ANDPAD Drawing “Performance Inspection” Expands BLuE Integration, Adds Outlet Testing Support and AI-Powered Preparation Automation

ANDPAD Inc., operator of the cloud-based construction project management service ANDPAD, announced that it has expanded the integration between ANDPAD Drawing’s “Performance Inspection” function and Kandenko’s measurement record support system “BLuE.” In addition to insulation resistance tests and illuminance inspections, the function now supports outlet testing. ANDPAD has also developed new functionality that allows part of the preparation work for various measurements to be automated with AI, helping improve operational efficiency and traceability in electrical construction. In electrical equipment construction, measurement tasks such as insulation resistance tests and outlet tests are often required for all relevant locations before completion in order to ensure building safety. However, these tasks create heavy workloads because they rely on analog processes such as preparation work, reading out measurement values on-site, recording them by hand on paper, and later transcribing them into spreadsheet software. Preparation is especially burdensome: workers must manually read information for thousands of inspection points from panel diagrams and drawings, then transcribe it into test tables or inspection pins. This work is time-consuming and allows no room for mistakes. ANDPAD has previously provided the ANDPAD Drawing “Performance Inspection” function and supported efficient measurement operations through integration with BLuE. With the latest AI-based preparation automation and expanded support for additional measurement work, ANDPAD enables centralized management of the full inspection workflow for electrical equipment construction, from preparation and measurement to report output, while improving efficiency and traceability. The ANDPAD Drawing “Performance Inspection” function centrally manages preparation, measurement, and report output required for measurement work. The newly added AI-based automatic reading streamlines preparation tasks such as creating test tables and inspection pins. AI automatically identifies measurement points from drawings and reads information such as load names and circuit breakers from panel diagrams to create test tables. For measurement and inspection work, the function now supports outlet testing in addition to insulation resistance tests, illuminance measurements, and airflow measurements. Through BLuE integration, results from measuring instruments can be automatically entered into the corresponding measurement points in test tables, helping ensure data accuracy. Status management before and after measurement also helps prevent missed inspections. By using drawings as the central reference, all on-site measurement information can be directly linked to drawings. This enables simultaneous management of drawings, photos, and inspection information, while significantly improving construction history traceability, including where, by whom, and when work was performed. Alongside this feature release, ANDPAD has published a special discussion video titled “The Future of Electrical Construction Opened by BLuE Integration and AI.” The session is moderated by Satoshi Takano, editor-in-chief of Ohmsha’s monthly magazine Electrical Construction and Maintenance, with speakers including Shigeyoshi Sakai, Executive Fellow and assistant to the CTO at Kandenko; Masanori Kikuchi of Kyoritsu Electrical Instruments Works’ Domestic Sales Department, Tokyo Sales Group; and Yuji Nagaya, executive officer at ANDPAD’s Specialty Construction Business Division. Use of the ANDPAD Drawing “Performance Inspection” function requires inquiry with the relevant ANDPAD contact. BLuE is a registered trademark or trademark of Kandenko. The current scope of AI automatic recognition covers insulation resistance tests; AI support for outlet testing is scheduled for release around the end of June 2026. Depending on drawing format and condition, some manual correction may be required. Use of the “Performance Inspection” function requires a separate contract in addition to ANDPAD Construction Management and ANDPAD Drawing. ANDPAD is a share-leading cloud-based construction project management service that centrally manages everything from on-site efficiency improvements to management optimization. Launched in 2016, the service emphasizes intuitive usability and thorough support for implementation and utilization. It is now used by more than 265,000 companies and over 690,000 users. The service has also been selected as a “Recommended Technology for FY2024” by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under NETIS, the New Technology Information System.