Foremen file the daily log with a three-minute phone call, and the agent chases anyone who forgets
On Elford's $106 million university housing build in Central Ohio, trade-partner foremen used to spend about 15 minutes typing end-of-day logs, and superintendents lost up to three hours a day transcribing. Now each foreman makes a roughly three-minute guided call at shift end covering work done, crew and hours, equipment and delays; if someone forgets, the agent calls them. Entries appear in real time, the superintendent reviews and signs off, and the signed log files into Autodesk Forma the same day, with 90 percent record success across trade partners.
How it works
- Foreman calls in at end of shift, or the agent calls him if he forgets
- Guided questions cover work completed, crew count and hours, equipment and delays
- Entries populate the log in real time
- Superintendent reviews and signs off
- Signed log files into Autodesk Forma the same day
- Weekly look-ahead calls gather next week's plans
Why it’s worth knowing
There is no app to learn and no typing: the agent phones the foremen who forget, so the paperwork chases the worker instead of the other way round.
Where it’s from
Summarized from a public post on unbane.com. See the original ↗