Triax CEO, Chad Hollingsworth, spoke with Elizabeth Manning from Construction Business Owner about IoT and wearables in the construction industry. IoT’s ability to send and receive information to and from objects is on the rise across a number of industries, including construction. Read below for Chad’s perspective on the direction of wearable safety technology at the jobsite and the processes involved in successfully implementing it across a project.

Implementing wearables on a construction jobsite also streamlines and standardizes the data collection process. Not only is there a more robust and accurate data set to analyze and utilize on current or future projects, but it also frees up the project manager’s time which was spent walking the site conducting headcounts or safety checks.

Read the full CBO Q & A here.