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Newcastle Light Rail Project: Downer Uses Pegasus

The temporary Downer offices in Newcastle are being packed up when we meet with Gavin Peebles, Zero Harm Safety Advisor, to chat about Pegasus and the Light Rail project.

Furniture will be removed by the end of the week, with the demountable offices at Argyle Street taken away soon after that. The project is live now, the big open day launch complete. The distinctive red trams pass by on Hunter Street with regularity, and on their third day in operation, seem to be popular.

Downer, one of the largest engineering and infrastructure businesses in the country, used Pegasus to manage the workers constructing the project – collecting their licences and work tickets, having them complete online inductions, and logging in and out of the worksite each day via kiosks. Along with Downer employees, there were 3,000 contractors to keep track of.

“I’d check Pegasus two to three times a day. It became single source of truth for workers and safety on the project,” said Gavin.

Gavin said the Pegasus solution saved countless work hours, particularly when online inductions replaced the former manual, classroom process. Online safety was a game changer, as every worker completed inductions in their own time from anywhere.

“Our corporate induction could take an hour, the site induction two,” said Gavin. “We would run the induction for one worker or 20, so it took us the same amount of time but the volume wasn’t necessarily there; nothing compared to online.”

Logging in and out of site was a learning curve for some contractors, but vitally important from Downer’s perspective for managing safety and risk.

“We had plenty of toolbox talks about how important that was,” said Gavin. “That’s how we knew who was on site and what they were doing.”

Mandatory alcoliser breath testing was also used, with alerts sent directly to stakeholders.

As the Downer Newcastle Light Rail project finishes up and the demountables are replaced with a new development, Gavin said the support he received from the Pegasus construction team means he looks forward to the solution on his next project.

“I know the Pegasus system well and it’s used on many other Downer projects. We see the value and time saving benefits.”

NEWCASTLE LIGHT RAIL FAST FACTS

Time to construct: two years

Capacity of each tram: 270 passengers

Potential passengers per hour: 1,200

Services running: every 7.5 minutes in peak times

Rail Industry Worker Transition Date Delay

The ARA has asked Pegasus to continue managing and supporting the RIW program until the end of June 2019, determining that industry needs more time to prepare for the transition which was to be from March this year.

As we develop our Australian-made, industry leading software for the rail industry beyond RIW, we also reaffirm our commitment to the program, and we are pleased to continue offering our system and customer support team as part of the RIW program this year.

Business Intelligence Reporting Offering Insight

The Onsite Hours report has been moved to the Business Intelligence tab of Onsite, where it better fits as an insightful look at your workforce. This report shows the total hours worked for a specific person type (or all), as well as specific companies based on a defined date range. You can also run this report based on specific log points.

We were also pleased to introduce the Onsite Mobile App User Access Report. This report is used to monitor Onsite Mobile App user access, and shows you who can view cardholder data on the app.

Understanding How to Reach Compliance

To help contractors reach compliance, Pegasus works with our clients to create Business Rules.

Business Rules specify the requirements of the documents a contracting company should upload in the system. Ensuring the supplied documents meet these specific client requirements saves time and has companies pre-qualified and at work faster.

To further help contractors meet these requirements, Pegasus how now integrated a View Business Rules link in the workforce management system during company pre-qualification, at the beginning of the registration process to help contractors understand and meet the requirements sooner.

Workers Own Their Pegasus Profiles in System

The Worker Portal allows workers to manage their own profile as a contracting employee on a client site or project.

Workers ensure their own compliance in the portal instead of their company administrator – editing personal information, adding work roles, updating competencies, and uploading licences.

Checking Workforce Compliance In Pegasus Quickly

Onsite Mobile App users can now choose to set a PIN code for quick login remember me access.

The PIN replaces the need to enter your username and password, and improves the ease and efficiency of accessing the app and checking workforce compliance.