Case Study
The NJ Wind Port (NJWP) is a 30-acre waterfront marshalling facility that can accommodate offshore wind installation vessels and the commissioning of offshore wind Tier 1 components. The project has the capability of expanding with additional marshalling and manufacturing parcels totaling up to 220 acres of property. More information related to NJWP can be sourced at: https://njwindport.njeda.gov/
The Team at AECOM Tishman have the distinction of contracting and managing the construction of the first wind port on the East Coast. As part of their strategy, they wanted to be able to keep workers focused and informed while extracting time and attendance data. So, they brought some requirements to Eyrus:
Workers or site admin are able to quickly complete a digital registration flow in Eyrus and be assigned a Bluetooth badge.
Workers wear BLE beacons that passively ping against BLE readers on site that log time and attendance data. The workers just need to “show up and work”.
One BLE reader was placed at the site entrance to track entry and exit into the whole site. Additional solar-powered BLE readers were moved around the site as key work locations changed. These readers could be re-located and renamed to manage attendance and measure headcounts in important work zones.
It is important to be able to keep all workers up to date about site conditions. The AECOM team is able to instantly update all workers with Eyrus mass-texting.
Eyrus pairs the worker registration data and the time and attendance data to automatically generate timesheets, headcount, workhour and many other kinds of reports. AECOM Tishman used the automatic timesheets to certify payroll and local zip code, and diversity reports to satisfy local regulations.
Colin Salotti, Assistant Project Manager, had good things to say about the Eyrus solution:
“We used Eyrus to collect workforce data during the peak/critical phase of our project. We used Eyrus’ custom attributes in the worker registration to be able to provide reporting for EEO/XBE (equal opportunity employment) in New Jersey.
Also, the text message feature that Eyrus provides through their portal was used nearly every day construction took place on site. These texts were sent to all workers that were tracked on site for the day or previous days. Workers were also sent emergency messages when there were storm conditions, or a special tour/visit were taking place.”
“Eyrus was valuable to our site in multiple ways. We use daily mancount data for our company safety metrics. We would also use the custom attribute information to provide early reporting on EEO/XBE goals that were required through the State of New Jersey.”
“When getting Eyrus up-and-running on our project I worked with Steve Wood regularly to figure out the logistics of using Eyrus as a beacon that would collect badge information from people passing by. Our site did not use Eyrus in a ‘normal’ fashion, cars would drive by our Main Eyrus reader, and this reader needed to collect everyone that was on site. We were unable to set up an access point for workers to stop at since the property was used for multiple purposes beyond our project. Steve and I were able to identify an optimal location for our Eyrus reader through trial and error. Working with Steve and the Eyrus team was a pleasure. They would always provide me with updates on how our Main reader was functioning compared and if the other two readers were collecting our total projected workforce.”
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