The Solution
As a result, eviFile has been deployed on L2W – which was descoped from the wider project KO1 – to provide instant data across disciplines, covering everything from quality assurance, referrals, and daily site checks/permits.
Designed to give SPL Powerlines complete visibility of the status of any single element of the project, each structural overview provides a complete ‘golden thread of information’ of how, when, and where, each asset has been constructed.
Every single asset within the scope of works has all the necessary digital information stored within the eviFile platform – from initial design to end construction – including drawings, quality check sheets, inspection test plans and permit to digs.
To ensure ease of access in the field, all documentation and supporting evidence is gathered and inputted on the eviFile app via a mobile device, creating a digital audit trail for every activity. By completely eradicating the use of paper, project teams ensure every bit of data collected on site is logged, securely encrypted, and GPS stamped.
The whole process is mapped and managed within the eviFile platform and held in a single database which can be shared, exported, or presented in a common data environment within seconds.
Simon Skinner, Engineering Director for SPL Powerlines has estimated that nearly 7 million checks were completed using eviFile to fully assure L2Ce, digitising the delivery to support the Entry into Service requirements, a Form E, only when all assurance tasks were in a satisfactory position.
Not only that, but issues, snags, and non-conformity requests can be collected by an engineer in real-time. These problems can then be taken through a separate workflow process – streamlining their progression to approval. As a result, any project hurdles – and potential delays – are not only allocated, tracked, and managed towards completion in real-time, but remain digitally-linked to the main asset.
As well as this, all data reporting is in real-time through eviFile’s Power BI reporting suite – showing planned progress vs. actual, while also delivering project-based business information analytics in seconds. If needed, changes can be made instantaneously, and reports delivered rapidly.
SPL Powerlines entire project team, and the client, has access to a suite of out-of-the-box tools, while eviFile’s highly flexible system allows all forms, workflows, and attachments to be easily tailored to the customer’s needs though a configurable control panel.
With SPL Powerlines working towards a 10% reduction for MMLe project carbon by 2024, eviFile’s quality assurance credentials are further bolstered by the platform’s ability to drive down snagging while improving sustainability credentials.
While the electrification project itself goes a long way towards decarbonising our railways and achieving carbon net zero, the eviFile platform further bolsters the reduction of the delivery’s footprint.
Deployment of the Software as a Service (SaaS) solution helps to lessen carbon emissions, cut down on the amount of paper used, reduce the number of necessary site visits, and curtail rework – key metrics in any net zero initiative.
As a result of the successful delivery, SPL Powerlines is planning to roll-out eviFile on further projects in England.
