Last week, Evernoon co-founders Jurga Žilinskienė and David M Clarke spoke at the Future Construction Excellence (FCE) Programme convened by the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council (CIC) in London.
Future leaders were welcomed to the event by Prof. Washington Ochieng CBE, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College, and Mr Mark Enzer OBE, former Head of the UK National Digital Twin programme and strategic advisor at Mott MacDonald.
Representatives from the CIC included Ir Prof. Thomas HO, Ir Albert Cheng, and Alex Ho. Dr Morgan Yang from the HK Institute of Construction was also in attendance.
Saving lives with language and tech
The presentation by Ms Žilinskienė and Mr Clarke emphasised the importance of translation technologies in improving safety and protecting lives on worksites, particularly among migrant workers with limited language skills.
“Giving workers information in their language inspires positive action and reduces risks”, said Ms Žilinskienė “Evernoon’s mission is to eliminate avoidable deaths on construction sites using new AI-powered technologies”.
Safety is a priority for Hong Kong
Safety is a priority for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Evernoon is honoured to partner with the CIC and a major Tier 1 construction company to develop a new machine learning model to help improve safety on sites.
A new 3-point safety action plan
Evernoon, in partnership with Guildhawk, is championing a new three-point safety action plan for industry leaders which aims to improve the way environmental and safety information is communicated with workers.
Construction leaders can get involved in the following ways.
1. Understanding the link between safety risks and language
Support new research by Dr Morwenna Fellows to better understand the links between health and safety issues and language barriers on construction sites. This builds on previous work by Dr Fellows which found that migrant workers often become ad hoc interpreters to help their peers understand safety information.
Contact us to discuss this research.
2. Making information accessible to workers in their language
Use GAI Translate™ to make safety onboarding training and site briefings available to workers in their language. This will aid the further refinement of an industry-specific glossary of translated words and terms that can benefit everyone.
Start a free trial of GAI Translate.
3. 100 Songs for Safety
Participate in a new creative safety initiative alongside Evernoon and experts in music, safety and AI, to create a series of short safety songs generated using Generative AI and human linguistics.
Be part of the 100 Songs for Safety.