EPISODE 422: How reliant are digital technologies in improving construction safety?

In this week’s episode of The ConTech Crew, my co-host Rob McKinney and I sit down with Gabe Guetta, CEO and co-founder of SALUS, a young SaaS company specializing in construction safety.

Gabe spent 15 years in construction, dealing with the challenges and stigmas that come with it. But when a near-miss job site incident occured, he realized there was a critical gap in how safety was managed in the industry.

Today, he’s here to share what that critical gap is, the evolution of safety practices in the industry, how to gain buy-in, especially from field workers, and why adapting technology that matches real-world construction workflows is key to success.

Listen now to see how technology is driving a safer, smarter construction job site.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Gabe’s construction journey (03:44)

How a near-miss incident led to a safety solution (06:50)

The complexity of safety in construction (09:02)

Getting field-level workers to adopt safety technologies (11:16)

Adapting tech to real-world construction workflows (23:13)

Companies using SALUS safety solutions (32:34)

Breaking barriers and anchoring safety with why (37:34)

Overcoming stigma in construction safety (48:13)

Construction technology news of the week (50:15)

Additional Resources:

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Follow Gabe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabeguetta/

Check out SALUS Safety for more information: https://salussafety.io/

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See this week’s news articles! 🗞️⬇️

➡️ 3D-printing firm achieves world's first with next-gen construction technology

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/3d-printing-firm-achieves-worlds-010000501.html

➡️ Inflation, rising costs, difficulties accessing finance. How construction SME’s can overcome challenges

https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/digital-construction-news/construction-technology-news/inflation-rising-costs-difficulties-accessing-finance-construction-smes-overcome-challenges/141701/

➡️ RockYou2024 leak of 10 billion passwords could present major threats

https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2024/07/12/password-leak-exposes-10-billion-passwords

➡️ New initiative seeks innovations to streamline NYC’s building process

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/new-york-city-building-construction-lab/720900/

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