When the first COVID-related restrictions came down on U.S. construction sites in the spring of 2020, many contractors were caught flat-footed compiling information on workers and visitors for contact tracing. Moving swiftly, contractors and software developers soon deployed online questionnaires reached by QR codes to capture much-needed COVID-19 contact tracing data at jobsite entry points.
Safe Site Check In was developed to allow workers and visitors to answer basic questions quickly on their smartphone about their health before entering jobsites. Now that most of those restrictions are being lifted, these apps are finding additional uses by firms looking for better data on who is coming and going on site.