Plenty of software exists for the big companies. For painting contractors, it did not.So we built it.
PhotoCoat is an AI and digital-twin corrosion management platform that connects the field and management. For painting contractors, that means measured scopes instead of estimates by feeling, execution recorded as it happens, evidence behind every measurement, and contracts managed for the long term.
There is a lot of feeling in industrial painting.
Corrosion percentages set by eye, bringing subjectivity into a process where the standards require measurement. Areas estimated instead of measured, then argued about later. Scoping that takes weeks. Execution recorded in whatever survives the shift, so the monthly measurement never quite matches what the crews actually did. And inspection reports assembled at the end, from scattered photos.
The contractors who do produce professional documentation pay for it in office hours, every week, after every shift.
Either way, the cost is real: work done but not paid, or work paid beyond what was done, approvals that drag, warranty discussions with no records to stand on, and clients who demand more documentation every year.
And no traceability: in a tangle of piping, structures, and equipment, it is hard to tell what has already been painted, and work gets executed twice.
Enterprise-grade coating management, built around the contractor.
PhotoCoat is an AI and digital-twin corrosion management platform that connects the field and management to extend asset life and reduce costs.
For your operation, here is how it would work: your teams capture the work in the field, and PhotoCoat turns it into measured scopes, condition records with evidence, execution logs, and client-ready reports. The AI accelerates everything; your professionals validate every result before it counts.
With PhotoCoat, you build a service backlog grounded in facts and data: coating diagnostics and precise field measurements that make prioritization easy for your client. And a documented backlog gives you medium- and long-term visibility of the work ahead, which turns planning crews, resources, and cash flow into something you can actually do in advance.
It is simple enough for any crew to start fast, with no heavy training, and deep enough to run the largest contracts: multi-year agreements, multiple sites, full audit trails. When your client wants the digital twin experience, you are the contractor who can deliver it.
PhotoCoat was born inside an industrial group with more than thirty years of experience in asset coatings and fighting corrosion. It speaks contractor because it was built by people who live coatings.
What changes when your contracts run on PhotoCoat
Scopes measured, not felt: assessments two professionals get the same answer on, documented with evidence and referenced to the standards your clients audit against (ASTM D610, SSPC-VIS 2, ISO 4628-3, ISO 12944)
A growing history of every asset you have scoped and painted, so the next delineation starts from records, not from zero
Proposals and reports at the level your clients expect from the industry's best, whatever your size
Execution recorded as it happens: what was done, where, when, by whom
Monthly measurements backed by records: what you executed is what gets approved, and your payment applications, retainage discussions, and delay claims argue from evidence, not memory
Weather conditions logged into the job record, so delays are documented, not debated
Progress visible against schedule and budget as the field logs work
Inspection reports built along the execution, the way the standards intended, not reconstructed at the end
A traceable history that protects you when warranty questions come, years later
How it works: three levels, one platform
Level one: the devices your crews already carry
Crews photograph the work in the field, on ordinary phones or tablets. Mark the area of interest and ask for the analysis: the AI report is ready in seconds, with coating condition and corrosion mapped and organized by location and date. Every field stays open, and no result is finalized without your professional's validation. Work orders, execution logs, progress against schedule and budget, one-click reports. No special hardware, no interruption to the job.
Level two: digital walkthroughs, inspection from a desk
We create the digital walkthrough for you: an immersive, navigable capture of the asset, covering up to 13,000 sq ft (about 1,000 m2) in a single day. With it, a good part of inspection work moves from the field to the desktop. Your specialists assess condition, plan interventions, and review execution remotely, on screen, whenever they need to look again.
What that buys you: fewer mobilizations, fewer work permits, fewer exposure hours in high-risk areas. Assessments that can be revisited and second-opinioned without another site visit. And with certified inspectors getting scarcer every year, it means your best people cover more inspections without leaving the office.
Level three: the digital twin, where the asset becomes the interface
Add a 3D model of the asset, and PhotoCoat stops organizing your work by folders and starts organizing it by reality:
- Dimensions come from the model: surface areas per component, automatically, so scopes and measurements start from geometry, not from tape measures and guesses
- Corrosion is visible on the asset itself: components color-mapped by condition, critical areas flagged, and the whole structure readable at a glance
- Every component carries its own record: condition grade, measured percentage, who assessed it, when, and how it has evolved
- Health scores roll up from component to asset, so priorities rank themselves
- Work orders live where the work is: pinned to their exact location on the twin
And we build the 3D model ourselves: scanning, modeling, and the twin, one team end to end. It is built in parallel while your crews already work on levels one or two. No waiting, no delayed start. When it arrives, everything your teams have recorded finds its place on it.
The documentation is for your client. The advantage is yours.
When your client receives structured reports, condition maps with evidence, and a complete record of execution instead of a folder of loose pictures, something changes: you stop being one of the painting contractors and start being the professional operation they do not want to lose.
PhotoCoat does not replace the quality of your work. It makes that quality visible, provable, and rememberable when decisions about next year get made. And because industrial painting is a business of multi-year agreements, every scope, inspection, and measurement accumulates into the history of the contract: by renewal time, you are negotiating with years of documented performance behind you.
And when their audit comes, and it always comes, your records are ready.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need laser scanning or a digital twin to use PhotoCoat?
No. PhotoCoat works with photos from ordinary phones from day one, and digital walkthroughs are the natural second step. The digital twin is the full experience, built in parallel whenever you choose, never a requirement to start.
Does the AI replace my inspectors or QC people?
No. The AI accelerates detection, measurement, and organization. Every result is validated by your professionals before it becomes part of the record. It makes your experts faster, not optional. And through remote walkthroughs, it lets the inspectors you have cover more ground.
Which standards do the reports follow?
Report structures align with the standards industrial clients audit against, including ASTM D610, SSPC-VIS 2, ISO 4628-3, and ISO 12944. Your documentation speaks the same language as your client's integrity team.
Does PhotoCoat help with prequalification and QP accreditation?
Yes. Owner prequalification and programs like AMPP QP expect a documented, auditable quality-control process. PhotoCoat gives you exactly that: standardized records, archived and traceable, ready when the auditor asks.
We already have a 3D model of the asset, or our client does. Can PhotoCoat use it?
Usually, yes, if it was built right. Existing models go through a quality check by our technical team; when the geometry holds up, PhotoCoat runs on it. You should not pay twice for what already exists.
Can my client access the job data?
Yes, at your discretion. You control what your client sees: live progress, reports, or the full record. Many contractors make client visibility part of their pitch.
How long does deployment take?
Less than you might fear, and you will not do it alone: we onboard your team side by side, starting with a real contract rather than a sandbox. Scope defines the timeline, and we give you a realistic one before you commit.
Can we start with a pilot?
Yes, and we encourage it: a real contract with a limited scope, one area or one asset, run end to end on PhotoCoat. Not a demo account: real work, real records, real conclusions.
What does it cost?
A subscription that scales with your operation. Our philosophy is simple: we do not want to make money off you, we want to make money with you. Bring a real contract and we will scope it together.
Your next contract could run on PhotoCoat.
Book a demo and bring a real contract with you: we will show you what scoping, execution, and reporting look like on PhotoCoat. Real people, real coating experience. No chatbots.