New app promises to improve safety at construction sites

An innovative, app-based system has started being rolled out and is expected to revolutionise health and safety practices on construction sites and help rebuild the industry’s reputation through increased accountability. 

HSEQutive is the brainchild of Patrick Parnis, who after years of working in the industry, developed a cloud-based solution to facilitate the health and safety inspection process, eliminate time spent writing reports after the inspection, and ensure robust monitoring and measuring mechanisms are in place to evaluate a construction site’s overall safety performance.

“Although the industry has come a long way in accepting, implementing and enforcing health and safety regulations on construction sites, we’re still facing common and repetitive shortcomings, which if left undetected can lead to serious injuries, and even fatalities,” said Parnis, founder of Parnis & Associates. 

Speaking during the launch at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise, Parnis hoped that HSEQutive could be the driving force to change this situation and win back public confidence. Chamber president David Xuereb, who addressed the press conference, said the construction industry...