designated time or via a manual request through
Short-Messaging-Services (SMS). This allowed
optimization of the system connectivity without
overloading the bandwidth of the system from
continuous connection between the reader and
the server. Site administration was also able to
view the site workers attendance data at their
respective site by accessing the GCSRS web
portal with the login credentials provided. This
allowed site administration to view the attendance
of their workers for their daily management and
monitoring purposes. By using a web management
application, the histories of their workers was
recorded (time, date, site and etc.) on a daily
basis.
FEEDBACK ON THE GCSRS SYSTEM
Data obtained through portal monitoring gave an
overview of the system’s connectivity and reliability
by ensuring the connection between the site reader
and GCSRS server. However the perception of the
user, especially the perspective of CIDB officers,
contractors and site workers was still needed.
Therefore site interviews and surveys were carried
out to complete the feedback on the system.
The interviews were conducted with various CIDB
departments and the respective construction
sites. Additionally, survey forms were distributed
at the construction sites to the administrative staff
and the site workers.
The interviews conducted with CIDB
personnel were generally about the current system
practice and how the new system implementation
might improve their daily work schedule dependant
on the functions of their respective department.
With the introduction of the new system, the
pilot project looked into human capacity and
adaptation and possible enhancement of daily
work. As for the construction sites, the feedback
was based on interviews with representatives from
administration and the survey forms given to the
site workers to provide a better overall picture of
the newly implemented system. The data gathered
was mainly focused on the hardware of the system
reliability at the construction site and also looking
at the contractor’s perspective of the RFID card
system as a whole.
Benefits for CIDB Operation
Based on the study conducted, integration of
RFID through GCSRS in CIDB’s operation will
provide a huge benefit in term of:
1. Improved service and faster card issuance
– ease of new card registration and renewal
by electronic form filling and the use of
RFID scanner to search the database.
2. Simplified registration and renewal
process - promote self-registration through
a kiosk instead of going to the counter.
3. Huge reduction in workload and manpower
compared with the current conventional
system for green card operation.
4. Reduce material and resources – the RFID
card is reusable and has a long lifespan. It
will reduce the need to print new cards for
renewal and subsequently reduce print