Health Check-In Apps Aim To Stem Viral Outbreaks on Site

摘要

Arriving at a jobsite during the COVID-19 pandemic, workers have seen familiar sign-in sheets and fast-moving turnstiles replaced by infrared temperature checks and updated PPE briefings. But many contractors are also turning to online health surveys at points of entry to speed the screening process and help reduce the likelihood of a person who is feeling ill from coming onto the site. "I'll always remember March 17," says Kyle Peacock, CEO of San Francisco-based Peacock Construction. As the Bay Area went under a shelter-in-place order that day, he had to adapt to keep his essential construction sites open while complying with new city and state rules on prescreening workers for COVID-19 symptoms. "At first we did check-ins with paper just to get it done, but we knew there has to be an easier way to do this," says Peacock. Knowing the paperwork was going to be a nightmare across the more than 40 jobsites his company was on in the Bay Area, Peacock started talking to software developer David Ward, who saw an opportunity.