Research and development of a prototype software application using digital scanning technology to capture, record and process hazardous materials data

匹克环境有限公司为一系列物业类型提供咨询服务，包括空置土地、建筑物和重工业设施。这些服务包括识别、评估和补救有害物质(危险物质)，如石棉、含铅油漆、霉菌和汞。该事务所拥有一大批合格的专业人员，包括工程师、注册环境评估师、有执照的补救专家和石棉建筑检查员。这些专家对联邦、省和市有关危险材料的环境法规和标准有广泛的了解。目前，当该公司评估客户现场是否存在危险物质时，他们会采用人工过程来识别和清点发现的危险。数据被输入到Excel电子表格中，在那里存储、处理和用于客户报告目的。随着各国政府对可接受的危险物质水平进行监管改革，匹克环境有限公司有必要迅速在其检查过程中采用新标准，以向客户建议所需的补救工作。这意味着保持数据的最新，采用新的程序清除危险物质，并创建所做工作的记录。然而，匹克现有的手动记录危险物质数据的过程很慢，容易出错，并且不允许公司在新的危险物质规定被强制执行时及时做出反应，更新客户的最新情况。该公司希望与Okanagan学院的研究人员合作，使用数字代码扫描技术开发一个移动软件原型应用程序，以实现对危险数据的快速捕获和处理。这些数据将立即输入一个数据库，其中包含客户现场最新的危险物质清单。这将使该公司能够更快地对政府法规变化做出反应，提高数据准确性，并减少涉及的人工工作量。移动应用程序还将有助于减少抽样/检查重复，并防止因未准确反映现场条件变化而可能造成的伤害。这一新的数字化流程将代表着从手动到自动危险物质数据捕获、存储和处理的重大转变，使公司能够实现实质性的成本节约和提高效率。

Peak Environmental Ltd provides consulting services for a range of property types, including vacant land, buildings and heavy industrial facilities. These services include the identification, assessment and remediation of hazardous materials (hazmats) such as asbestos, lead paint, mould and mercury. The firm boasts a large team of qualified professionals, including engineers, registered environmental assessors, licensed remediation specialists and asbestos building inspectors. These experts have extensive knowledge of federal, provincial and municipal environmental regulations and standards concerning hazardous materials. Currently, when the firm assesses the presence of hazmats at a client site, they employ a manual process to identify and inventory the hazards found. The data is entered into Excel spreadsheets where it is stored, processed and used for client reporting purposes. As governments make regulatory changes regarding acceptable levels of hazmats there is a need for Peak Environmental Ltd to rapidly adopt the new standards into their inspection process to advise clients of remediation work needed. This means keeping the data up-to-date, adopting new procedures for removal of hazmats and creating a record of work performed. However, Peak's existing manual process of recording hazmat data is slow, prone to error and does not allow the company to react in a timely manner to update clients when new hazmat regulations are mandated. The firm wishes to partner with researchers at Okanagan College to develop a prototype mobile software application using digital code scanning technology to enable rapid capture and processing of hazmat data. The data will be immediately inputted into a database containing an up-to-date inventory of hazmats at a client site. This will allow the firm to more rapidly respond to government regulation changes, increase data accuracy and reduce the amount of manual work involved. The mobile app will also help mitigate sampling/inspection duplication and prevent potential injury due to changes in site conditions not being accurately reflected. This new digital process will represent a significant shift from manual to automated hazmat data capture, storage and processing, allowing the firm to realize substantial cost savings and improved efficiencies.