The SampleServe software platforms is design from the ground up to account for each of the user types in the environmental project data cycle. Each user group has specifically designed functionality for their particular data needs. Data is digital right from the start and stays digital for repeated cycles and reporting. No paper necessary.

Collaboration amongst users is simple. Each project has unlimited users and a list view into who has access and at what capacity. Invitations are easily sent inviting people to a single project or a group of projects. Should a project change management between consulting firms or just individual project managers, it's simply a matter of inviting and uninviting certain users.

With the SampleServe platform, report production bottlenecks are eliminated. With most other report production platforms (GIS, AutoCAD, etc..), only certain users have access to the software and/or the skills to generate the needed graphics and images. The SampleServe platform is designed to be intuitive and simple. Training of all aspects of the platform typically takes a total of 3 to 4 hours. Any user with a basic understanding of environmental principles and the investigation and reporting process, can be up and running and proficient with the platform in less than one day. Many users require little to no in-person training as self-training can be conducted via our collection of “how to” videos that are available for each aspect and feature of the platform. When bottlenecks are eliminated, work gets done more efficiently, it gets done faster, and more time is spent on problem evaluation and creative solutions.

Historical data can be pulled from any number of current existing enterprise platforms. Files can export from those platforms and uploaded directly into SampleServe simply and easily. Most of the time this is a simple data file drag and drop process. Data can also be exported from SampleServe at anytime and uploaded back into those same platforms. This can be done either via a manual export/import function or a more automated Application Program Interface (API) function. APIs can be built and then utilized for the automated export/import. Cooperation and permission for the selected enterprise platform will be required for the automated API export/import function to work.

SampleServe fees are based on project sampling and reporting activity. There are no sign-up fees, no monthly or annual fees, and no fees based on the number of users. You can have as manyusers as needed for a successful project; you decide. Because we bill by the sample, small projects have small fees and larger projects have larger fees. SampleServe fees are very predictable and affordable.

The SampleServe business model is a basic all-inclusive unit rate based on the number of samples collected, which is determined by a separate third-party based on scientific need. Unlike a lot of work products and working scenarios in the world the predominant business model in the environmental industry is “time and materials”. This under this model, efficiency is punished, not rewarded.

When a project is dormant or in a natural attenuation phase and only being sampled once per year, the fees charged only occur proportional to the sampling activity. While a site is pending closure of has been closed pending monitoring well removal, there are no fees associated with that site. Fees are only charged when samples are collected. The data availability and reporting functionality remains active for 18-months after the last sample has been collected. No projects or data will be removed or archived without notice to the account holder and able opportunity to download and archive all existing project data.

The cost savings from project to project and even sampling event to sampling event will vary. However, the increased efficiency will transcend all types of projects and all types of OM&M activities. A typical quarterly sampling event is summarized using “time & materials, billed-by-the-hour” method using the traditional project management tools and GIS/AutoCAD techniques for preparing reports. It’s then summarized using the SampleServe software platform and mobile field app again using time and materials. These types of numbers and savings ranges have been verified by multiple current users. In fact, the more samples that are collected and reported in an event, the higher the savings percentage rises.  Our management and reporting takes just seconds per event no matter how many samples are collected or how much data is involved, whereas, using traditional methods, the unit of time is proportional to the number of samples.  The more samples collected and requiring to be reported on using the traditional GIS/AutoCAD techniques, the longer the data entry and reporting takes.

The SampleServe platform is an excellent tool for managing, scheduling, coordinating sampling during Phase II due diligence projects. It’s especially useful when large volumes of properties are being investigated simultaneously. Historicaldata is easily uploaded and then augmented by new data during the field investigations and transaction. It can then also seamlessly transition within SampleServe for additional ongoing work and sampling if needed.