Case Study: TREKK Design Group, LLC achieves accurate, GIS-integrated, offline-capable utility inspections with Fulcrum

Innovative water utility inspections using GIS, 3D imaging, and Fulcrum

TREKK Design Group, a Missouri-based civil engineering firm specializing in utilities and GIS, faced inefficient, paper-based inspections and inconsistent field data that didn’t integrate with existing Access databases or Esri ArcGIS Online. Teams struggled with missing locations, wrong-asset inspections, unreliable connectivity, and cumbersome tools that hampered reporting and compliance.

TREKK implemented Fulcrum alongside Esri and its TREKK360 3D camera to build customizable, offline-capable “smart” inspection apps with conditional logic, automatic geotagging, and JavaScript customization, plus automated PDF reporting and office-side 3D rendering. The result: doubled field productivity (from ~15 to up to 30 manhole inspections per day), about 30% labor savings, near-elimination of re‑inspections/clean‑ups, higher data accuracy, and strong field adoption.

TREKK Design Group, LLC

Jared Carey

TREKK Design Group, LLC