Renovation work, documented as you go
Renovation rarely starts with a clean model. You get an old drawing, a PDF export, and a building that disagrees with both. Pin your snags on whatever you do have, back each one with a photo of the actual condition, and let the record build itself while the work runs. Nothing to reconstruct at the end.
The wall opens and the drawing was wrong
You open up a wall on the first floor and find a beam nobody drew. The plan changes on the spot, the sub gets told, the work goes in, and three people remember it three different ways. Four months later the client asks what exactly happened behind that wall and why the invoice grew. Verbouw does not fall under the Wkb. The Bbl still does, and so does the client who wants to see what you did. Without photos tied to a place, you are arguing from memory against someone holding an invoice.
A record that builds itself on site
- Upload the PDF floor plan you already have and pin findings straight onto it, with no model required.
- Photograph the existing condition before you start and again after you close it up, and both shots stay on that pin.
- Walk the job on an Android phone with no signal in the basement, and the round syncs once you are back in range.
- Export a PDF report of what was found, who fixed it and what it looked like, ready to send to the client.
What you get
Works without a model
Most renovation jobs never get an IFC model. Upload the PDF plan you already have and pin findings straight onto the drawing.
Proof of what changed
Photograph the condition before you touch it and again after you close it up. Both photos sit on the same pin, in the same place.
Offline on site
Old buildings eat signal. The Android app keeps working in a stripped-out basement and syncs the walk once you are back in range.
One report for the client
Generate a PDF of the findings, photos and status when the job closes, so the conversation about what you did runs on a document, not a memory.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the Wkb apply to renovation work?
- No. The Wkb covers nieuwbouw in gevolgklasse 1 only, roughly through 2028, and the December 2024 Kamerbrief cancelled the extension to verbouw. The Bbl still applies to renovation, and so does your client. BimDossier is not an approved Wkb instrument and does not replace one.
- What if there is no 3D model of the building?
- Then you work from the PDF. Upload the floor plan or the scanned drawing you were handed and pin findings directly on it, with photos and an assignee. A model helps when you have one, but on renovation work it is not a requirement.
- Can I record what a wall looked like before we opened it?
- Yes, as far as a photo can. Capture the existing condition, annotate the image on the phone, and it stays attached to the pin at that spot. Evidence with a place and a date, instead of a folder of loose pictures.