Stop plant with open defects, and know what a RAMS check costs

Most of this release is about plant that shouldn't be used and paperwork that should be right first time, plus a fixed price for RAMS reviews.

What's new

• A stop-work defect now stops the next check. If a machine has an open stop-work defect, an operative who tries to start a daily check is told why they can't, and a check queued while offline is marked as not sent. A faulty item can't be waved through on a fresh tick-sheet.
• See and clear open defects from the board. The Defects chip shows how many are open and opens the list. You can read the defect, then clear it once it's fixed, so the board shows the real position rather than last week's.
• Chase an overdue statutory check in one step. Open the chase sheet from the board row or the checks panel and the reminder goes to the right person for that specific check, whether that's a thorough examination or an inspection.
• Lifting equipment without a LOLER schedule shows amber. After Add plant or an import, PlanOps asks for the thorough examination, so a crane or hoist with no LOLER record is flagged before someone lifts with it.
• Know the price of a RAMS review up front. The first check is 4 IU and a re-check of the same RAMS is 2 IU. Files uploaded for a RAMS review aren't charged as separate uploads, and the estimate shows the re-check price before you start.
• Record who was briefed on which RAMS revision. Set the actual start of works on a programme activity, and the operative acceptances panel shows the RAMS revision each person was briefed on, so a later revision doesn't leave you guessing who saw what.
• Correct a take-off and keep the reason. If a measured line on a Schedule of Materials is wrong, you can correct it and the quantities that depend on it are flagged for recalculation. The original measurement and the reason for each correction stay on record. Individual drawing regions can also be calibrated step by step when the scale is off.

Why it matters

A defect that is recorded but doesn't stop anything is a note nobody acts on. Tying it to the next check means the machine is dealt with before it's used, and the record shows who knew and when. On the commercial side, a quantity that was quietly overwritten is hard to defend in a final account, whereas a correction with a reason and the original beside it is not.