Wood Group to add biometric monitoring to remote inspection tool
Aberdeen-based energy services firm Wood Group is planning to add eBioGuard, a remote biometric monitoring device that can track changes to the physiology and bodily positions of workers, to its eWorking kit. Existing elements, including eXpert and eWorkpack, enable remote collaboration in real time, while also reducing printed paperwork by up to 90%. The kit saved one offshore operator an estimated £30,000 ($38,800) over a four-week trial, with the client able to receive and execute surveys significantly faster, Wood Group said.
Sometimes it helps to look to other industries for inspiration. Two years ago, when Wood Group was looking for ways to cut inspection and maintenance costs, it decided to come at the challenge from a different way.

“We needed to get external stimulation on our ideas,” says Liane Smith, Wood Group’s vice president of digital solutions.

“We met with NASA experts. We asked them, ‘how do you work on the International Space Station?’”

The company gleaned insights about how to make the right expertise available for each job.

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