31 Aug Alliad sets a new benchmark for AI-powered EHS with viAct

AI-powered video analytics from viAct is giving a remote healthcare construction project in Côte d’Ivoire real-time safety oversight, using the site’s existing camera infrastructure to reduce PPE non-compliances and danger-zone violations.

At a remote healthcare construction location in Côte d’Ivoire, in a forest-adjacent area with no fixed telecom infrastructure, one of the world’s most persistent challenge of site-safety: ‘real-time visibility’, has been solved by using the existing cameras on site.

Alliad, a global construction, engineering and logistics operator has enhanced safety oversight across the project through viAct‘s AI-powered video analytics across its existing camera infrastructure. The project registered a 41.7% reduction in PPE non-compliances and a 46.3% reduction of danger zone violations in just three months along with the constant real-time monitoring of fire and smoke detection across the site.

Alliad: a global operator raising the bar in emerging markets

Alliad, formerly know as GCC Services, has established itself as a leading integrated services company globally, that specialises in engineering and construction, supply chain and logistics, facilities management and support services. With a strong focus on emerging markets, particularly across Africa, Alliad combines international expertise with local knowledge to deliver comprehensive solutions that support economic growth and improve the quality of life in the communities where it operates.

Among its current portfolio is the construction of a major healthcare facility in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The project is spread across a large, remote site with a highly growing workforce and multiple activities going on simultaneously. As the project scaled, Alliad sought greater real-time visibility into the site conditions to support faster, more proactive safety decision-making.

Safety as a standard, not an afterthought

Keeping high safety standards at a busy, remote and heavily populated construction site requires continuous commitment, and for Alliad’s Engineering & Construction Division, safety remained a priority from the very onset. Instead of waiting for gaps to emerge and pressurise them, the team looked for solutions that could help them enhance the safety processes that were already in place.

“Maintaining visibility across a busy project site is always a challenge. viAct provided an additional layer of real-time monitoring that helped our teams identify potential compliance issues sooner and support our ongoing commitment to high safety standards,” said Mounir Ziani, Head of QHSE, Engineering & Construction Division at Alliad.

How viAct turned existing nfrastructure into real-time safety intelligence

Working under a tight timeline, Alliad wanted a solution that could deliver value quickly, without a lengthy technology rollout or additional hardware investment. viAct’s AI-powered video analytics solutions were deployed on the existing cameras, with pre-built AI modules configured to monitor three categories of risks: PPE non-compliance, unauthorised access and fire and smoke risks.

viAct’s AI-powered safety system analysed camera feeds in real-time, allowing Alliad’s safety team to have a complete overview of the site. Further, it facilitated site supervision along with reporting processes through its real-time alerts and integrated dashboard. For PPE monitoring, viAct’s AI-powered PPE detection module monitored workers 24/7 across the four different types of PPEs: safety helmet, safety vest, safety shoes and gloves. The real-time reporting feature enabled the Alliad team to identify risks faster and intervene on-time, before any non-compliance turned catastrophic.

viAct’s ability to run multiple AI modules on the same camera network enabled Alliad to extend monitoring beyond PPE, without adding any additional camera. The same feeds were also used to flag any access to restricted or hazardous zones and detect any such pre-conditions that could lead to fire hazards. Thus, it helped team Alliad achieve a complete real-time monitoring of the project site without adding any extra headcount for the continuous supervision of the workers.

Results that set a new benchmark

Results had become apparent within just three months of deployment.  PPE violations dropped by 41.7% while unauthorised access to danger zones decreased by 46.3% as workers and supervisors adjusted to continuous AI-powered monitoring. From day one, fire detection was simultaneously operating on all connected cameras, providing round-the-clock monitoring for dangerous situations related to fire hazards, that was conventionally relying on a person being present in order to be detected.

“One of the objectives of this pilot was to make better use of our existing camera infrastructure. Working with viAct allowed us to turn that visibility into more actionable insights, supporting faster responses and informed operational decision-making,” said AbdulAziz Al-Enizi, IT Manager, Business Solutions & Projects.

The overall results tell more than just figures. It demonstrates what is possible when AI-backed monitoring is layered onto the existing infrastructure. Alliad’s Tiassalé site acts as a reference point demonstrating how fast a company can boast measurable safety results, even in remote and infrastructure-limited environments.

A model for the future of AI-powered EHS

“What we are seeing at Alliad’s Côte d’Ivoire project reflects where EHS is heading across the construction sector. These days safety teams increasingly need continuous, real-time visibility, not just periodic checks, and they need it without overhauling infrastructure that already works. Deployments like this reflect a broader shift in how AI-powered monitoring is perceived: not as an additional system running alongside existing safety processes, but as a layer built directly on them”, said Gary Ng, Co-Founder & CEO of viAct.

That shift from add-on to embedded layer is only half the story. For Hugo Cheuk, Co-Founder and COO of viAct, what stands out just as much is what happens after a single deployment proves itself. He commented:“What excites us about projects like this is the replication potential. A single successful deployment on one remote site gives an operator like Alliad a validated model they can extend across dozens of others, without starting from scratch each time. That’s the direction we see EHS technology is heading, from isolated pilots to scalable, portfolio-wide standards.”

As more global operators face the same combination of situations: remote sites, tight schedules and raising safety expectations; Alliad’s experience in Côte d’Ivoire offers a preview of where AI-powered EHS is headed: proactive by default, built on infrastructure already in place, and designed to scale from a single pilot to an entire portfolio.