For the past two years Discovering Safety has been working with the construction industry, academia and tech providers to develop a library of standardised data and processes which can be incorporated into visualisation and modelling tools, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), to mitigate safety risks in construction.

As an extension of this work, a new, innovative trial has been started that will pioneer the use of sensors, which will be physically attached to people and plant and digitally linked to a BIM model in order to create safety zones.

The trial will take place on a live construction project at AstraZenecas Macclesfield Campus with the aim of engaging project clients, designers, contractors and site-based staff to adopt new ways of harnessing digital technology to improve health and safety outcomes. The results will show how effective these preventive measures are to industry.

Gordon Crick, technical lead for Discovering Safety described that this trial is made possible by a five-way partnership between powerful innovators in the construction industry: The AstraZeneca construction team (led by Dave Ayres and Brian Street), the Main Contractor; Dalkia, who will be building the new extension, and the technology companies Plinx and Asite 3D Repo.

Read more about this exciting new trial in a new article on LinkedIn or on our website