PipeInspect is an Australian CCTV pipe inspection software, built for the two people who actually use it. The operator logging observations in the van, and the client who opens the report afterwards. Tab through a defect with one hand in the field, then click any observation back to its frame at the desk.
Coding happens live against the footage and is scored to the standard as it's entered, so the inspection is finished when the camera comes out. Take a fifth off every job your crews run and it adds up to weeks of van time over a year.
Time actually spent running inspections, not the whole roster.
Our own testing lands between 10 and 30% depending on the job. We've set it at 20 to be conservative.
About these figures. The 10 to 30% range comes from our own testing of the PipeInspect field workflow against the way inspections are typically recorded today. It's an indicative estimate, not a guarantee. What you actually get depends on your crews, your camera gear, the asset owner's requirements and your job mix. The calculator starts near the low end of the range, lets you set the figure yourself, and uses a crew rate that won't match any particular business. Treat the result as a rough guide for a conversation, not a quote. Nothing here forms part of a contract.
The camera doesn't stop while you fill in a form. Logging an observation is a run of keystrokes, not a hunt through menus.
Tab moves you field to field, through code, characterisation, quantification, clock and remark, and Enter commits it. The whole defect goes in with one hand while the other stays on the joystick.
Meterage and inclination come off the reel as you go, so an observation lands at the distance it happened. Override it by hand when the counter drifts.
Type what you'd call it. The WSA code is what gets stored and exported, and the description is what the operator reads.
Every WSA code family has its own glyph on the spine, coloured by grade and offset left or right by clock reference. The same symbol appears on the section report, so what you saw in the van is what the client sees.
Field capture is saved locally first and uploads behind you when signal comes back. A flat battery in a paddock doesn't cost you the run.
Send a read-only link. No account, no login, no viewer to install, and every defect on the report jumps to its own frame of video.
Desktop first, because that's where the work happens. The Windows app runs the capture, the recording and the coding, on the laptop in the van. Cloud access for the office comes with it at no extra cost, so the moment an inspection syncs it's reviewable back at the desk.
Integrated for capture and telemetry. Meterage and inclination come through to the observation as it's logged.
The control unit's own protocol is read natively over serial, giving meterage, inclination and control with no overlay guesswork.
Support for IBAK systems isn't there yet. Tell us what you're running and we'll let you know where it's up to.
Composite, HDMI or VGA out of the control unit into a driver-free UVC capture device. It appears in the camera picker like a webcam.
WSA 05:2025 v4.2, the Conduit Inspection Reporting Code of Australia, 4th Edition, is the specification PipeInspect was built against, including Appendix A, which sets out what inspection software has to do.
The full op-code library, structural and service scoring, condition grading, clock positions and continuous defects are all implemented to the current version. Every inspection records the version of the standard it was scored under, so a grade stays traceable to what produced it.
We keep a clause-by-clause record of where the build sits against the software specification. Asset owners and tender reviewers can ask for it.
The inspection is the start of the job, not the end of it. These are the pieces we're building next, worth knowing about if you're weighing up where your reporting sits in a few years rather than just this quarter.
Inspections plotted across the network instead of listed section by section, so an asset owner can see condition over a whole catchment and find the runs that need attention first.
Carry a graded defect through to the fix. Build a repair scope from the observations, track what's been done, and re-inspect against the original record.
Move inspection and mapping data straight from your workspace to the asset owner's, or to another contractor working the same network, without exporting a file and emailing it around.
Roadmap items are what we're working towards, not commitments to deliver by a particular date, and priorities shift as customers tell us what matters. Nothing here forms part of a contract, so ask us where something's actually up to before you count on it.
How many vans you run, what camera gear is in them, and what the asset owners you report to are asking for. We'll come back to you, walk you through it, and work out whether it's a fit.
There's no self-serve signup. We set your company up with you, bring your existing projects across, and make sure the first job goes out clean. We'll only use these details to respond to your enquiry. See the Privacy Policy for how we handle it.
Yes. Everything you capture is written to the laptop first and uploaded behind you — the video, the observations, the photos. You can run a full day underground with no reception and it syncs when you get back to coverage. Nothing waits on a connection to be recorded.
WSA 05:2025 v4.2 — the current Conduit Inspection Reporting Code of Australia, 4th Edition. The full op-code library, structural and service scoring, condition grading, clock positions and continuous defects.
It was written to the Australian code rather than adapted from an overseas one, so the codes, the scoring tables and the report language are the ones your asset owners already expect.
iPEK and Mini-Cam are supported now, including meterage and inclination coming through as you log. IBAK isn't supported yet — tell us what you run and we'll tell you where it's up to.
Anything else works through a USB capture device: composite, HDMI or VGA out of the control unit into a driver-free UVC adapter, which shows up in the camera picker like a webcam.
A PDF report, a WSA §2.6 CSV, WSAA XML (both directions), a SQLite .db3, or an Excel workbook. You can also send a read-only link that opens the report and its footage in a browser, with no account needed at the other end.
Yes — WinCan projects import, and so does WSAA XML. We do this with you as part of setting your company up, so the first job out the door is clean rather than half-migrated.
Cloud access for the office is included. The field seat is the licence that carries the capture; office users review, code and report from the browser at no extra cost.
There's no self-serve signup. Send an enquiry, we'll talk through how you're running now, and if it's a fit we set your company up with you — users, existing projects and all — and stay with you through the first job.