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New social distancing technology, SiteZone Safety, is being used by Interserve Construction<\/a> at the final phase of the development of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham<\/h2>\n

Interserve Construction has deployed new social distancing technology at the NEC Birmingham as it finalises the new NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham<\/a> providing critical care beds to treat Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n

Proximity warning specialist SiteZone Safety has supplied six of its personnel distancing systems (PDS) to Interserve Construction to help enforce the two-metre rule of social distancing on the construction sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The PDS consists of a 2kg pack and a detection \u2018tag\u2019 that can be worn on a hard hat, attached to a belt or strapped to the upper arm. The system has 100 hours of rechargeable battery life.<\/p>\n

The exclusion zone can be configured to suit the site\u2019s needs. The proximity alarms are triggered if workers get too close within set boundaries, at which point both their wearable tags will vibrate and the PDS sounds an alarm.<\/p>\n

Two site safety ambassadors wear the social distancing technology full time and patrol the site to ensure remaining workers are observing the two-metre rule. If not, they are reminded with accompanying demonstrations using the PDS.<\/p>\n

The remaining four units are being rotated between different key tradespeople<\/a> on site to reinforce social distancing. In this way, it is intended to raise spatial awareness and affect behavioural change on site.<\/p>\n

Reimaging health and safety<\/h3>\n

Interserve site manager Stuart Palmer, said: \u201cWe knew about SiteZone Safety\u2019s proximity warning expertise, and they have been able to meet the challenge for us in record time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an urgent need to get NHS Nightingale Birmingham completed, so high standards of health and safety practice were key drivers to the success of this project. SiteZone Safety\u2019s PDS solution helped us achieve both.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were specific challenges when developing the PDS, including making it lightweight, easy to use, and efficiently powered to function for long periods of time.<\/p>\n

The PDS repurposes the original SiteZone proximity warning system, which prevents collisions between personnel and mobile plant and vehicles.<\/p>\n

Gary Escott, co-founder of SiteZone Safety<\/a>, added: \u201cWe had an unusually short period of time to develop and produce a solution that we could deploy quickly. The biggest single advantage we have is that our PDS is built on proven technology, with over 125 million hours in use. The technology has been repurposed for this new application.\u201d<\/p>\n

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