelters... You define the types that match your network. Each structure is geolocated, linked to a trail, tracked over time.
Custom inspection forms
Build your own questionnaires with the questions that matter to you. Mandatory or optional, depending on your context. Same forms for the whole team — data is finally comparable.
PDF reports on demand
Need an official report for a partner, insurer, or board of directors? One click, one clean PDF. Don't need it? Everything stays in the app. Formality adapts to the situation.
Frequently asked questions
What does Sentinel consider a "structure"?
Any permanent physical infrastructure on your network: bridges, walkways, stairs, lookouts, signs, tables, benches, shelters. You choose the types that apply to you and can add more.
Can I create my own inspection forms with my own questions?
Yes. You build your questionnaires from the web dashboard: free text, multiple choice, checkboxes, photos, severity levels. You can have a different form per structure type, or a universal form.
Do I have to fill out a form to document an inspection?
No. You can also do a free-form inspection: a few notes, a few photos, and it's in the file. The form provides structure when useful, the free-form inspection gets the job done when it's not.
Are the PDF reports branded with my organization?
Yes. Your logo appears on the PDF produced. It's ready to use for your partners, insurers, grant applications — no rework in Word needed.
How does maintaining a motorized trail differ from a bike trail?
The corridor is wider, damage shows up as ruts and surface erosion rather than exposed roots, and built works — culverts, bridges, gates, regulatory signage — take a bigger share of the budget. In Trail Sentinel that means segment tasks rather than point markers for drainage and grading, a structure inventory with its inspection history, and exportable reports for landowners and grant applications.
How it's done, step by step
The documentation articles covering this feature, written for the person who uses it.
- 01List your assets, inspect them, and turn every inspection into a risk rating, a return date and a PDF.WM
- 02Define your structure types, write the questionnaire that scores them, set automatic rescheduling and the PV-001, PV-002 numbering.WM
Stop losing the memory of your structures
A living inventory, guided inspections when needed, official reports when you need them. The rest of the time, your team works — you never lose a single piece of data.