How to boost construction job site transparency for safety and efficiency

Construction is traditionally a labour-intensive industry, with heavy reliance on manpower for each and every task, starting from labour work to management. However, in such a system, transparency is no less than a myth as there exists a huge gap between the workers and the top management. Here, the top management have to extensively rely on Project Engineers or Field Engineers to stroll around the worksite. Similarly, the Project Engineers or Field Engineers have to visit the jobsites to-and-fro, take images of the project progress, perform specific calculations, mark down the estimated per cent of task completion and then manually report these observations and calculations into the paper or Excel sheets and produce it before the person in charge. In such a system, each level of the workforce has to rely on the other to know about the happenings in the jobsite.

Transparency in construction jobsites is not just necessary to ensure better communication in the workflow, but it also has a crucial role to play in terms of enhancing safety in construction as well as making it more efficient.

The use of advanced technologies like AI in construction can however help overcome the bottlenecks existent in the traditional construction jobsites and help bring the long-desired transparency in the construction, in turn improving the safety and efficiency.

How can AI improve construction job site transparency for safety and efficiency?

AI with the help of vision intelligence is capable of improving transparency in Remote Inspection of Construction Jobsites by combining data from cameras, IoT devices, and sensors into a single source of information. Following are the ways how AI can help in enhancing transparency in construction jobsites to improve safety and efficiency:

1)    Remote Inspection of Construction Jobsites: Leveraging the power of AI, it has now become possible for the construction stakeholders to remotely monitor their jobsites in real-time. This has reduced the dependence of the remote stakeholders on on-site managers to update them on what’s occurring on the job site. Moreover, with remote construction site monitoring, stakeholders are able to have a first-hand and real-time knowledge of their jobsite happenings.

2)    Automated Construction Monitoring with video analytics– Automated construction safety monitoring enables the stakeholders to instantly and automatically detect any instance of safety and productivity non-compliance in the jobsite and take actionable insights.

3)    Automated Construction Documentation– AI, Vision Intelligence, and cloud-based repositories have helped users deal with the problems of manual documentation. With cloud-based software, users can instantly record, change, update as well as share changes concerning their construction project in a single platform. Thus, all levels of stakeholder can have access to their project data simultaneously, without having to rely on the other for reports, resulting in greater transparency.

4)    Automated Construction Progress Tracking- Automated Progress tracking uses advanced technologies like AI and vision intelligence to track progress of construction sites quickly and with minimal human interference. AI is capable enough to accurately calculate the percentage of a project’s or task’s completion, the number of installations, the rate of work, and the estimated completion date. This helps all the concerned stakeholders to stay updated about their project progress and thus stay on time and budget.

How can viAct help?

viAct’s Construction Management Software can help construction companies to enhance transparency in their jobsites as well as augment safety and efficiency. viAct’s AI Monitoring platform, viHUB, offers an ALL-IN-ONE platform for data, insights and automation. All the smart insights captured by the AI cameras get automatically recorded in viAct’s integrated dashboard that can be accessed by the stakeholders anytime, and from anywhere. Moreover, it offers a single platform for all levels of stakeholders to come together and comment on their projects, thus improving communication and increasing transparency in the workflow. It also helps them in construction progress monitoring. In addition to this, the remote stakeholders can have a look into the real-time happenings of the jobsite through viAct’s Construction Management App or web interface, which enables them to know what is happening in their jobsites. Moreover, if any safety or productivity non-compliance is detected, instant alerts are sent to the on-site stakeholders so that they can take insightful actions before it is too late. Simultaneously, alerts are also sent to the remote stakeholders via SMS, email or other instant messaging app enabling them to have insight into the various aspects of safety and productivity in the jobsites. Thus, in this manner, viAct can help the construction companies to make their jobsites transparent to ensure safety in construction and increase efficiency.