Client: CPAC Modular, Industry: Modular Construction (Off-Site Manufacturing & On-Site Installation), Location: Ireland, Featured In: MMC Skillnet Accelerate — Industry Showcase on Digital Construction
As Ireland’s leading modular contractor, CPAC Modular delivers high-quality, precision-built projects across multiple sectors, operating across both manufacturing facilities and live construction sites. That dual environment brings a challenge common to many modern contractors: maintaining rigorous health and safety compliance without drowning site teams and factory staff in paperwork.
CPAC’s partnership with Boxcore was recently featured by MMC Skillnet Accelerate in an industry showcase on digital construction, highlighting what happens when practical construction experience meets straightforward technology.
Modular construction demands tight coordination between off-site manufacturing and on-site installation — and that coordination brings real complexity to managing safety documentation.
For CPAC, staying compliant was never just about ticking boxes. It meant ensuring that every operative on the factory floor and every installer on site had the correct training, documentation, and approvals in place at all times. Traditional methods — spreadsheets, paper files, and email chains — simply didn’t scale as teams grew and projects multiplied.
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Boxcore was built specifically around this kind of frustration. Founder Padraig Reilly explains:
“Boxcore was born out of first-hand frustration with the slow, manual processes still common on construction sites and the limitations with existing safety software offerings, which typically fail to get adoption with frontline staff and subcontractors. I set out to build a solution designed for real-world construction teams — not just office-based staff.”
That practical focus resonated strongly with CPAC. Rather than implementing a system that looked good in a demo but struggled on the ground, CPAC adopted a platform designed around site crews, supervisors, and subcontractors — with ease of use as the starting point, not an afterthought.
Bringing all safety data into one place. CPAC needed a single system to centralize key safety documents from both direct staff and subcontractors, moving away from fragmented processes toward one genuine source of truth across projects and facilities. Through Boxcore’s safety and workforce management platform, project managers and safety leads can now check training status, review documents, and confirm compliance in seconds — whether they’re in the factory or on site.
Focus on frontline adoption. A common failure point in construction technology is poor uptake by the people who actually need to use it day to day:
“Sometimes a piece of software might look wonderful on a demo, but you’re wasting your time unless you make sure it works on the ground and people are trained to use the system successfully. Our number-one priority is making sure site teams and subcontractors are onboarded as easily and smoothly as possible.”
Boxcore’s mobile-first approach lets factory operatives, site installers, and subcontract partners check key safety data in seconds from any device — a particularly important feature in Ireland, where managing Safepass cards and project-specific training requirements is a daily operational necessity. Real-time visibility removes the risk of expired cards or missing documentation slipping through the cracks.
Digital inductions and training record management. For a modular contractor like CPAC, onboarding never really stops — new workers join projects, teams shift between sites, and subcontractors rotate continuously. Boxcore’s digital onboarding workflows simplify this by ensuring:
Real-time workforce visibility with facial recognition. CPAC also uses Boxcore’s digital sign-in and time-tracking features, powered by facial recognition. As Padraig explains:
“Facial recognition has been integrated into the app so that within two clicks, the user has real-time visibility of the subcontractors and site teams and the total number of people onsite.”
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Health and safety compliance shouldn’t consume disproportionate time from project delivery — and for CPAC, Boxcore’s primary benefit has been removing unnecessary admin.
1. A drastic cut in paper usage and admin time. Since bringing Boxcore in from mid-2022, CPAC has tracked a clear, measurable decrease in money spent on purchasing paper, alongside far less manual documentation work. Rob Heath notes:
“We have also seen a huge reduction in paper usage — from mid-2022, when we brought the software in, you can track the drastic decrease in money spent on purchasing paper.”
2. Fewer manual registers and a clearer audit trail. The platform quickly eliminates a lot of manual admin while reducing compliance risk and the chance of incorrect or out-of-date documents. For CPAC, that translates into fewer manual registers, reduced duplication of data, and a clear audit trail for inspections, inductions, and training — meaning compliance data is continuously maintained rather than scrambled together before inspections.
3. Growth without added complexity. As CPAC continues to scale operations and take on new projects, growth hasn’t meant multiplying spreadsheets or adding headcount to keep up with admin. Padraig Reilly, Founder & CEO of Boxcore, notes:
“Foremen, supervisors and subcontractors can pick up our system and get going within minutes — without lengthy training sessions or complicated onboarding.”
For CPAC, that means new sites and new teams can be brought onto the system quickly, maintaining consistent safety standards across every project.
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Technology alone doesn’t deliver results — implementation and ongoing support matter just as much. Boxcore’s model includes initial onboarding, data migration, and continuous support to help contractors like CPAC see tangible benefits early, with subcontractors trained at no additional cost to keep the entire supply chain aligned.
By centralizing safety data, digitizing inductions, tracking Safepass compliance, and introducing real-time workforce visibility, CPAC Modular has reinforced its position as Ireland’s leading modular contractor — one demonstrated by the company’s independent accreditation to ISO 45001, ISO 9001, and SafeTCert. As the MMC Skillnet Accelerate feature illustrates, digital construction isn’t theoretical — for CPAC, it’s practical, operational, and measurable.
