Highwire’s new capabilities offer detailed insights into contractor risk via advanced AI analysis of safety documents.
Highwire, the Contractor Success platform for capital project construction and management, announced the debut of new safety risk analytics powered by powerful artificial intelligence. Highwire’s new capabilities offer detailed insights into contractor risk via advanced AI analysis of safety documents. Highwire now offers an even more accurate and complex contractor assessment, representing a significant breakthrough in contractor safety risk management.
These new AI capabilities strengthen Highwire’s commitment to going beyond basic pass/fail contractor management and delivering Contractor Success. With extensive insights into the context and quality of safety programs, Highwire clients can make better decisions and assist contractors in improving their operations. This is particularly crucial in a market with a scarcity of trained labor. Owners and general contractors cannot afford to reject contractors based purely on an evaluation of previous performance. Instead, they should work with contractors to help them become safer.
“Safety analytics is about more than just measuring risk. “It’s about Contractor Success—fostering collaboration to drive continuous improvement in construction safety,” stated Highwire Chairman and CEO Don Fornes. “By offering insightful feedback on safety programs and management systems, we enable companies to improve safety standards, build stronger partnerships, and ultimately increase the pool of qualified contractors.”
Highwire’s new safety risk analytics capabilities include deep contextual analysis of safety management systems and programs, insights categorizing programs as General, Detailed, or Comprehensive, proactive risk identification for mitigation strategies before work begins, and automated document review to save hundreds or thousands of hours annually.
The benefits of a thorough safety program are obvious. According to a study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, evaluating subcontractors using leading indicators can considerably minimize construction-related injuries. An increase in safety management systems was linked to a 34% decrease in the odds of a recordable event and a 28% decrease in the odds of a DART (Days Away, Restricted or Transferred) occurrence.
“Our technique is not limited to identifying risks. “It’s about allowing EHS professionals to stop administering risks and start mitigating them,” Highwire’s Chief Safety Officer David Tibbetts stated. “Construction is still extremely unsafe. By giving extensive insights into contractors’ safety procedures, we assist our clients in creating safer, more productive work environments.
For larger firms with established safety procedures, Highwire’s platform gives precise information for continuous improvement. Highwire provides recommendations on areas for improvement to smaller contractors with less developed safety paperwork, thereby boosting their growth and market competitiveness.
