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BuildingReports® Monthly Product Updates – March 2024

By Joanna Ku | April 8, 2024

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-in-class solutions for fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® always strives to improve its offerings and services. Every month, you can now read about the latest updates developed and implemented by our experts. AccountsManager Fixed various translation-related issues Admin Added new “Updated” date/time column to admin translations UI […]

BuildingReports® Technology Update – March 2024

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-performing solutions to fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® is always looking to improve its offerings and services. Below, you can read about some of the latest updates our experts have developed and implemented. Continued Support for Major Manufacturers of Fire Extinguishers As more fire extinguisher manufacturers incorporate […]
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BuildingReports® Technology Update – December 2023

In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best-performing solutions to fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports is always looking to improve its offerings and services. Below, you can read about some of the latest updates our experts have developed and implemented. Additional Columns Users may have noticed the Get Reports page now has additional optional […]
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BuildingReports® Technology Update – September 2023

What’s New With BuildingReports® In our continuous effort to provide the industry’s best performing solutions for fire safety and prevention, BuildingReports® is always looking to improve on its offerings and services. Read about some of the latest updates our experts developed below. ScanSeries® Inspection Format Recently, our development team updated the new 2023 ScanSeries® formatted […]
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Previous Posts

Five Considerations for Adopting Electronic Compliance Inspection Reporting

By Joanna Ku | October 16, 2018

The following is a reprint from the October 2018 issue of Industrial Fire World Magazine. The article has been reproduced in its entirety for your convenience, but you can also read the original by clicking here. According to a 2002 report by the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 228 fires or explosions were […]

Important Update: Changes to Supported iOS Devices

By Joanna Ku | September 27, 2018

As of today, ScanSeries is no longer supported on iPhone, iPod and iPad running iOS versions older than 8.0. This specifically applies to the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4, which are unable to update to iOS version 8.0 or newer. While the 4th generation devices were released in 2010, the iPhone 4S – which […]

Portal Update: New Inspection Status Drop-Down Shortcut

By Joanna Ku | August 2, 2018

Upon logging into the portal users will notice a change to the list view on the Get Reports page. The Inspection Status column now features a drop down option that allows users to choose the inspections status without having to expand the report detail row by clicking the + symbol to the far left of […]

ComplianceCenter: New “Help” Button & User Guides

By Joanna Ku | July 24, 2018

We are pleased to announce the availability of new feature for AHJ, BuildingReports Service Member users, and Complimentary ComplianceCenter users of the ComplianceCenter report submittal system. Depending on your user type, you will see different options when clicking the new Help button while logged into the portal. New Help Button Regardless of your user type, […]

Sensitivity Data Entry Made Simple

By Joanna Ku | February 28, 2018

Entering data for smoke detector sensitivity so that the range will populate automatically in your report can sometimes be a challenge, especially if the detector head supplies only the range of the detector while the rating, minus and plus values (which compute to give you the range) are not provided. Since the Smoke Detector device […]

BuildingReports Partners with ComplianceBinders.com for Healthcare Compliance Reporting Management Binders

By Joanna Ku | February 13, 2018

UPDATE JANUARY 2019: This partnership has been discontinued due to low demand for BuildingReports-branded versions, but members still interested in acquiring Compliance Binders can still order them direct from L&R. Managing and organizing the massive amount of paper reporting required by CMS accredited agencies can be a massive headache for healthcare facility professionals. L&R’s Optix […]

Important Updates to BuildingReports Web Portal

By Joanna Ku | January 24, 2018

The BuildingReports development team launched a few updates to the portal overnight that you may have noticed upon logging in today. The following is a quick summary of those changes. Modal Single Device Editor – the old device editor that was previously accessed by clicking a device’s blue link inside of a report on has […]

iOS ScanSeries Version 2.16.12 Released; SecurityScan Updates for Android & iOS

By Joanna Ku | October 12, 2017

If you are an iOS user, you’re likely aware of the challenges presented by the latest operating system updates from Apple related to version 11 intended to support their new iPhone 8 and X devices. As issues are identified in ScanSeries for iOS, our team is working hard to keep pace with new ScanSeries releases […]

ScanSeries for iOS Version 2.15.26 Now Available

By Joanna Ku | September 26, 2017

The latest update to ScanSeries for iOS is now available on the Apple App store. In addition to various improvements and feature updates, the latest release contains several adjustments to counteract changes in Apple’s iOS 11 operating system update. If you do not have auto-update enabled on your iOS device, you can manually install the […]

BUILDINGS Magazine: An FM’s Guide to Fire Protection System Inspections

By Joanna Ku | September 20, 2017

The following is an excerpt from the September issue of BUILDINGS. To read the full article by Justin Feit, click the link below. Whether you are enlisting the help of a service provider or doing most of the work yourself, it is important for you to know the basics of fire safety system inspection. Staying […]

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