The Client
SBC (Redacted) is a construction company that operates in the Washington Lake (WA) area, where the weather is not particularly stable due to its frequent changes in cloud cover and precipitation.
The Challenge
- SBC was losing money and risking lawsuits due to wind gusts damaging materials and exposing workers to injuries
- Pam, Director of Operations, couldn’t concentrate on her work as she needed to monitor weather forecast to alert her team on time.
- She decided to reach out to us for help 🙋
The Solution
We’ve built a simple workflow with OpenWeather that would alert for wind gusts and squalls to the team via WhatsApp
- Set up area of interest
- Triggers with a weather alert.
- Alert data is shared on WhatsApp
The Results
- SBC earned time to prepare against bad weather conditions.
- Workers felt safe and taken care of.
- Pam could get back to do value-added tasks that could project her into a promotion.
Tech Used
- Weather by Zapier for a simpler workflow
- Windy.app for more robust weather monitoring
- Timelines.ai for Whatsapp messages
