Trendspek

Trendspek develops a cloud platform it markets as a Structural Lifecycle Management System (SLMS), which turns field inspections of structures into a single, searchable 3D record used by asset owners, engineers, contractors and executives. The system spans inspection capture, analysis and reporting, remediation planning, and ongoing monitoring: evidence, findings, decisions and history remain attached to the asset so that condition and defect data can be compared between inspection cycles and used to prioritise capital and maintenance spend.

The platform supports customer-supplied photogrammetry, LiDAR, laser scan, BIM and thermal data, or capture through Trendspek's own network, and the company also builds 3D models on behalf of customers. Users can measure distances, areas, slopes, volumes, levels and heights on the model, apply configurable inspection and reporting templates, produce interactive 3D reports or exports to PDF, Excel and CSV, group findings into work packages for contractors, and track before/after comparisons and condition progression. Portfolio dashboards roll up risk, condition and cost trends across sites. Integrations include an API and connections to systems such as SAP and Maximo, plus GIS, CAD and point cloud exports, and customers can connect their own AI models with results visualised in 3D context.

Earlier coverage described the product as "Precision Asset Intelligence" software in the digital twin market, converting drone footage of hard-to-inspect infrastructure such as mobile towers, chimneys, warehouses and water towers into 3D digital models for inspection and deterioration tracking, with detail reported down to 1mm.

Founding story

Co-founders Derek Feebrey, Fiona Church and Mitch Deam are former commercial pilots — Feebrey and Church flew 747s for Qantas and Deam flew 737s for Virgin — who applied aviation's evidence and traceability standards to infrastructure. In 2013 they started Hoverscape, one of Australia's first drone services companies, working on inspections of bridges, buildings, ports and industrial structures. They found that although drones produced higher-resolution, fuller-coverage imagery, reports were still written the old way and imagery ended up unused on hard drives and in SharePoint folders. In 2019 they founded Trendspek to build the missing system of record, developing workflows alongside the engineers and asset owners running them.

Business model

Trendspek sells software to enterprise asset owners and their engineering and contracting partners, with published pricing plans, demo-led sales and optional services such as 3D model building and capture through a partner network. The company positions its offering around subscription access to a shared system of record rather than one-off inspection reports, and it has been described as a software-as-a-service platform.

Software platform access sold via plans, complemented by 3D modelling and capture services delivered directly or through capture partners.

Traction

The company reports active client portfolios across 45 countries, thousands of virtual site visits per month, and customers including NSW Ports, the University of Sydney, CBRE, National Grid, PGIM Real Estate and Applus+. A published NSW Ports case study cites full jetty inspections at about a third of prior cost and inspection timelines reduced from months to weeks. Trendspek states typical outcomes of roughly 67% average risk reduction across 48 preventable risks, 80% efficiency gain in inspection reporting and 59% cost reduction; its homepage cites around 69% reduction in preventable risk exposure when scopes run with SLMS controls.

Latest developments

Current company materials present the platform as a Structural Lifecycle Management System with portfolio insights dashboards, an Autodetect AI capability and support for customer-supplied AI models, integrations with systems such as SAP and Maximo, and enterprise assurance including ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications with MFA, SSO and private cloud hosting options. The leadership team lists co-founders Derek Feebrey (CEO), Fiona Church (COO) and Mitch Deam (CCO), alongside heads of sales, partners and customer success.