Purpose of Report
The construction industry is known to be one of the most hazardous sectors suffering from a high on-site accident rate. The high number of safety hazards originates from the nature of the construction workers' dynamic activities and their respective equipment. This trend analysis aims to help prevent or minimize the levels of potential danger caused by hazards in the construction site. Specifically, Gismondi Angela (2019) has introduced a new app that leverages social media platforms' benefits intending to improve safety culture in the workplace (Wang et al., 2019). Construction site safety goes a huge mile in reducing the risk of injuries to the public and minimizing the risks of work-related accidents and injuries.
Industry SWOT Analysis
Here is the SWOT analysis for the EC Edge App for enhancing safety in the construction sector:
Strengths
Ability to leverage user data to get feedback and to enhance safety amongst users
High levels of flexibility of the application. Enabling users to enjoy many features like push notifications, socialization, and collaboration amongst workers,
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Ability to scale the software in the future to meet the industry needs
Weaknesses
This is a new software never used anywhere before. It would require more resources to train the stakeholders and users to get used to the application and embrace it.
Need internet connection at the construction site to use the application
Opportunities
Billions of dollars invested in software engineering in social media applications like Facebook. Leveraging on this technology to develop safety for the construction industry
The application could be leveraged as the industry standard for promoting collaboration amongst the workers in sites and across the industry
Threats
The application can be downloaded from the normal app stores and used locally on the phone. Other players are likely to copy the application and duplicate the features.
Some constructors or engineers do not allow the use of the phone on the site. This means that the app may not help prevent hazardous or sounding alarm when at work on the site.
Past, Current, and Future Projects
Past : Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and several other social media platforms have invested billions of dollars in software engineering. This technology has been successful, and the EC Edge engineers believe they can leverage on similar technology to promote collaboration and safety in the construction sector
Present : The EC Edge is currently a prototype. It is a combination of e-Compliance and Field ID application built on the concept of feedback from all customers, leveraging on social media technology and other new technologies.
Future : EC Edge software looks forward to implementing push notifications to send and receive safety updates while at the construction sites. Team Dashboard will be designed to bring transparency to the site's safety performance by giving information to all team members.
Differentiators
The EC Edge app for safety is new software for promoting safety in the construction industry based on collaboration. This application is unique and a first of its kind in the market for several reasons, including the following:
The application encourages safety collaboration between workers in the same construction site
The application does a miracle in regards to promoting participation in the sector on the front line with the foremen and supervisors
The application communicates things in social media like fashion, communicating issues that could go wrong to prevent them in advance.
References
Gismondi, A. (2019). EC Edge app aims to improve jobsite safety collaboration . Daily
Commercial News; Markham Vol. 92, Iss. 204, (Oct 23, 2019): 1-2.
Wall, D. (2020). Ontario construction ponders safety duty following announcement of
essential status. Daily Commercial News ; Markham Vol. 93, Iss. 60, (Mar 26, 2020): 1-2
Wang, M., Wong, P., Luo, H., Kumar, S., Delhi, V., & Cheng, J. (2019). Predicting Safety
Hazards Among Construction Workers and Equipment Using Computer Vision and Deep Learning Techniques. In ISARC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (Vol. 36, pp. 399-406). IAARC Publications.
