{"id":92223,"date":"2021-04-20T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=92223"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:03:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:03:30","slug":"facial-recognition-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction\/construction-technology-news\/facial-recognition-construction\/92223\/","title":{"rendered":"Facial recognition solution to boost contactless site entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biositesystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biosite Systems Ltd<\/a> has developed a facial recognition solution to respond to increased demand for contactless site entry<\/h2>\n<p>Biosite facial recognition utilises the latest biometric technology and follows Biosite\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/data-is-king\/45834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">innovative data workflow<\/a> to combine total workforce data visibility with an effective non-contact mechanism for operatives to access site.<\/p>\n<p>Biosite facial recognition has been developed in-house by software and hardware specialists for increased quality and evolutionary control and integrates with existing Biosite Access Control products and systems.<\/p>\n<p>At site entry and exit points, operatives simply stand in front of the camera device whilst their facial template is matched against a pre-existing database before access is either granted or denied.<\/p>\n<h3>Completely contactless<\/h3>\n<p>The system has no secondary authentication such as pin entry required, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/facial-recognition-safer-sites\/84275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the facial matching process<\/a> is completed in &lt;0.2 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The matching process is also completed remotely, \u2018off device\u2019, for increased security, accuracy and speed of throughput. Integrated temperature measurement is also an option, for sites looking to combine operative entry with mandatory fever screening.<\/p>\n<p>Biosite supports some of the UK\u2019s largest construction and infrastructure projects with technology-enabled workforce management solutions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tideway.london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tideway<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfenergy.com\/energy\/nuclear-new-build-projects\/hinkley-point-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hinkley Point C<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The age of Covid-19<\/h3>\n<p>Li Wang, managing director at Biosite Systems Ltd, explains: \u201cThere is clearly interest in facial recognition technology in the age of Covid-19 but for us it was important not to develop an \u2018off the shelf\u2019 solution and to offer something that focused on data integrity, accuracy and security, not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/facial-recognition-contractors\/74783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contactless site entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe approach facial recognition as simply another method of capturing workforce data and wanted to deliver a robust, integrated solution for customers where this is the preferred site access option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biosite facial recognition camera device is purely a mechanism for capturing workforce data and the facial matching process and data storage takes place remotely, as opposed to any operative data being stored on the device itself, for additional security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis also enables a wider pool of data to be established via the Biosite software workflow, across devices and sites, so there is visibility of the workforce at a group level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has always been our approach to workforce management and I\u2019m pleased that we can now offer our customers a facial recognition solution that provides them with the same benefits and results they have come to expect from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biosite Systems Ltd has developed a facial recognition solution to respond to increased demand for contactless site entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38487],"tags":[129390],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-construction-technology-news","7":"tag-data-analytics"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Facial recognition solution to boost contactless site entry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biosite Systems Ltd has developed a facial recognition solution to respond to increased demand for contactless site entry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction\/construction-technology-news\/facial-recognition-construction\/92223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facial recognition solution to boost contactless site entry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biosite Systems Ltd has developed a facial recognition solution to respond to increased demand for contactless site entry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction\/construction-technology-news\/facial-recognition-construction\/92223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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