Construction Magazine May 2016 | Page 15

SAFETY FIRST

“ The criteria for iAuditor was the concept that the entire industry is reactive ” in which users could share checklists : “ It had to be flexible , collaborative , and free , so any worker at any site in the world could get access to it .”

The building of the initial app took four months , and Anear admits it was extremely basic at that point , having been designed by himself and one engineer . iAuditor was released in 2012 and was downloaded to 1,200 devices in the first week – now , there are teams working on and adapting the technology all the time , constantly innovating and updating , and February 2016 saw a million
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