WDO report automation · California · Branch 3
From inspection to bid, same day.
At a California termite company, reports used to reach the office a day after the inspection, sometimes six. Now the inspector talks through the property on an iPad, taps submit, and the report and bid details are in the office's Salesforce 32 seconds later.
If your reports work the way theirs used to, get in touch.
What it does today
Live at the operator since August 5, 2026. All four inspectors since September 15.
| Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspection to report in the office's system | 1 day median, up to 6 | 32 seconds median, same day every time |
| Office time per report | 20–30 min | 5–7 min |
| Inspector write-up the next morning | 45 min – 1 hr | none |
Seconds and the day counts are measured from Salesforce (47 reports through WDO Desk, 440 hand-typed in the same weeks). Minutes are the office manager's and the inspectors' own figures.
How it works
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Capture
The inspector speaks the walkthrough and draws the diagram on a tablet during the inspection. It works offline.
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Extract
The recording becomes findings in the 43M-41's own terms: section, finding and chalk codes, treatment, location. It can only use codes from your codebook. When it isn't sure, it flags the finding instead of guessing.
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Review
The inspector checks every finding on the tablet before submitting. Nothing goes out on the model's judgment alone.
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Into your system
Findings, diagram and bid details are written into the system your office already runs. Your office finishes the report the way it does today.
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Improve
When your office corrects something, that correction is queued for review. Once it's confirmed, every future version is checked against it.
Your office keeps the last word
WDO Desk writes each report once. Anything your office changes afterwards stays changed; it never overwrites an edit. It doesn't touch your office's own automation, and one switch turns it off entirely.
Every finding traces back to the recording it came from and the exact software version that produced it. A 43M-41 is a legal document. If a report is ever questioned, you can show where every line came from.
What it doesn't do: it doesn't generate the 43M-41 PDF and doesn't file with the Structural Pest Control Board. Those stay with your office.
Your system
The operator runs Salesforce, so that's where it writes today. If you run FieldRoutes, PestPac or something else, connecting to it is part of setting you up. I build that connection for your office, against your real records, before anything goes live.
Working with me
Setup: I connect WDO Desk to your system, load your codebook and your report conventions, and run it alongside your current process until your office signs off. Then a monthly fee based on how many inspectors use it.
It's for shops with enough WDO volume that finished inspections queue up as office work. If you run a handful a month, you probably don't need it.
About me
I'm Lukas Andersen. I build WDO Desk, and I'm the person you'll talk to.
This year I've worked directly with a California termite company's owners, field lead and office manager. I built the system their inspectors use every day and kept changing it on their feedback, often the same day they asked.
Before that I spent seven years at HouseCanary building real estate data products and the reports that came out of them, rising from engineer to engineering manager. Then Airbyte, where I led frontend engineering across product teams. I've been writing software for companies since 2012.
I'm based in San Francisco.
Get in touch
Talk to me
I'd like to spend 20 minutes learning how a report moves through your office. If WDO Desk isn't a fit for it, I'll tell you.
Call (510) 621-6620Or text the same number, or email [email protected].