The Logistics Expert

How the Vancouver Convention Centre expanded its use of Voyage Control from event coordination to navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.

We’re really excited to announce that we’ve entered into a strategic partnership with Cemex Ventures and Taronga Ventures, two of the world’s leading Construction and Real Estate (CRE) tech investors.

While it may be a little on the nose to say that the road to success is always under construction, the UK’s “Best Practice Hub” recognizes a sector that is in pursuit of the best construction practices around.

Several years ago, our CEO James Swanston started meeting with members of the Procore team up in Carpinteria, CA. They realized immediately that there was potential for a mutually beneficial product integration and instantly sought to define what that would be. The result wound up being our current integrations into Procore’s Daily Log and also Submittals.

Construction sites are very busy environments. With all the work going on, there is a constant movement of people, machinery, and materials. This makes construction sites prone to insecurity. The equipment used during construction is also very expensive making it a target for crime.

Real-time data can be a very valuable way of improving productivity, and subsequently, reducing the cost of a project.

Inventory control is one of the most important parts of the construction industry that you need to work on via scheduling material deliveries. Voyage Control contributes to ease of implementation, visibility, accountability and reporting on actionable data for every client to help achieve better efficiency in your inventory.

Ever since the devastation of 9/11, the modern age has been collectivised under the banner of the “age of terror”. The need for security – individual, national, and event-based – has never been greater.

Settling into the new normal that is COVID isn’t an easy road and is one that the construction industry is currently navigating. With construction sites at risk of becoming hubs for the transmission of COVID, and people eager to get back to work, how can General Contractors (GC) ensure that their people are working in a COVID safe environment?