Construction Safety Checklist

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8 Ways How Checklists Improve Construction
Safety
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• A construction checklist is basically a list of
  standardized steps, created especially for
  repetitive tasks and is a key elements of
  construction safety.
• These checklists let project managers to connect
  critical elements of a construction project,
  describing activity-specific information as well
  as different project phases.
• A construction inspection checklist aids in
  classifying and assessing specific materials,
  items, tasks, equipment and much more carefully.
• The majority of construction industry workforce
  make use of manual checklists to enhance
  construction safety.
• Manual inspection processes are cumbersome and
  time-consuming.

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• They are also susceptible to many human errors,
  which explains the high rate of workplace
  injuries and fatalities in the construction
  industry.
• Digital checklists are an excellent solution to
  enhancing construction safety.
• Project managers who have already switched a
  checklist applications, are experiencing better
  team agility and productivity, in addition to
  realising health and safety benefits.
• When a checklist app in your mobile device or
  smartphone becomes your go-to checklist tool, all
  the necessary information and records you require
  are just a few taps away.

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• There are several apparent advantages of using a
  mobile device-based digital checklist application
  that helps you manage and maintain your work
  site.
• 1. Easily Create Customised and Standardised
  Checklists
• A great checklist application lets you prepare
  and handle lists as well as workflows. You may
  have detailed lists and sub-lists with different
  iterations and versions on the basis of your
  specific needs. You can also have customised
  checklists and you can standardise a few based on
  your projects needs. Standardisation and
  customisation helps you avoid any possibility of
  task duplication, concentrate on the ultimate
  goal and meet first-time quality consistently.

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• 2. Oversee Complicated Projects
• Big construction projects are sophisticated as
  well as lengthy. Handling a notebook-based
  checklist with numerous items is perhaps not the
  best approach to managing a sizeable project.
  Using a digital checklist application, you can
  create a list of any required length without
  compromising on mobility and usability.
• 3. Detailed and Fast Audits
• Maintaining and ensuring the team's health and
  safety is a challenging task, particularly at a
  construction site. A single incidence of injury
  or fatality is may not be too concerning, but
  ensuring construction safety requires dedication
  and attention. With a digital checklist tool, you
  can carry out regular audits quickly which makes
  sure that nothing goes undetected ever. Moreover,
  it will allow you to keep the whole team and key
  project stakeholders updated all the time, on the
  risk and possible issues without losing them in
  huge piles of documents.

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• 3. Templates
• Most checklist apps come equipped with checklist
  templates that allow you to get started with
  inspections immediately. The most advanced
  versions come with sizeable template libraries,
  developed by experienced project managers that
  can be used as a beginning point for the
  construction project. In addition to saving you a
  lot of time, these help you capitalise on the
  knowledge of expert project managers while
  creating your own construction checklists.
• 4. Paperless Approach
• In todays digital era, going paperless is great
  for any business. Many green building
  construction projects need their contractors to
  use digital tools, which helps minimise their
  carbon footprint. The global green building
  materials market is estimated to reach 280
  billion by 2022.

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• That means, if you want to maximise on this
  opportunity, a checklist application can aid you
  in going paperless. Apart from helping you get
  the prospective business, going paperless enables
  you company to become more efficient. You may no
  longer require keeping track of each checklist
  form. Moreover, you can complete your on-site
  inspection without the need for sorting and
  organising paperwork at the end of the day.
• 6. Smooth Collaboration
• Paper checklists make the process of
  collaborating with your project stakeholders and
  team members tedious and challenging. When you
  use a checklist application, you can involve
  everyone, exchange ideas and make remarks in
  real-time. This also allows for faster
  information flow, eventually improving
  construction safety and the overall quality of
  your project.

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• 7. Real-Time Data Collection
• Access to real-time data at a construction site
  is critical to achieving first-time quality. A
  great checklist application makes this possible
  by saving the data to the cloud and making it
  instantly accessible by team members. This
  feature aids project supervisors in taking
  corrective steps without any delay.
• 8. Collect, Annotate and Markup Pictures
• Finally, a good checklist app collects,
  annotates, and marks-up pictures. You can simply
  click real-time photographs using your smartphone
  and further add them to your inspection report.
  You will no longer require carrying around a
  standalone camera with you, downloading those
  pictures to a desktop computer, and send them
  over emails to the relevant project teams. Image
  annotations bring depth and clarity to your
  inspection reports, which ensures that every
  person involved in the project understands all
  references.

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Improving Construction Safety with
Construction Management Software

• Safety is the top priority of any construction
  project.
• Workers required to be protected from all
  potential risks of getting injured, and a digital
  checklist solution is the key element of the best
  practice to enhance safety.
• If you want to switch from paper checklists to a
  digital solution, consider having an advanced
  construction management software that usually
  come with all the benefits discussed above and
  much more.

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• Nearly all of the best commissioning validation
  services in the UK are now paperless, and are
  using construction management software and
  commissioning management software to improve
  quality, efficiency and safety.
• These checklists are typically pre-loaded with
  hundreds of field-specific checklists, ready be
  used and customised.
• The software comes with everything you may think
  you would need to carry out high-quality
  inspections in the most efficient and accurate
  manner.
• There are ready-to-be-used checklists for all
  kinds of general construction activities and
  tasks as well as dedicated lists for specialty
  construction jobs. They also come with
  ready-to-modify forms to have personalised
  checklists and multiple specialised checkpoint
  formats.

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