H<\/span><\/span><\/span>igh-rise<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>construction also comes with challenges, including requirements for fire safety on the project site. One of these requirements is to track where workers are on the site so that rescue workers can locate people in the event of a fire.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n At a construction site, the risk of a fire hazard is much higher than in a completed building. The more floors in the building, the higher the risk level. Some of the factors that increase the risk level are:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to the fire safety requirements that apply to all buildings, there are also high rise-specific regulations. The rest of this post looks specifically at regulations in Helsinki and the exact same regulations don’t necessarily apply in other cities in Finland.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Helsinki building supervision authority (Helsingin rakennusvalvonta) has published instruction sheets for high-rise construction<\/a>. These sheets are mandatory requirements that builders must follow. For fire safety, the guidelines take effect when the building reaches 56 meters in height. Fire safety guidelines are found in the section “PAL-10” and include requirements, among other things, to:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition, the Helsinki Rescue Department has fire safety requirements (29\/2017\/PELT)<\/a> for construction sites of 12 stories and higher that builders must follow.<\/p>\n These requirements ensure the rescue department can reach the site, access buildings within the site with rescue vehicles, and have a water source available for fire trucks.<\/p>\n In addition, when the building reaches 16 floors<\/strong> the general contractor must have location information available on all people who are working on the site. This is so all workers can be evacuated in the event of an accident. If no one knows how many people are on the site, someone might get trapped without anyone knowing they need rescuing. This information must be real-time<\/strong> data of how many people are on each floor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kaltiot provides a simple, effective SaaS IOT solution to improve fire safety. The Kaltiot Smart Tracker system provides an exact, real-time view of how many people are working on the site, what floor they are on, and where they are located on that floor.<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span>\u00a0tracking solution consists of the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1-1024×768.png” alt=”Chart showing indoor location in multi-story building” title_text=”Locating workers in a multi-story building” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Setup is very simple. <\/span><\/p>\n Kaltiot installs the system and replaces the scanner and gateway batteries as needed during the project, which could be once or twice, or not at all. <\/span><\/p>\n The general contractor is responsible for distributing Kaltiot IOT tags to employees and returning the scanners and gateways upon completing the site.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The site manager can check the location of people in the building and on the floors online. Multiple users can be added, and reporting can be accessed from any device. Below is an example of basic location reporting looks like.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/placeit-highrise-construction-demo-03-28-closecrop.jpg” alt=”Example chart of indoor location in a multi-story building” title_text=”Example chart of indoor location in a multi-story building” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_signup provider=”mailerlite” mailerlite_list=”Construction site demo|53617932634162585″ success_message=”Your login info is on its way!” title=”View Demo” description=”<\/p>\n Enter your info to get a login to our demo! We’ll send you an email with info on how to log in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_signup][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kaltiot Smart Tracker has already been used at multiple construction sites in the Helsinki metropolitan area<\/span>. It’s also been introduced to the responsible fire safety authorities in Helsinki. It’s tested and ready to use!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" High-rise\u00a0construction is becoming more common in Finland, especially in the Helsinki metropolitan area, where 16-story residential buildings are becoming part of everyday life. In the Kalasatama neighborhood there are multiple 100+ meter apartment buildings. High-rise\u00a0construction also comes with challenges, including requirements for fire safety on the project site. One of these requirements is to track […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n High-rise<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>construction is becoming more common in Finland, especially in the Helsinki metropolitan area, where<\/span><\/span><\/span> 16-story residential buildings are becoming part of everyday life. In the Kalasatama neighborhood there are multiple 100+ meter apartment buildings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n H<\/span><\/span><\/span>igh-rise<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>construction also comes with challenges, including requirements for fire safety on the project site. One of these requirements is to track where workers are on the site so that rescue workers can locate people in the event of a fire.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n At a construction site, the risk of a fire hazard is much higher than in a completed building. The more floors in the building, the higher the risk level. Some of the factors that increase the risk level are:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the fire safety requirements that apply to all buildings, there are also high rise-specific regulations. The rest of this post looks specifically at regulations in Helsinki and the exact same regulations don't necessarily apply in other cities in Finland.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Helsinki building supervision authority (Helsingin rakennusvalvonta) has published instruction sheets for high-rise construction<\/a>. These sheets are mandatory requirements that builders must follow. For fire safety, the guidelines take effect when the building reaches 56 meters in height. Fire safety guidelines are found in the section \"PAL-10\" and include requirements, among other things, to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, the Helsinki Rescue Department has fire safety requirements (29\/2017\/PELT)<\/a> for construction sites of 12 stories and higher that builders must follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These requirements ensure the rescue department can reach the site, access buildings within the site with rescue vehicles, and have a water source available for fire trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, when the building reaches 16 floors<\/strong> the general contractor must have location information available on all people who are working on the site. This is so all workers can be evacuated in the event of an accident. If no one knows how many people are on the site, someone might get trapped without anyone knowing they need rescuing. This information must be real-time<\/strong> data of how many people are on each floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaltiot provides a simple, effective SaaS IOT solution to improve fire safety. The Kaltiot Smart Tracker system provides an exact, real-time view of how many people are working on the site, what floor they are on, and where they are located on that floor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Smart Tracker setup for tracking workers utilizes small wireless location beacons and existing equipment. <\/span>The tracking solution consists of the following: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The site manager can check the location of people in the building and on the floors online. Multiple users can be added, and reporting can be accessed from any device. Below is an example of basic location reporting looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setup is very simple. Kaltiot installs the system and replaces the scanner and gateway batteries as needed during the project, which could be once or twice, or not at all. The only responsibility of the general contractor is to distribute Kaltiot IOT tags to employees and return the scanners and gateways upon completing the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KaltiotT Smart Tracker is already used on multiple construction sites in the Helsinki metropolitan area, including the <\/span>REDI shopping mall in Helsinki Kalasatama. REDI also made use of our IOT equipment and asset tracking at the very large commercial building site. <\/span>Read more about how Smart Tracker was used in the construction of the REDI shopping mall.<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"793","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,111],"tags":[38,80],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","category-customer-stories","tag-bluetooth-low-energy","tag-worker-location"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6049,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions\/6049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaltiot.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why is fire danger higher during construction?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\nAuthority regulations on fire safety in high-rise construction<\/h2>\n
Helsinki building supervision authority<\/h3>\n
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Helsinki rescue department<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\nKaltiot personnel tracking solution<\/h2>\n
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Setup<\/span><\/h3>\n
Tested in Finland<\/h2>\n
Why is fire danger higher during construction?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAuthority regulations on fire safety in high-rise construction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Helsinki building supervision authority<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Helsinki rescue department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Smart Tracker is used by pioneers of tall building construction in Finland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n