Editor’s Note: This article is the eighth in the Construction Tech Talks series, highlighting technology trends and digital transformations from the perspective of industry leaders. Conducted by Vince Vasquez, founder and CEO at PrecisionStory, this valuable enterprise takes the form of both an audio interview with a forward-thinking, tech-savvy CEO and an accompanying article that seek to illustrate how to leverage complex technology via the exploration of successful use cases. As one of the 20 largest contractors in the United States by revenue, DPR Construction understands how important it is not only to run its business efficiently and safely, but also to give back to the communities in which it operates. So with this as a backdrop, what does an innovative team at DPR do in the face of COVID-19? It finds a way to create an app that improves efficiency and safety, while also creating an avenue to give back to the community. Kaushal Diwan, DPR’s national director of innovation, has shared that one of the challenges COVID-19 brought to the forefront was a massive requirement for forms to be filled out before entry at a jobsite. Essentially, as part of efforts to reduce the risk of exposure to the virus on jobsites, everyone desiring site entry had to respond to questions following CDC guidelines, such as if they had any COVID-19 symptoms, or had been in direct contact with someone who had contracted the disease. And, in many cases, manual temperature checks were also performed.
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