How Does STRATUS Affect Safety?

By Curtis Watson

Construction and manufacturing have inherent safety risks associated with them. It is the reality of the industry we work in and love. When thinking about preventing injuries, many of us think about OSHA rules, PPE, and job site conditions amongst other things.

However, one of the most effective ways to prevent injuries on your jobsite or fabrication shop is to prevent the potentially unsafe situation from ever occurring.

This is where STRATUS can play a major role in your company’s safety program.

How can STRATUS lower your safety risk?

By increasing the ratio of work you perform in your fabrication shop versus the jobsite you can achieve the following:

Improved project planning

• STRATUS deliverables and fabrication package dashboarding allows you to create a project pull plan of the work being performed. STRATUS has access to the cost and labor in your Fabrication CADmep database which allows you to better plan your upcoming work with the knowledge of the type of fabrication, size of the fabrication package, and manpower required. Keeping your fabrication shop from being overcrowded improves safety.

More of your work can be done in a controlled environment

• STRATUS makes it easier to do more of your work in a temperature-controlled fabrication shop that is cleaner, with less safety hazards, and access to better tooling.

Reduced and improved material handling

• STRATUS allows you to create more accurate BOM’s directly from your model. You can take advantage of STRATUS’ linear nesting capabilities to prevent ordering excess lengths of pipe. Ordering and receiving material for discrete fabrication packages means there is less clutter in your fabrication shop as the material is arriving just in time. A clean and uncluttered work environment is a safe workspace.

Increased accuracy of information provided to fabrication shop staff

• Because STRATUS can communicate your VDC deliverables digitally to your fabrication shop staff, you reduce the confusion associated with paper drawings; Less paper to get lost, cleaner workspace, easier to read, little or no “data loss” (incorrect dimensions and material descriptions) associated with manually creating drawings.

Reduce the amount of rework

• STRATUS’ integration with smart tooling (TigerStop, RazorGage, Multi-Axis pipe cutters, auto-welders, etc.) allows for quicker and more accurate fabrication.

By utilizing STRATUS to perform higher quality work in a shorter amount of time you are limiting your exposure to potential safety issues!