Spie Batignolles and Eiffage Génie Civil Enhanced Productivity with Novade
Spie Batignolles and Eiffage Génie Civil implemented Novade to improve productivity during the construction of the Saint-Martin-La-Porte (SMP4) exploratory tunnel.
Spie Batignolles and Eiffage Génie Civil’s project managers together with Novade’s dedicated service team digitalised the site’s operations, updated their productivity targets and managed to reduce the amount of paperwork to close to zero.
Overview
- Project
- Saint-Martin-la-Porte 4 (SMP4)
- 8.7km access point tunnel
- Part of the Franco-Italian 57 km Turin-Lyon high-speed railway link
- Project Value: €389 million
- Goals
- Track construction progress
- Streamline site operations
- Increase productivity and speed of communication
- Challenges
- 500 workers with hundreds of daily activities
- Reduced productivity due to copious amounts of paperwork
- 8 to 10 new reports a day done manually on paper
- Requires up to 3 hours daily to analyse reports before any recommendations could be made
- Contractors
- Spie Batignolles Génie Civil & Eiffage Génie Civil
- Solutions
- Novade Site Diary prototype version*
- Outcomes
- 110 users
- Enhanced visibility with 6,200+ daily reports
- Assigned work on the spot and tracked outcomes with more than 5,000+ forms
- Digitally signed forms and automatic archival
- Easily uploaded data and created role-based reports
- Created more than 51,000+ timesheets
- Benefits
• Real-time access to information
• Improved construction productivity
• Improved accountability with stringent approval workflows
• Drove conformance
• Reduced physical storage space for paper
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Improved construction productivity with a site diary software
The Turin-Lyon high-speed railway was constructed to connect two of the oldest cities in the world. The 57km railway is served by the Saint Martin-la-Porte 4 (SMP4) tunnel, a construction project managed by Spie Batignolles Génie Civil and Eiffage Génie Civil.
Faced with massive amounts of logistics, both companies foresaw a potential loss in productivity. They decided to adopt Novade Site Diary to digitalise daily construction site diaries and track production quantities.
Tracked construction progress easily
Novade’s construction app enabled all workers to collect and upload data on-site in real time via mobile devices. Workers and site supervisors were more efficient and they could focus on their core duties.
All data uploaded via the Novade app was automatically backed up on cloud servers. This further ensured a reliable exchange of information between management and workers.
Real-time access to site data for all stakeholders
For a building site that ran seven days a week, the amount of site data is tremendous. This translated to at least eight to 10 site diaries a day.
Project director Xavier Abad commented, “Digitalisation allowed for quick exchange between people. Novade’s platform processed all the data and no time was wasted for people to do that.”
Saved up to three hours daily
Digitalising crucial daily tasks and moving to a real-time environment improved construction productivity across dozens of areas. Before, a site supervisor had to spend two to three hours a day on reports.
Keeping the pain points in mind, Novade digitalised the site diaries and allowed workers to focus on their essential roles.
Simple & easy-to-use construction site diary app
Julien Bouffard, site manager at Eiffage Génie Civil, stated that the Novade construction app allowed him to easily identify personnel present on-site. The easy-to-use construction management software also showed him the quantities and types of material used.
Simplifying the day-to-day tasks of a project of this scale was essential in meeting deadlines.
What they say
“With Novade, everyone could work on the same interface – personnel taking care of quality, safety, production, HR, and even the customer. This allowed easy tracking and real-time transfer of information."
- Rémi Fortanete, Construction Engineer, Eiffage Génie Civil
“Novade performed well, saved time, and led to digitisation of the workplace. It’s good for the environment. It only took an instant to share information that’s saved permanently.”
- Xavier Abad, Project Director, Spie Batignolles
“Instead of wasting time processing data, Novade’s solution optimised our processes and improved our workers’ productivity.”
- Xavier Abad, Project Director, Spie Batignolles
“The simplicity of Novade has enabled me to get all my teams to go from paper to digital. The application saved us time on everything.”
- Julien Bouffard, Site Manager, Eiffage Génie Civil
*Novade Site Diary was officially launched 28 May 2020.
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