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Making an impact - from left, Paul Martin,
Andy Murphy and Danielle Bloom of Intasite.
Powering ahead
on site
By Joanne Barrett
New contracts and two award nominations for
innovative Teesside health and safety induction firm
A
Teesside-based health and
safety induction and contractor
management firm is celebrating after
powering ahead with a new contract and
notching up two award nominations.
Intasite, based in Middlesbrough’s Boho
One building, has recently delivered an
innovative new project for energy firm EDF
Renewables.
With 35 wind farm sites, County Durham-
based EDF needed a solution when it came
to managing site induction programmes for
contractors and visitors.
Step in Intasite. Put simply, the
Middlesbrough company specialises in
offering tailor-made online programmes
aimed at simplifying the induction process
for companies operating security-conscious
sites.
From the process sector to ports, offshore
platforms to the construction, chemical and
manufacturing industries UK and worldwide,
the company has a software solution to help
manage visitors easily and quickly.
The six-strong team, packed with digital
and developer knowledge backed up by
film and video expertise, customised their
software system for EDF which included
tools to provide necessary information
before contractors and visitors even set foot
on site.
It meant the whole induction process
could be completed remotely and ahead of
time, saving valuable business hours.
EDF aren’t the only ones benefiting from
Intasite’s expertise. The company has been
four years in the making and already clients
include; PD Ports, mining company Sirius
Minerals and Telefonica O2.
“The idea is that personnel or visitors
to sites can be inducted from anywhere,
which saves time and reduces costs,” says
Andy Murphy, Intasite director.
“It is essentially about streamlining the
induction process for secure sites.
“The Intasite team have worked
tirelessly with us to design and refine
a bespoke and intuitive induction
system for our on and offshore fleet
of windfarms. The health and safety
of our staff and external partners on
site is our priority, and Intasite have
worked closely with us to ensure a
high standard of induction and internal
management of the inductees. The
system they have built has allowed
us to target general and site-specific
site information to the right people,
record their responses and verify their
competence, increasing the efficiency
for all involved,”
- Steve Hunter, asset manager, EDF Renewables
“About five years ago, we identified there
was a gap in the market for doing inductions
remotely and we set about building the
software to be able to offer companies the
possibility to do that.
“The platform took us 18 months to
develop.”
Intasite’s clever software can be utilised
for any outcome – be it remote health
and safety inductions, risk assessments,
uploading insurances and qualifications or
scanning a QR code to access a secure site.
Reminders can be sent when refreshers
are due and a specially developed tool can
also send instant messages or alerts to site
personnel.
Site managers can see who has completed
the necessary ‘paperwork’ and who is on
site at any given time. What’s more, the
system can be offered in multiple languages.
Their first client was Teesside’s PD Ports,
says fellow director Danielle Bloom, and the
business has developed from there with an
exciting potential for growth in the coming
years.
“We specialise in large projects that are
quite complex,” she says. “The team we
have are really good at what they do.
“Our USP is that our platform can be
tailored to our clients and is designed to
reflect what they do. We also offer site-
specific video production and animation
of sites, mostly specialising in high hazard
industrial sites.
“It has really started to take off in the last
year. People are changing the nature of site
work and how inductions can be done.”
Intasite was recently shortlisted in two
categories in the FSB Celebrating Small
Business Awards, gaining recognition in both
Digital Innovation and Business and Product
Innovation.
It was a feather in the cap for the firm
which takes pride in the expertise and talent
it has and what it can offer clients. They very
much hope the exposure will help continue
to showcase the unique product and services
they can provide.
“For me, it’s about identifying something
a client needs and coming up with a new
solution to it,” adds Andy.
For more information, visit
www.intasite.com.