The app has been developed to fill a gap in the market identified by WA Management, as when asked by customers to recommend a digital solution that would fit their needs, none could be found. After more than two years of research, everything currently available was found to be either too expensive, too complicated, or not suitable for the task.
This led to the creation of Under Construction, which will address these barriers that SMEs face to digitising. The app will modernise the H&S paperwork processes – starting initially with forms, both static templates which can be used to generate detailed statistics, and custom-created forms, with future development adding document storage, asset registers, training matrices, operations management, contractor management, and more.
William Whittaker, Director of WA Management, explains the importance of creating a fit-for-purpose digital health and safety solution.
“A running theme we’ve seen when interacting with the many small companies that make up our customer base is that they all struggle with finding the time and resources to complete health and safety paperwork.
As you will be aware, these documents are a vital part of safety at work and a very real factor in preventing accidents.
For more than two years, we searched the market for a solution that would help our customers overcome this barrier, and when we couldn’t find one, we used our industry expertise to start developing our own!”
Many of the planned functions will be based on existing processes which have been tested extensively, and ongoing feedback from long-standing clients is being utilised to test functionality and usability, and drive further development.
Alan Hartin, Sales Director of Image Plus, discusses how Image Plus’s development expertise is integral to the project.
"Over the years, our apps have helped many businesses, in many different sectors, transform their internal processes by utilising sleek, efficient design and effective, easy to understand customer experience interfaces.
We now have the unique opportunity to do the same for the construction industry, a sector that has struggled to find an affordable, functional solution to the issue of digitising project management and health & safety systems.
We are excited to be that solution!”
The implications for H&S compliance in companies using the app include improved traceability and monitoring, less demand on time and resources, specific needs being met via “one software fits all” approach, and easy access to, and storage of, forms that are vital to health and safety.
The app will begin with the construction and manufacturing industry as its primary customer base, with the view to be accessible for the health and safety needs of all industries upon entering the open market.
