It’s 2019 – Australian crane businesses are winning with worksite digitisation
19 July 2019
The
Crane industry in Australia is
facing increasing demand for work and although residential work has
slowed, infrastructure projects nationally have been fueling the boom.
Cranes in our Australian skylines have reached an all-time high of 735.
The
RLB Crane Index Q1 2019
accredits the booming infrastructure work to our fast-growing
population. With more work, compliance management, fleet maintenance and
maximising the time of crews and machines on each job becomes
challenging.
To combat against these challenges more crane business are embracing
worksite digitisation and the benefits of operations
software.
Implementing
digital solutions to manage your dogmen, operators and
machines ensure that they are maximised each shift, increasing
operational efficiency.
Crane business such as
DPW Plant Hire,
Sunraysia Crane and Rigging,
Hi-Range Crane Forks and
Load 28 have been
reaping the benefits of operations software in their business.
Specifically in terms of quality control, compliance management and
real-time data insights to maximise every shift.
Quality Control and Compliance Management
As a highly regulated industry,
compliance documentation such as SPV permits, high-risk work licenses
and dogman tickets are vast and largely paper-based. With operations
software, important documents are stored in a digital repository and
easily accessible for all team members, from crews to management via the
fieldworker app.
Whether your crew is a 2 man band or over 100+ operators and dogmen,
ensuring that each fieldworker has up to date tickets and licenses are crucial. On the
Assignar fieldworker app, each operator and dogman have their own
profile with a digital copy of all competencies. With expiries stored on
the Assignar dashboard, notifications can be set to ensure fieldworkers
are accountable for updating their own competencies.
In addition, to maintain and improve quality control of cranes,
proactive maintenance should be scheduled in advance and corrective
action must be quick to ensure downtime of machines are minimal. With
Assignar, machine pre-start checklists are digital and submitted via the
fieldworker app before an operator starts their job. Once submitted, the
maintenance team can be notified immediately of corrective action
required. With operations software, mechanics and maintenance teams
don’t need to wait for machine
pre-start forms to come back to the yard once a job is
finished before actioning corrective work.
“Transitioning from hard copy documents such as pre-start checklists and SWMS to digital has reduced the time we spent chasing up and processing these forms by 50%.” – Paul Waters, DPW Plant Hire, Managing Director
Real-time Data Insights into Labour Costs
With Australia investing in many
major work projects, construction wages have surpassed rises in the
prices charged for such construction work. In addition, the industry’s
rising labour shortage, sees wages increase to retain workers and remain
competitive. Given such, labour costs are a substantial portion of
business expenses and ensuring that every shift is maximised to its full
potential is achieved through real-time data insights.
With Assignar, timesheets
are submitted digitally via the fieldworker app. Timesheet data is
received from the jobsite in real-time with the date and time stamps and
geo-location logged. This reduces the time admin staff take to chase up
timesheets and dockets, enabling quicker invoicing to clients.
“Workers in Adelaide and Melbourne are all sending their timesheets through the Assignar app, it doesn’t matter where they are..the whole process is faster and a lot more accurate.” – Marcus Rigney, Load 28, Managing Director
Maximising Every Shift
Major works, labour shortages,
increasing costs and competition, means now more than ever, every shift
counts. Maximising shifts can make operations more efficient and
processes more effective. Resource utilisation plays an important part
in maximising shifts. With Assignar’s
scheduling module you can combat labour shortage with
efficiency by bulk allocating resources to decrease machine and crew
downtime.
Furthermore, Assignar tracks compliance and quality requirements for
every work order. Filter crews and assets by these requirements to
always schedule the right resources to the right job. Go even more
granular with custom tagging and worker experience tracking to ensure
that you are maximising each shift.
“Having a digital file of their competencies and licenses gives me the visibility to schedule my crew and equipment more effectively.” – Rebecca Waters, Hi-Range Crane Forks, Managing Director
Assignar – The Digital Solution
Crane businesses use Assignar to run their operations effectively by improving productivity, efficiency and safety. Assignar provides end-to-end real-time management of a company’s workforce, assets and compliance. Find out how Assignar can empower your operations. Schedule a demo today!https://www.assignar.com/demo-request/
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