Geolocation Technology

Improve Safety and Efficiency
On-site with Geolocation Technologies

The idea to develop a worker geolocation came from a basic practical question:
“How can we have an accurate head count of the workers dispatched all over a large construction site? How can we make sure everyone has evacuated in case of emergency?”

The Solution

A Real-Time View of Construction Sites Thanks to Connected Devices

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Installation of sensors to accurately keep track of equipment and assets on-site.

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Utilise software to monitor and provide live status updates.

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Health & Safety Benefits of the Geolocation System

  • Real-time head-count per area in case of emergency evacuation
  • Send notifications to supervisors if an evacuation is required

 

  • Locate workers in case of accident
  • Locate safety equipment (fire extinguisher, defibrillator)
  • Check plant management
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  • Verify safety officers ratio per workers
  • Manage some no entry areas
  • Restricted access in confined spaces to only authorized workers

 

In the context of social distancing :

  • A real-time count of workers per area and trigger alerts if the maximum is reached
  • Day to day analysis of potential at-risk prolonged contacts and potential inefficiency in the measures taken to limit contacts 

Operational Benefits of the Geolocation System

  • Make sure everyone is working at the right place and quickly redeploy the workforce to match priorities
  • Locate tools and plants available

 

  • Measure time and workforce required to complete activities per area

  • Measure adequacy of the workforce with the program

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  • Measure plants and equipment usage and optimize the way your teams share equipment

 

Leverage data collected to improve future projects:

  • Workforce required per task
  • Bottleneck suppression
  • Program control

Indoor Geolocation Technology

Compatible RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) Tags

BLUE lite

NFC + Accelerometer + LED

IP65 – replaceable battery

Battery life:

5 min update : 6 month

10 min update : 1 year

1h update : 3 years

12h update : > 5 years

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BLUE coin

NFC + Accelerometer + LED

IP68

Battery life:

5 min update : 6 month

10 min update : 1 year

1h update : 3 years

12h update : > 5 years

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BLUE puck

NFC + Accelerometer + LED

IP68

Optional buzzer

Battery life:

5 min update : 3 years

10 min update : 4 years

1h update : > 10 years

Confidex Viking™ Bluetooth® Low-Energy (BLE) Industrial Beacons

Confidex Viking™ Bluetooth® Low-Energy (BLE) Industrial beacons track the location of assets and people, with optional sensors for capturing environmental data. Confidex designed the Viking product family to be a modular BLE beacon family that raises the bar for industrial, indoor and outdoor, asset tracking to gain real-time location and conditioning visibility.

Secure & Tamper Proof

Confidex Viking™ beacons are designed with security in mind. Confidex Viking™ beacons have integrated secure NFC interface with unique passwords for configuration and they do not allow changing of configuration through the Bluetooth interface. Confidex Viking™ beacons are turned on/off through the NFC interface which prevents malicious turning off of the beacons in public environments.

Anchors Installation

Several fixation methods are available to be used, depending on the anchor support.

Double-sided tape on plain wall

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Steel band on poles

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Cable ties

Omniscient Web Platform

The Omniscient web platform allows you to view all of your resources on project plans regardless of the geolocation technology used.

Locate lost equipment, obtain inventories by project area, receive alerts about entering or leaving an area.Omniscient web platform helps managers to monitor complex worksite and accelerates the decision making process.

Omniscient Dashboard

Access our data analysis dashboard for finer control of the construction process.

 A genuine decision-support tool, Omniscient data analysis functionalities unleash the potential of your data and help you in your day to day decisions.

Health & Safety Features

Benefits

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On a Daily Basis

H&S:

  • Real-time head-count per area in case of emergency evacuation
  • Locate workers in case of accident
  • Verify safety officers ratio per workers
  • Manage some no entry areas
  • Restricted access in confined spaces to only authorized workers

Productivity:

  • Quickly locate someone or something
  • Redeploy workforce to match priorities
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Project KPIs

Program KPIs

  • Measure adequacy of the workforce with the program
  • Measure time spent to complete activities per floor or area

Productivity ratio

  • Measure workforce required per task
  • Measure men power per unit of work
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Continuous Improvement

Data analysis

Leverage data collected to improve future projects:

  • Workforce required per task
  • Bottleneck suppression
  • Program control

Our 4 Areas of Expertise

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Fleet Management

Optimize your rental and investment costs

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Health & Safety

Monitoring of safety equipment, lone worker location,
automatic headcount

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Organization & Productivity

Thanks to reliable and up-to-date data, improved production methods and site organization are achieved

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Logistics

Industrialize your site logistics (from the warehouse to the job)