Ericsson Wireless WAN solution enables increased productivity and improved workflow for Coffrages Synergy Formwork
Ericsson’s enterprise wireless solutions are supporting Coffrages Synergy Formwork as the company focuses on being a leader in innovation in the construction industry, while improving productivity and processes.
Through the deployment of a reliable Ericsson wireless wide area network (WAN), Synergy’s employees are better equipped to do their work, with stable access to applications and devices they need – even when they’re on a high floor of a project site.
Coffrages Synergy is a Montreal-based construction company that specializes in formwork and high-rise towers. The organization has more than 1,500 employees working on jobsites across Québec and Ontario, including Ottawa, Gatineau, Québec City, Montreal and now Halifax, N.S.
Reliable internet connectivity is imperative on construction sites in order to enable employees’ access to important applications and information. However, the vastness of job sites was impacting the ability of Synergy’s workers to stay connected. Getting wires to a new build job site is also a complex process that is subject to onsite issues and statuses. Wired networks in particular posed difficulties for Synergy, as crews frequently move between different floors during their projects.
Extending wired networks across multiple floors of high-rise projects proved not only to be time-consuming and disruptive to ongoing construction, but also very costly and highly inefficient.
To solve this issue, the company needed a wireless network that could effectively support all requirements. Synergy created portable office units called Sky Shacks that can move from floor to floor of a high-rise under construction. The units are equipped with devices including tablets, laptops and printers, so employees can easily access what they need to work without having to descend to the ground floor. Synergy selected Ericsson Cradlepoint R2100 5G and S700 4G routers to create a reliable Wi-Fi network that connects these devices and extends internet access across the floors of the high-rise project. So far, the company has rolled out 67 Sky Shacks across their project sites delivering reliable connectivity to even the highest floors.
As employees move to work on a different floor of a high-rise project, the Sky Shack follows, providing a stable network to connect to cloud applications and more.
Synergy’s workflow has significantly improved since implementing the wireless WAN solution:
As Sky Shacks can be quickly relocated to new floors without the need for time-consuming wired installations, the organization has seen a considerable reduction in downtime
Improved connectivity has in turn increased overall productivity with seamless access to cloud-based construction software, plans, and communication tools driving + 4.2 TB of cellular data per month
Overall, the new efficiencies gained have translated into substantial cost savings, eliminating expenses associated with wired infrastructure and on-site troubleshooting
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Ericsson Wireless WAN solution enables increased productivity and improved workflow for Coffrages Synergy Formwork
Ericsson’s enterprise wireless solutions are supporting Coffrages Synergy Formwork as the company focuses on being a leader in innovation in the construction industry, while improving productivity and processes.
Through the deployment of a reliable Ericsson wireless wide area network (WAN), Synergy’s employees are better equipped to do their work, with stable access to applications and devices they need – even when they’re on a high floor of a project site.
Coffrages Synergy is a Montreal-based construction company that specializes in formwork and high-rise towers. The organization has more than 1,500 employees working on jobsites across Québec and Ontario, including Ottawa, Gatineau, Québec City, Montreal and now Halifax, N.S.
Reliable internet connectivity is imperative on construction sites in order to enable employees’ access to important applications and information. However, the vastness of job sites was impacting the ability of Synergy’s workers to stay connected. Getting wires to a new build job site is also a complex process that is subject to onsite issues and statuses. Wired networks in particular posed difficulties for Synergy, as crews frequently move between different floors during their projects.
Extending wired networks across multiple floors of high-rise projects proved not only to be time-consuming and disruptive to ongoing construction, but also very costly and highly inefficient.
To solve this issue, the company needed a wireless network that could effectively support all requirements. Synergy created portable office units called Sky Shacks that can move from floor to floor of a high-rise under construction. The units are equipped with devices including tablets, laptops and printers, so employees can easily access what they need to work without having to descend to the ground floor. Synergy selected Ericsson Cradlepoint R2100 5G and S700 4G routers to create a reliable Wi-Fi network that connects these devices and extends internet access across the floors of the high-rise project. So far, the company has rolled out 67 Sky Shacks across their project sites delivering reliable connectivity to even the highest floors.
As employees move to work on a different floor of a high-rise project, the Sky Shack follows, providing a stable network to connect to cloud applications and more.
Synergy’s workflow has significantly improved since implementing the wireless WAN solution:
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