Creating COVID safe workplaces through intelligent automation

With the pandemic continuing to challenge workplace norms, there is a demand for automated COVID management tools that minimise this disruption and safeguard employee wellbeing.

Throughout 2021, we supported the implementation of a custom COVID Site Protection Readiness System for Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) Alliances in Victoria, Australia. The system was designed to assist with managing COVID across our clients various sites within Melbourne, reduce potential site closure impacts and accelerate contact tracing.

Our clients are continuing to face the very real challenges uncovered by the pandemic and are seeking easy to integrate solutions to maintain operational efficiency and employee safety, said Kumar Parakala, President, GHD Digital.

Throughout 2021, we supported the implementation of a custom COVID Site Protection Readiness System for Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) Alliances in Victoria, Australia. The system was designed to assist with managing COVID across our clients various sites within Melbourne, reduce potential site closure impacts and accelerate contact tracing.

The platform incorporates two key components.

First, the Salesforce-based platform acts as the central database for all staff across all LXRP construction sites, including site check-in times, COVID status, and vaccination records.

Second, this central Salesforce platform connects disparate site-entry check-in systems across four LXRP Alliance locations. Through the automation-based solution, LXRP can assess over 5000 daily visitors with appropriate privacy safeguards and data quality constraints. The solution has the ability for individual, selected or mass exposure alerts to be sent via SMS.

The solution is designed to seamlessly collect and connect data and drive automated information sharing for LXRP Alliance occupied sites. It is digitising their COVID management approach and positioning LXRP to keep step alongside the evolving pandemic, said Sukalp Sharma, Practice Director - Digital Experience, Southern Hemisphere, GHD Digital.

This project helped cement our team as one of LXRP’s trusted technology implementation partners. Beyond the strengthened relationship, the system has set the precedent for Alliance site connectivity and data via a centralised database. The potential of such a database is broad with extension into other cross-program delivery management opportunities.

The unpredictability of COVID was accounted for in the platform design through the flexible and adaptable infrastructure, built for ongoing future changes. New functionality or data capture requirements can be implemented efficiently.

As we look ahead, this low-cost, lightweight solution will be selectively leveraged and implemented for other key clients.

About GHD

GHD is a leading professional services company operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Committed to a vision to make water, energy, and communities sustainable for generations to come, GHD delivers advisory, digital, engineering, architecture, environmental and construction solutions to public and private sector clients. Established in 1928 and privately owned by its people, GHD’s network of 12,000+ professionals is connected across 160 offices located on five continents.