iPhone app to help building firms clean up

AN Irish company has launched an iPhone application to help building firms clean up construction sites more efficiently and cheaply.

SmartBuilder Software, based at NovaUCD, the innovation and technology transfer centre at University College Dublin, developed the Site Clean Up application after market research showed a demand for a practical solution for the problem of rubbish left behind by sub-contractors on building sites.

This leads to untidy and potentially unsafe sites with main contractors having to employ additional staff to clean up the sites.

In addition to environmental issues, this can cost main contractors hundreds of thousands of euro over the course of a year.

Site Clean Up provides a way for site managers to use their iPhones once they spot infringements on site. They can then record and order sub-contractors to clean up by a set date or face penalties. Sending warning notices ensures they act quickly to rectify the problem.

The application also contains a dashboard which displays all items, including the status of the number of pending, late or closed-out issues. It also contains a reporting function so that a user can benchmark the performance of different sub-contractors.

Managing director and co-founder of SmartBuilder Software Peter Daly said the application will offer immediate benefits to builders both at home and abroad.

“In today’s economic environment no building contractor can afford these sort of wastages and inefficiencies.

“The benefits of using our application will add to our client’s bottom line immediately and also result in cleaner and safer building sites.”