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Enhancing Health and Safety Measures in Construction with IoT: A Winvic Case Study

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries	Cement Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Onsite Human Safety Management Personnel Tracking & Monitoring
Challenge	Winvic, a leading UK construction contractor with an £800m+ turnover and over 400 staff, has always prioritized health and safety. Despite an already outstanding health and safety record, the company is committed to continuous improvement through its 'Doing It Right' behavioural safety initiative. However, as the company continued to grow, it recognized the need for enhanced digital systems to streamline its health and safety reporting and monitoring processes. The existing approach to reporting accidents and recording routine health and safety checks had served the company well, but with a large number of staff and sub-contractors working at various construction sites, a more holistic view of all health and safety activity was needed to maintain and build on its exemplary record. Read More
About Customer	Winvic is one of the UK’s leading construction contractors with an £800m+ turnover, employing more than 400 staff and additional sub-contractors at various construction sites across the country. Health and safety is a core focus for Winvic, who take a proactive approach to ensuring the safety of all staff and visitors to its sites. The company has been on a long-term journey of growth since its formation in 2001, and as the firm continues to develop, so does the need for ongoing investment in enhanced digital systems. Read More
Solution	To address this challenge, Winvic introduced a new approach to managing health and safety reporting and monitoring processes using Info Exchange, a cutting-edge online platform. This platform provides staff with full visibility of each site’s health and safety activity. Two applications were set up for Winvic on the Info Exchange platform. The first is an incident reporting app which includes observation reporting. This app is used to record all reported incidents and allows any person connected with the project to report unsafe acts and conditions along with good practice. The second app is focused around health, safety and environmental inspections to record findings of the organization's general inspection process. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Industries

Cement

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Onsite Human Safety Management

Personnel Tracking & Monitoring

Challenge

Winvic, a leading UK construction contractor with an £800m+ turnover and over 400 staff, has always prioritized health and safety. Despite an already outstanding health and safety record, the company is committed to continuous improvement through its 'Doing It Right' behavioural safety initiative. However, as the company continued to grow, it recognized the need for enhanced digital systems to streamline its health and safety reporting and monitoring processes. The existing approach to reporting accidents and recording routine health and safety checks had served the company well, but with a large number of staff and sub-contractors working at various construction sites, a more holistic view of all health and safety activity was needed to maintain and build on its exemplary record.

About Customer

Winvic is one of the UK’s leading construction contractors with an £800m+ turnover, employing more than 400 staff and additional sub-contractors at various construction sites across the country. Health and safety is a core focus for Winvic, who take a proactive approach to ensuring the safety of all staff and visitors to its sites. The company has been on a long-term journey of growth since its formation in 2001, and as the firm continues to develop, so does the need for ongoing investment in enhanced digital systems.

Solution

To address this challenge, Winvic introduced a new approach to managing health and safety reporting and monitoring processes using Info Exchange, a cutting-edge online platform. This platform provides staff with full visibility of each site’s health and safety activity. Two applications were set up for Winvic on the Info Exchange platform. The first is an incident reporting app which includes observation reporting. This app is used to record all reported incidents and allows any person connected with the project to report unsafe acts and conditions along with good practice. The second app is focused around health, safety and environmental inspections to record findings of the organization's general inspection process.

Impact #1	The implementation of Info Exchange software has not only provided a holistic level of visibility for Winvic’s health and safety team to identify outstanding health and safety tasks that need actioning, but it has also enabled the team to run their own data-led reports to identify trends that can help to further mitigate against future accidents. In addition to the ability to monitor incidents on the platform, automated reports are emailed to senior staff keeping them informed of the incident investigation and close out status, ensuring incidents are investigated and any learning is communicated in a timely manner. This has significantly enhanced the efficiency of the company's health and safety processes.

Impact #1

The implementation of Info Exchange software has not only provided a holistic level of visibility for Winvic’s health and safety team to identify outstanding health and safety tasks that need actioning, but it has also enabled the team to run their own data-led reports to identify trends that can help to further mitigate against future accidents. In addition to the ability to monitor incidents on the platform, automated reports are emailed to senior staff keeping them informed of the incident investigation and close out status, ensuring incidents are investigated and any learning is communicated in a timely manner. This has significantly enhanced the efficiency of the company's health and safety processes.

Benefit #1	Winvic’s accident frequency rate reduced by 25 per cent in the first year it used Info Exchange.

Benefit #1

Winvic’s accident frequency rate reduced by 25 per cent in the first year it used Info Exchange.

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