Project Overview

King Civil Construction are based in South Africa and employ large teams of workers on construction sites spread across a massive geographical area.

Challenge

The recording of times was generally done manually on a timesheet, or at best on some kind of fixed-mount clocking solution which meant that the system was open to abuse whereby employees or contractors would clock-in with the clocking on card belonging to a worker who was absent. A solution was required that would reduce this abuse and also provide a way to easily manage information.

Solution

MyMobility is a mobile solutions developer based in South Africa. A key focus area is the mobile enablement of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) processes in the field. MyMobility have developed a solution called CCS Mobile “Time and Attendance”. It is used for the recording of working time on construction and mining sites and the allocation of hours to the correct contract and activities.

TSL’s 1084 Triscan is used to identify individuals using biometric finger prints. The 1084 Triscan was used with the Motorola MC75 to enable MyMobility to develop an application for recording accurate clock-in and clock-out hours on site by means of a finger print reader coupled to a rugged handheld device.

TSL’s 1084 Biometric Tri-Scan Reader for Motorola MC70/75/75A

Result

As well as a reduction in abuse and an increase in actual employee attendance, the before and after statistics show a payroll saving of over 18%, plus a saving of 5 hours per week for each payroll clerk, not to mention the added productivity by having all paid hands actually on site. There were also further additional benefits which included:

• • • Managing of sub contractors
    • Recording new orders / requisitions on site
    • Recording and verifying delivery of materials on site
    • Managing Petrol and Diesel issues on site
    • Recording of Plant hours
    • Recording of service
    • Maintenance readings on Plant and other equipment
    • Scheduling of tasks for field staff, and the completion of Job Cards for work done on site (e.g. service calls, project milestones, certifications on work completed)
    • Tracking of Assets and yard stock (e.g. Scaffolding, shutter boards and other movable items)

In summary, the solution improved efficiencies, saved time, enabled labour costs to be tracked and managed effectively with easy and effortless implementation.

Comment

“Construction clients have been looking for a robust solution to the problem of recording working hours on site. The challenge with traditional approaches like barcode or RFID tags, is that it is open to abuse. The TSL fingerprint device has solved this problem. The person only gets paid if he physically clocks on the device, and he must be physically present in order to use his fingerprint. The system is foolproof and offers a significant saving to contracting companies. The system pays for itself from month one.”