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A list of entries tagged with July 2024 innovation
Avoiding Service Strikes by Project Excavators
This contractor used a safety control measure, the Leica X Watch system in machines used for the bulk excavation of the underpass on this project. This safeguarded operatives from hitting the props, bridge and monitoring instrumentation that were installed in the work area. As-built information of the items they wanted to avoid hitting was installed onto the excavator’s GPS system….
Overwatch MEWP Crush Protection System
The OverWatch is a type of crush protection, which are sometimes called secondary guarding. The scissor lift is designed with protection to reduce risk of being crushed against the controls – including an enable trigger on the joystick (deadman switch) and a fixed bar/shroud over the controls. This sends an infa-red beam of light to measure the operators position. The…
AI Workforce Tracker
The project team are currently are using a new AI system to track labour productivity levels on site. The system involves small tags being worn on the hard hats of all operatives and a number of sensors dotted around the site. The system can then used to establish where time is being lost on the project. For instance, it was…
