Safer Highways are delighted to announce that the A63 Castle Street Improvement Works have commenced the pilot site for our new Jarvis app designed, for the first time, to capture data around roadworker abuse.
The ground-breaking reporting tool will, for the first time enable real-time reporting of incidents of abuse and incursions across the whole of the UK road network - whether High or Low speed or National Highways or Local Authority managed.
Named Jarvis, in honour of Kevin Jarvis, a traffic management operative who tragically lost his life a number of weeks ago, the app will shortly move into a proof of concept period with one specific contractor to hone and refine its features.
The app has been developed completely free of charge by Safer Highways member organisation Notify Technology and now moves into a proof of concept period to hone and refine its features.
It will then move to a second stage of testing with the "One Community" on the M25, an alliance made up of principal contractor, Connect Plus Services, Octavious, Jackson Civils, R&W Civils and a number of other Safer Highways members.
Speaking about the commencement of the pilot, Freya Wells, COO of Safer Highways expressed his gratitude to both Balfour Beatty and Notify Technology for the vital part they are playing in the project.
She said,
"Roadworker abuse has long been a blight on our society and sadly is grossly under-reported and seen as just being a part of the job.
"This should not be the case and through the development of a common reporting tool we hope to empower the men and women we put to work each day to not only report but also to challenge abuse.
"In order to do this we need to understand the scale of the problem and our hope is that through the app we will, for the first time be able to do just that.
"I am grateful to both Balfour Beatty and Notify Technology for their support with the project as we enter what will be the first stage of the deployment."
Supporting Miss Wells sentiments, Phil Clifton, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty said,
"At Balfour Beatty we continue to demonstrate our drive to eliminate the abuse and incursions that our workers suffer on an almost daily basis.
"The trial of the Stamp it Out app on our A63 Castle Street Hull project allows us to get both insight into what is really happening and provide data in a form that can help establish trends and priorities to ensure our workforce is protected.
"Working collaboratively with a multitude of partners the app is part of our startegy that really demonstrates to our workforce that we truly care for their wellbeing."
The initial pilot phase commences today, 13th June with an initial proof of concept amongst supervisors with a full deployment following a designated safety stand down on the 23rd June where a full contract briefing will take place.
The trial and will run for six weeks before an evaluation period, although the software will continue to be used in a live-site environment for the duration of the contract.
Following this there will be a short evaluation period and then a second phase multi organisation pilot in the autumn with a full roll out in the new year.
For more information on the Stamp it Out roadworker abuse campaign visit https://www.stampitout.uk
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