Spie Batignolles and Eiffage Génie Civil enhanced productivity with Novade
The European construction leaders digitalised their site diaries for
the construction of SMP4 Access Point Tunnel
3 hours
saved daily
Over 5,000 forms created
Over 6,200 daily site diaries
Over 51,000 timesheets
Zero
paperwork
3 hours saved daily
Over 5,000 forms created
Over 6,200 daily site diaries
Over 51,000 timesheets
Zero paperwork
Overview
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.
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
ISSUES
- 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
SOLUTION
- Novade Site Diary prototype version*
OUTCOME
- 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
Improved construction productivity with a
site diary software
Together with Novade’s digitisation experts, SMP4’s project managers digitalised the site’s operations, updated productivity targets, and optimised work processes. With the entire site data at their fingertips, the teams could easily monitor production, quality, and safety standards with analytics.
Tracked construction progress easily
Novade’s intuitive interface gave him a macro view of the project that he would not have had if he was working on paper. Potential issues could also be traced and fixed quickly and reliably.
“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
Real-time access to site data for all stakeholders
Project director of Spie Batignolles, 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.”
“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
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. The paperwork also required a massive space to hold all of them. Keeping the pain points in mind, Novade digitalised the site diaries and allowed workers to focus on their essential roles.
“Instead of wasting time processing data, Novade’s solution optimised our processes and improved our workers’ productivity.”
– Xavier Abad, Project Director, Spie Batignolles
Simple & easy-to-use construction site diary app
“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.