NHBC Health and Safety Inspectors Go Mobile

CDP have delivered a innovative mobile solution to the National House Building Council (NHBC) for use by their Health and Safety Advisors. These advisors visit building sites to confirm that the NHBC's health and safety guidelines are being adhered to.

The inspectors also audit building companies themselves in order to validate their Health and Safety Accreditation.

Previously, NHBC inspectors would hand write inspection outcomes as part of a paper-based system requiring manual keying into head office systems.

Now, using their PDA mobile devices they can directly enter data into head office systems describing in detail how the building company is conforming to expected standards. All deviations from expected standards are noted and are the subject of future re-inspections.

At any time an advisor can synchronise his local PDA based Oracle 10g Lite database with the head office Oracle database via his mobile phone using a Bluetooth connection and GPRS, with a fallback to dialup modem if GPRS is not available.

About the NHBC

NHBC is the standard setting body and leading warranty and insurance provider for new and newly converted homes in the UK. Headquartered in Amersham, Bucks, they provide risk management services to the house-building and wider construction industry. NHBC has approximately 18,000 registered builders who agree to comply with their Rules and Standards.

NHBC registers around 85% of new homes in the UK and around 1.6 million homeowners are currently benefiting from their 10 year warranty and insurance cover. NHBC has protected over 30% of the existing homes in the UK.

Established over 65 years ago as a non-profit distributing company, NHBC's primary purpose is to help raise standards in the new house-building industry and provide consumer protection for new homeowners

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