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A Different View

Inside an American Fire Department

PlanStudio Helping Fire Departments to Pre-Plan

Where Fire Fighter Justin McGill had been searching for a solution to collect and maintain critical building information. Upon a google search, Justin found PlanStudio which he and his Chief, Mark Neumann began to use to create preplans to capture critical building information to assist a better emergency response.

“Before PlanStudio, the preplan process was very manual. Preplans were created by firefighters on paper or on hand drawn digital files, and then stored in binders or on USB drives. This process was time-consuming and inefficient. It was also difficult to keep the preplans up to date, as buildings and fire protection systems change over time.

When Justin showed me PlanStudio, I was excited and relieved that we had found an affordable solution that checks all the boxes and can better assist in the pre-planning process”.

How Many SQM's?

How Much You Have Contributed to Locatrix

Since our last quarterly newsletter, we are pleased to report that our sqm mapped has escalated from 75M sqm to 87M sqm!

This is a new record with thanks to our amazing partner network who are out there improving building information with PlanStudio.

For our American audience, that’s 936,460,206 sqft!

Almost a billion!

Industry Focus

Local Governments

Focus on America

Orange County Information Technology’s Stephanie Boffa shared their story of success in improving their safety outcomes by implementing PlanSafe as their Emergency Preparedness System.

“When you make

knowledge easily accessible, employees are much more receptive.

Here at Orange County, we are proud of our culture of safety. Having a system in place to best support this culture makes safety effortless and keeps safety a priority”.

What's New?

Software Innovation

PlanSafe

Ring That Fire Bell

• Auscoast Fire Services for PlanStudio
  
• Solutions in Fire Compliance for PlanSafe
  

Who’s Who & Who’s New

A warm welcome to our new Advisory Board members

Karen Davis

&

Andrew Roberts.

Employee of the Quarter

Celebrating Our Fellow Locatrixians

Rhys’ Pieces of Brain Thoughts

Q:

How long have you been working at Locatrix?

A:

I’ve been working at Locatrix for 5 and a half years now, back in the days when we were still known as the humble Concept Safety Systems that only sold Signs & PlanSafe.

I joined in the Stone Age as one of our drafters, back when PlanStudio was but an idea and PlanSafe was only just beginning to abandon Flash and coming into the digital age.

Not long after I found myself as the Product Officer in our Client Delivery team, helping lead the adoption of this exciting new technology in our own processes before finding my way into being a Product Manager for PlanSafe, a position I excitedly continue to work in today.

Q:

What’s it like to work at Locatrix?

A:

In a word – amazing. The culture, the people, the work itself, it’s all top-notch. Having the ability to work on products that make a real impact on the safety & wellbeing of people and in the indoor mapping industry which is beginning to see a lot of traction is just the icing on the cake.

Q:

How do you see the software improving how people operate their business?

A:

It’s been quite exciting seeing companies varying from small businesses to large, established, industry giants not only adopt our software but resell it as well.

A step further, it has been even more exciting to see people base their entire businesses off the reselling of these amazing product offerings and really seeing the value it brings to organisations. Between all our products, seeing the impact it has had in terms of efficiency, ease-of-use, logistical processes and large-scale training has been phenomenal and that continues to trend upwards as people realise how powerful something as simple as a floor plan can be when placed in the right context.

Q:

A:

What are you currently working on?

Not to give the whole game away, but we have quite a lot in store that we have in the product pipeline right now.

What is probably the most exciting thing and taking up the majority of my time right now is some work that we are dubbing “PlanSafe V2” – a large-scale effort to completely redesign the Administration side of PlanSafe while also removing a lot of the complexities in the process with the aim of making it easier than ever to manage and maintain.

Q:

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How did you feel when you were awarded “Employee of the Quarter” and reading your colleagues thoughts on what you have achieved?

It’s always exciting to know that the work you’re doing makes a real difference, and I’m glad I could bring that to both our customers and my co-workers, without who, none of what we do would be possible.

Where do you see yourself in the future?

Still here at Locatrix, bit more grey hair, a lot more coffee, and many more floor plans to boot.

Behind the Moustache.

The Man, The Legend...

Q:

How long have you been working at Locatrix?

A:

13 Years! I began my journey here just like many of our employees, as a draftsperson.

Over time, I've worn several hats - from being a fire safety consultant to working in project delivery and stepping into the role of account manager.

But now, I'm thrilled to lead the sales team that's introducing Locatrix services to businesses all across Australia and New Zealand.

Q:

What has been the biggest or best project you have undertaken at Locatrix and why?

A:

There has been many but one of the standouts was in implementing PlanSafe into the Qantas portfolio.

Way back in 2014, Qantas selected Locatrix as their national supplier for emergency management. I was in a project delivery role at the time, and I was heavily involved in the onboarding process.

I'll never forget the time when I hopped on 12 flights in 5 days! – needless to say, I racked up plenty of frequent flyer points during that project.

Q:

What do you see in the future for Locatrix/PlanSafe/PlanStudio?

A:

I think we have nailed our customer’s requirements here in Australia – particularly in the emergency management industry. I’m really looking forward to seeing how PlanStudio can be adapted for other industries especially in the international markets.

Q:

How did you feel when you were awarded “Employee of the Quarter” and reading your colleagues thoughts on what you have achieved?

A:

The announcement caught me completely off guard. I was sitting next to Nathan, our Client Delivery Manager. We were quietly contemplating who the winner could be and I hadn’t even considered myself as a contender.

Reading what my colleagues had to say about me was truly humbling. Knowing that my teammates appreciated my work and had my back was a really great feeling.

Q:

Favourite tool on PlanStudio?

A:

I used to spend way too much time using the node tool in CorelDRAW to trace the outline of the building. There were some shortcuts, but none as quick as this.

Click on “Trace Mode Video” to see what I’m talking about...

All Hands Celebration

The Locatrix Mission

Locatrix is serious in its mission of keeping people safe with our kick ass technology and we realise a key part in engaging brilliant minds is making sure we still have some fun.

Our “all hands” day is all about celebrating the wins and looking into the future. A key step in this journey was establishing a ping-pong champion and it was no surprise to anyone that Declan Kenny took out this title.

Declan is an athlete in his own right, playing representative level for Brisbane Basketball club the South West Metro Pirates. Those transferrable skills were hard for anyone to overcome.

Congratulations Declan!

And Finally...

Our Partners Doing Something Exceptional

PlanStudio

PlanSafe