Precast concrete is a building component for construction that is produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold. There are over 2000 precast concrete manufacturing businesses in the US alone, with many more factories across the world.

As a growing industry within the broader building component market, precast concrete factories are subject to the same rigorous quality control standards and third party inspection criteria expected of factory-built construction products. These processes and standards include both internal quality management, conducted by factory employees and external auditing, certification and reporting conducted by third-party inspectors and state inspectors. Such processes include the testing of products, tracking materials, reviewing and confirming reference drawings and documentation, identifying and resolving non-conformance issues before shipment, and providing consistent progress updates and reporting to owners, state inspectors and third-party inspectors. 

In this Expert Insight we sit down with Carson D. McCain, Owner & Principal Consultant of Preferred Point Consulting, a third-party precast concrete inspection service provider, to discuss why software like Offsight can streamline critical factory internal quality processes and provide a means to easily organize and share information needed for third party inspection and auditing.