Industrial as-built dossier
in continuous compilation.

French industrial DOE in numbers

On French industrial construction sites, the DOE arrives on average 3 to 6 months late compared to scheduled completion. This is a statistic that anyone who has managed a revamping or industrial extension project recognizes immediately.

Direct consequences:

• Retained payments blocked with the client while awaiting the complete dossier
• Operations teams starting blind without a reference dossier
• Legal risk in case of future incidents (GPA warranty, decennial liability)
• Contractual penalties activated if DOE clause specified
• Work team hours that should have started the next project

On a 5 M€ construction site, this delay costs on average 50 to 150 k€ — a hidden cost that appears in no project reporting.

Why the DOE arrives late

The reason is not team incompetence. It's tooling:

• The tools used (Excel + emails + scattered plans) were never designed to continuously compile a structured regulatory dossier
• There is no automatic link between purchase orders placed and associated documentary obligations (test reports, material certificates, SDS sheets, NDT reports)
• Reminders to late contractors are manual, therefore often forgotten
• The CODAP, ATEX, EN 13480, ICPE structure is not integrated in any standard market tool
• Compilation occurs at the end of the project, on a gigantic volume, with teams already dispersed

PunchLink approach — continuous compilation

PunchLink reverses the logic. The DOE is not a project end-of-phase deliverable, it is a living tracking dashboard throughout the project.

Step 1 — Auto-loaded reference framework

At project start, PunchLink determines according to sector (steelmaking, chemicals, pharma, energy...) and project type (new construction, revamping, extension, maintenance) the applicable regulatory frameworks. Documentary obligations are pre-loaded by article category.

Step 2 — Purchase order triggers obligations

Each purchase order placed with a contractor automatically triggers associated documentary obligations. Example: EN 13480 piping order → automatic requests for: material certificates, approved welding reports, NDT reports, revised ISO plan.

Step 3 — Real-time tracking dashboard

A dashboard accessible at any time shows:

• Documents received vs documents expected (by lot, by article)
• Late documents (with wait date)
• Documents in internal validation
• Global DOE completion percentage
• Percentage by lot and by contractor

Step 4 — AI suggestions for missing documents

Anthropic Haiku 4.5 AI integrated into PunchLink analyzes article types already documented and suggests likely missing documents. The project manager confirms or rejects in 1 click, the request goes automatically to the right contractor.

Step 5 — Automatic daily reminders

Each day at 7am UTC, a cron job sends an email to late contractors (LibreTranslate auto-translates in their language). No one forgets. The client does not do the follow-up themselves.

Step 6 — Final export in 1 click

At completion, the DOE is already at ~95% observed completeness. The certified Word export happens in 30 seconds, with integrated photos, multilingual technical glossary, and automatic table of contents.

Natively integrated reference frameworks

PunchLink automatically loads applicable regulatory frameworks according to your sector:

• CODAP 2020 — pressure equipment (boilers, heat exchangers, separators)
• CODETI 2020 — industrial piping
• EN 13480 — industrial metal piping
• ATEX directive 2014/34/EU — equipment for explosive areas
• ICPE French nomenclature — classified installations for environmental protection
• SEVESO III — major accident hazard sites
• NF P 03-001 — private building work contracts (payment formula)
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice (pharma)

Anonymized concrete case — French steelmaking industrial

On this 6 M€ steelmaking project, the DOE was at ~95% observed completeness on completion day, versus 40-60% market average. No 3-month catch-up period post-delivery. No teams mobilized after next startup.

Estimated financial gain: 30 to 50 k€ of hours saved + 100 to 200 k€ of risk avoided (penalties, service start delays, disputes). For a license at 1,900 €.