Vislock Paperless Digging Permits, Digital Permits | Features

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Features & Benefits

Safer Worksites

Ensures all known underground services are located with photo valediction checking and approved before digging.
Built-in safety checks prevent permits from being issued until controls are complete.
Dalys sits briefing on the changing environment to for reassurance

Faster Approvals

Submit, review, and approve permits online – no paperwork or delays.
Live dashboards show every active and closed permit in real time.

Full Visibility & Control

Instant access to drawings, survey data, and permit history from any device.
Automatic alerts for renewals, closures, and overdue actions.
GPS permit issues location validation to make sure permits are issued at the place of work and not in the office

Lower Costs & Fewer Strikes

Reduces costly utility hits and rework.
Cuts admin time with digital records and standardised workflows.
Reduction in paper, ink, and travel costs by managing permits digitally.

Proven Compliance

Fully aligned with HSG47, CDM, and client safety standards.
Provides a complete audit trail for assurance and reporting.

ID Verification

The system will know if a user is inducted or has been briefed before starting any work. The ID verification can also recognise all staff access levels and different functions and permissions within the system.

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GIS & GPS Permit Tracking

Vislock works in a GIS environment to View all live and issued permits for real time service information and boundary control. vislock has GPS Permit Tracking and can track individual permits, or track all project permits in real time. This is essential for analysing a location if a problem occurs.

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Drawing Markup

Any services not found on the survey can be drawn on using the tablet by the permit issuer. Drawings can be uploaded too. This is essential for allowing updates to be added, to show what additional services are in the permit boundary and any notes the permit issuer wants to make.

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Dashboard Data Analytics

Permit information activities can be presented in a dashboard format for quick and easy interpretation. This allows you to manage the process responsibilities and wasted cost when it comes to reviewing performance associated to permit delays/as-builts and cancelled permits.

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Exporting Reports

You can produce reports directly from the dashboard, with the option of daily/monthly/yearly filter. This can then be exported to a CSV format for data analysis. This is a crucial option that allows the presentation of associated costs for things such as delays due to unissued permits.

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Data Storage

Depending on the number of the permits your company is creating, you might choose between 50GB, 100 GB and 200 GB. We recommend allocating up to 50MB per permit with large PDF documentation.

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Client Platform

Senior Management or external clients can be appointed access rights to view the system, so they can analyse the permit to dig process with full transparency of the real-time project performance.

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PDF Upload

All associated permit to dig documentation can be uploaded, as a pdf, for approval before the permit goes live. This tool allows the user to zoom in on drawings and the PDF permit itself, and eliminates the need for paper.

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PDF Document Customisation

The system allows you to customise the database entries as you wish for the integration of the permit documentation, depending on the project requirements and procedures.

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System Setup

This is where you allocate the roles and responsibilities to associated staff which will allow them to have different functions and permissions within the system.

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Technical Support

All users will be able to call our technical support helpline which will guide you through the setup of your system. A remote safe connection can be utilised, depending on your needs..

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Tablet Account

The permit to dig will be presented on site-based tablets for the permit issuers, allowing the responsible person to brief and approve elements of the process to supporting staff. This will allow them to safely manage the permit process. All relevant parties must have access to a tablet on the relevant project system and the tablet must stay with the excavator at the time of permit approval.

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What people say about Vislock

“Some of my biggest issues were lost permits, time to print and prepare permit packs and also the quality of the A3 drawings used on sites. Not only does Vislock already solve all these issues but vastly improves available information, time and quality.”

Scott Gizzy, Service Protection and Service Clearance Manager, Heathrow

What people say about Vislock

“Having worked with paper permits for well over 20 years, I can only see this being the way forward. Having all the information readily available when the site is potentially 100 miles away is a real benefit – and something I’d suggest to any organisation”

Carl Caswell, Ferrovial

What people say about Vislock

“The system stores all information so records of signatures/briefings/incidents can be checked even months after the permit has been closed.

This avoids the paper permits being lost on site and all information being lost. It’s quick and easy to use/navigate and could most certainly be picked up by anyone in the construction industry.”

Dan Stanton, Vision Survey

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No matter where you are, a team member at Vislock will arrange a visit – either in person or online – so that you can see for yourself the benefits that a digital permit to dig platform can bring.

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