4 Technologies Which Reduce Civil Construction Risks

Is your construction company using the available technologies to reduce the insurable risks to which you may be exposed? Read on and discover some of the readily available technologies which you can deploy in order to reduce the rate at which you file civil contracting insurance claims.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Workers often get injured when they enter dangerous spaces in order to inspect or perform some tasks. Such hazards can be reduced by using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles. These devices can be controlled remotely so that they inspect and send back images of structures in confined spaces and other risky locations. This can save you from putting your employees in harm's way. The resultant reduction in exposure to risky situations can reduce the number of insurance claims which you file after incidents.

Design Software

Technology can also be used to spot potential problems and adjust the designs of a structure in order to eliminate those hazards. For example, virtual reality and augmented reality can be used to make simulations of a structure so that a detailed analysis can be done to detect potential risks. Design changes can then be implemented so that the risk is averted before your employees are exposed to that risk. 

Smartphone Cameras

Smartphones provide you with one of the simplest ways to use technology during your construction projects. For example, a passerby may file a claim against your company for being responsible for an accident at a jobsite. The smartphone camera can come to your rescue if you instructed your employees to take photos of all the warning signage which was placed on the boundaries of the jobsite in order to inform pedestrians to keep off. The photos will therefore prove that you took sufficient care to warn other users of the area.

Tower Crane Cameras

Poor visibility is one of the reasons for tower crane accidents at construction sites. Tower crane cameras can reduce such accidents if the operator uses them to improve visibility in case he or she is working during bad weather or when the lighting at the site isn't sufficient.

Your health and safety officer should actively look for new technologies which you can deploy to increase worker safety. The investment which you make in those technologies will more than pay off when the insurance company reduces your premiums due to the stellar safety record of your civil construction company. Greater productivity will result when employees don't miss work due to injury or workplace-related illnesses.