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A paperless mobile workforce might sound like science fiction for so many contractors and their field teams. Hanson Contracting has begun rolling out Causeway Ermeo to help manage its mobile workforce and further enhance its digital capabilities in replacing paper forms and workflows

The national road surfacing and infrastructure business wanted to make life as easy as possible for its field teams. This meant finding a construction-specific tool that let them focus on their job instead of filling out paperwork.

Causeway Ermeo is a mobile workforce management solution that achieves this goal by connecting the site and office through digital workflows, with easy-to-use reporting functions.

Hanson Contracting has converted all paper forms into digital documents, but Causeway Ermeo offers additional functionality to streamline this even further. It plans to do this with timesheets, risk assessments, plant inspections, holiday requests, and other manual processes. The list is still growing.

Data technology ‘at the heart of everything we do’

Chris Harrison, business manager, Hanson Contracting, said: “There is a lot of excitement from our business improvement team for Causeway Ermeo. We are always looking for any efficiencies and lean improvements to make in the business, and we see this solution as a key one.

“It’s also the back-end reporting. It is simple from the end user point of view, which is what we wanted. Basically, we can use it within the business itself to make us more agile and flexible.

“We want data and technology to be at the heart of everything that we do. It gives us better operational and commercial performance on site and also aligns us with our key customer’s vision for the future, such as National Highways Digital Roads strategy.”

Causeway Technologies and Hanson Contracting share a longstanding relationship

Causeway Ermeo has a ‘no code’ editing studio that allows Hanson Contracting to create customisable forms with ease. When field workers open the digital document, they will find the relevant information pre-populated. They cannot submit the form until all fields are complete.

Causeway Technologies and Hanson Contracting share a longstanding relationship that dates back to 2008. The highways specialist plans to integrate this platform with its current Causeway solutions and external systems, like its asphalt ticketing system.

Chris added: “I see this as the start of the journey. We’ve been working with Causeway for several years now and we’re keen to kick on and see where else in the industry we can make improvements.”

Founded in 2015, Paris based Ermeo provides Field Service Management (FSM) solutions that connect site and office-based teams and helps businesses to digitise their workflows, improving data capture and collaboration. It was acquired by Causeway Technologies in April 2021.

Built on mobile-first principles, the platform allows companies to build and structure their own forms and field based processes, all accessed and managed via mobile apps. The system integrates with external data sources which can be synchronised directly with the forms, bringing all key data into one place.

Find out more about Causeway Ermeo and Causeway’s mobile workforce management

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