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Feature We asked two FIS members to tell us about how their technology is assisting the fit-out sector. TECHNOLOGY HELPING TO DELIVER SITE MONITORING, PRODUCTIVITY, RETENTION AND PROVE COMPLIANCE 20 www.thefis.org I N our everyday personal lives, we are becoming more reliant on smart technology including our mobile telephones and watches. No longer are these items just used to make and receive telephone calls or to tell the time! We all know their capabilities from tracking our movement to taking pictures. It is no surprise this technology is now benefiting the construction industry with evolving innovations including wearable technology such as hard hats, mobile phones etc. These will assist the industry with site monitoring, productivity, retention and prove compliance. All the site forms and information you require are at your fingertips Eoghan Simpson , Senior Solutions Manager at Causeway Technologies, tells us about their mobile device Ermeo which enables site managers and supervisors to have instant access to all the forms and information that they need. Site managers and supervisors typically need to complete dozens of forms each week to comply with their organisation’s processes. These forms need to be stored somewhere and are regularly audited as they are vital for compliance and a safe working environment. As well as this, they are managing complex site operations with a focus on delivering the projects on time and on budget, so anything to make their working life easier is welcomed. Ermeo enables the site managers and supervisors to be armed with a mobile device and have all of the forms and information that they need to hand. No longer do they need to go back to a site office to get a paper pad and a pen as all of their forms are instantly available. They don’t have to worry about filing or losing the forms once completed and any photos taken are in context of the right form and don’t need to be found and uploaded at a later date. The solution has been specifically designed with construction interoperability in mind and allows you to easily digitise any form and task including: • Health and Safety – inspections, RAMS, near misses, incident reports, audits, work and lift equipment checks • Plant – operator declarations, pre-shift inspections, plant arrival, off-hire, vehicle safety checks • Site – defects, site diary, timesheets, inductions, permits to, toolbox talks, installations, job sheets, progress reports • Office – expenses, holiday request and cancellation, requisitions Using Ermeo to design forms is extremely easy and doesn’t require any technical IT skills as you have access to an intuitive drag and drop user interface. Forms can be scheduled for operatives to complete with full visibility of any scheduled, completed or open tasks with the information captured being pushed into dashboards for an overview of the reports and metrics you care about the most. Operatives find that completing forms is simple and intuitive due to how user friendly Ermeo mobile application is. Some of the benefits clients are experiencing when digitising site and field- based processes include: • Eliminatedmanual processes - This includes processes such as collecting or delivering forms, visiting sites to review forms, entering in captured information from form and filing completed forms to the correct location etc. • Increased compliance and mitigation of risk - By using a mobile form, operatives can be forced to fill them out correctly, the solution works in offline mode, and you can capture photos, time, or GPS which isn’t possible on paper or manual forms. • Realtime visibility - You can see what jobs are planned, progressing, and done in real-time, using that information to make critical business decisions. This could also be applied to plant where you have visibility of historic information. • Using less paper - Reduces costs associated with paper andmeans forms cannot go missing or through the washingmachine. www.causeway.com Eoghan Simpson, Senior Solutions Manager at Causeway Technologies Causeway Technologies device Ermeo