Since 2005, XPressEntry has enhanced physical security, emergency readiness, and evacuation procedures, among other capabilities, and has been deployed at government buildings, factories, oil refineries, mines, airports, hospitals, and construction sites worldwide. XPressEntry integrates with over twenty-five industry-leading access control systems, and the handheld badge readers offer tremendous flexibility, making XPressEntry an ideal solution for construction site access control. In cases where construction sites lack an existing access control system, XPressEntry offers a comprehensive access control solution. XPressEntry includes easy-to-set-up management software, handheld readers, and compatible badge printing capabilities. In addition to faster check-in at the job site, XPressEntry improves management at construction sites in these areas:  

1. Time and Attendance

A prominent New York construction firm wanted to keep an accurate track of the time its workers spent on the job site. With XPressEntry, they were able to badge their workers in and out, keeping track of the hours they spent actually working. This ensured the construction firm paid the correct number of hours for each employee and that overtime workers were paid accurately. It also helped to validate invoices from subcontractors.

2. Secure Construction Site

Several government construction sites have selected XPressEntry as a means to track who enters and exits their sites. These agencies placed a high priority on making sure only the right people entered their construction zone, utilizing government-specified credentials. Additionally, since the system is penetration tested, the government agency felt confident that its data was secure with XPressEntry .

3. Construction Management to Mustering System

XPressEntry was chosen to initially manage the construction site, as the handheld system provided audited entry and exit records for users. Once the site build was complete, the handhelds were re-purposed for use with the building access control system. This enabled the customer to deploy an emergency mustering system with no additional capital expenditure, which complied with OSHA’s Emergency Action Plan requirements. 

4. More Contractor Time on Tools

A standard use for XPressEntry is to authenticate contractors coming into a site through a temporary gate, or a hole in the fence. Because these sites generally have an existing physical access control system, the XPressEntry handhelds are used to send data automatically back into the primary access control system. Refineries have found this useful because opening a break in the perimeter fencing can allow direct access to processing units, sometimes saving as much as an hour of travel time to the work sites daily.

5. Remote or Lightly Used Entrances

Several companies have used remote entrances lightly for infrequent deliveries or to accommodate large construction vehicles. By using the XPressEntry handheld readers, a guard can be dispatched to these remote gates to validate the driver or contractor trying to enter the site. Once validated with the handheld reader, the gate can be opened with complete confidence that the driver or contractor has appropriate access. 

6. Remote Bus Authentication

Companies with large workforces often transport employees to their job sites, such as mining sites or refineries, for unit turnarounds. These companies are legally obligated to pay their employees when they report to the bus, not when they show up at the construction site gate. XPressEntry has been used as both a standalone solution to register workers boarding the bus for the site and as part of an extensive campus access control system, where data from the XPressEntry handhelds is pushed to the backend physical access control system when a connection is available. Workers are paid appropriately, and companies save significant time in labor if employees don’t have to exit the bus at the perimeter, before re-boarding the bus to go to their final work site.

7. Field Construction Work

Exploration construction firms want to be able to actively track who is on the payroll and who is on a remote jobsite. XPressEntry operates for extended periods without network coverage. The system synchronizes with Wi-Fi availability, allowing users to be validated according to the latest rules. Each handheld can then store hundreds of thousands of activities before it is synchronized again. The activities are then stored on the backend XPressEntry System and can be transmitted to a corporate PACS if required. 

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