The construction industry has unique requirements for the safety, security, and mobility of personnel, contractors, resources, and equipment. Construction projects can be multi-year projects that use heavy duty machinery, hazardous equipment and supplies. Furthermore, these machinery, resources, and personnel can be from multiple contracting companies. Modernizing the entry points of these sites requires a multi pronged approach with careful evaluation of Security/Access Control features, Time Clocking and Temperature Scanning.
Managing physical access at a construction site has always been a challenge for the industry. Most of the sites use badge readers or third party security guards to manage the entry process. As projects can range from a couple of weeks to several years, these manual labor intensive processes become very expensive throughout the project's lifecycle. Traditionally, construction projects have relied on leasing trailer site offices and having all the workers sign entry forms in the trailer before entering the site. These systems have multiple challenges such as: extremely time consuming entry process, uncomfortable worker movement and reliance on a manual paper based system. The modern site entry systems are equipped with computer vision based smart access turnstiles using Facial Authentication of workers. Access privileges are easily managed with a smart backend to add or disable workers in real time. At some mid-to-large construction projects, renting or leasing site entry systems can exceed $100,000. In addition to the costs and security expectations of customers, there are additional requirements for construction sites to operate, including: Identification for authorized personnel, Safety Checks (during COVID), Time keeping for compliance and payroll, and On-boarding/Off-boarding of personnel and contractors.
Time keeping has many implications within the construction industry, from effectively budgeting for projects, ensuring personnel working hours don’t exceed the daily compliance limits (including travel time), and payroll for the hours worked. Many construction projects face significant challenges with time keeping and compliance, as the two common forms of time clocking are badging & the paper-based honor system. This can result in significant health & safety risks and potential equipment and project damage due to loosely managing excessive working hours and increasing the probability of fatigue. Even though there are several additional challenges and requirements for construction projects, on-boarding & off-boarding of changing personnels is critical for a healthy worksite. There can be many different contractors, at different times throughout, that work on a particular project. Effectively and efficiently ensuring the access of these employees is critical for safety, onsite compliance, operations & costs, and security.
A drop-ship solution is an ideal way for construction companies to cost effectively manage site access and time keeping. The Safe Site Entry physical security gate system reduces site entry system cost, is available for all project sizes, provides centralized and controlled access, and automated jobsite personnel monitoring and reporting. Two of the key features of the Safe Site Entry units are its Facial Recognition based Access and Authentication System and an Elevated Skin Temperature based Thermal Scanning. This technology can greatly increase the safety of workers and mitigate risk to the site, by ensuring only approved workers enter the site and by screening workers for adverse health conditions.
Some of the many benefits of a safe site entry include:
Oloid has spent a significant amount of time understanding the unique site requirements of various construction projects spanning from large industrial construction sites managed by large construction companies like PCL to much smaller home construction projects like door and window framing. Oloid’s mission is to provide a solution that not only addresses the requirements, but does so in a way that delivers an improved experience.
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