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automatically.
Other digital safety examples include:
Safe equipment handling, hazardous materials handling, tool talk presentation and attendance, safe onboarding of new hires, crew communications and alerts, unsafe condition observations, incident reports, etc. All these processes can be performed more efficiently and with better recordkeeping when digital.
When these safety apps are easy to use, they become part of the everyday jobsite protocol. This is a subtle yet important example of how to introduce a new digitally-driven safety process in a non- threatening way.
As part of a connected jobsite, safety apps have evolved to offer many additional features beyond pandemic risk mitigation. Most basic, they provide real-time insight into who is on site and what they are doing. The transparency and automated data collection provides greater visibility into the jobsite and worker activity. The related data offers insight into worker trends, inefficient processes and potential safety risks. This makes it easier for GCs to manage workers and subcontractors and document their skills, projects and progress.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Digital Technology
Digital transformation is an iterative process and one that does not have a set end date because it’s helping to continuously improve how a company is managed. However, the commitment to it does need to be measured. Here is how to evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology and its impact on critical roles across the organization and on the jobsite.
Executives. Look for the ways it minimizes risks and maximizes profit. For example, does it provide executives with data and insight that helps them spot trends and potential risks before they cut into a project’s profitability? How has the adoption of digital technology contributed to more profitable projects, lower insurance rates and lower jobsite incidents.
Site superintendent. Can it decrease or replace time consuming or administrative intensive tasks such as handwriting sign- in sheets and completing daily logs that are later rekeyed back at the office? Does it make it easier to manage workers and
especially subcontractors by knowing when they arrived, where they’re assigned and how much time a project required to complete.
Safety manager
technology make it easier to spot and address potential jobsite risks. These risks include workers and subcontractors not being sufficiently trained, not complying with employer, state or federal guidelines or mandates and proper digital documentation of the jobsite and project. One of the most important innovations
to emerge from digital technology is the ability to always know who is or was on a jobsite.
Digital transformation holds a lot of promise and opportunity for GCs to boost safety and drive more profitable projects. When each function of the organization has insight into what is happening on the jobsite, they can improve the performance of their team and make more strategic decisions.
David Ward is the CEO of Safe Site Check-In.
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