SmartSite

HARDWARE DESIGN AND GROWTH

Outcomes

Multiple paid pilots in the UK and the US, deployed on the Cupertino Apple campus build. Raised funding in San Francisco from YCombinator, a leading technology accelerator.

Key activities

Identified unmet needs in the construction industry based on primary user research and HSE data
Generated concepts for new product features, based on prioritising needs to meet
Built first prototypes on a Pi base
Sold product pilots to first customers - set up sales funnels, identifying key stakeholders, closed sales
Iterated through business models, pricing, and tested product features through sales

Project Outline

Developing enterprise IoT hardware products to make construction sites safer for workers through automated and ongoing monitoring of emerging health hazards.

Further reading: SmartSite uses sensors to monitor construction workers’ health and safety (TechCrunch) ↗

Design approach and key iterations

Thousands of workers die or are impaired every year on construction sites. These events can be categorised as acute and non-acute. Acute are typically injuries from falling objects, or events involving external forces such as trains or machinery. Non acute injuries are environmental, typically noise or chemical exposure - either on the skin or inhaled.
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On top of thepotential for injury, the worksite is still manual - in terms of equipment logging - and manual processes heavy - like health and safety monitoring.
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SmartSite aimed to be the Operating System of the worksite, combining automatic monitoring of environmental hazards and automatic compliance. It was deployed across the UKand the US.