spacebands is a multi-sensor wearable that monitors external, environmental hazards, anticipates potential accidents, and gives real-time data on stress in hazardous environments.
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How M Group Highways improved confidence, accuracy and adoption with spacebands
For James Ziemann and the team at M Group Highways, the challenge was not a lack of intent. It was a lack of reliability.
They were doing what many organisations still do: relying on handwritten records to track trigger times for hand–arm vibration exposure. The process existed, but the confidence in the data did not.
And when operatives were regularly carrying out high-vibration tasks such as concrete breakout works, that uncertainty became a real concern.
They needed something more dependable. Something that protected people properly. And something that teams would actually use.
Before spacebands, monitoring relied on manual recording.
That meant:
James summed it up simply:
Handwritten records for recording trigger times were often inaccurate.
When the risk is long-term health damage, “often inaccurate” is not good enough.
First impressions mattered.
The wearable felt considered. The design made sense. It didn’t look like an afterthought.
My first impression was that the product size and look was well thought out.
But good design only matters if adoption follows. In this case, it did.
Setup was straightforward.
The dashboard was easy to navigate.
Operatives adapted quickly.
Managers could see what they needed without complexity.
No friction. No resistance. No hesitation.
Very easy to use, and the dashboard is simple to navigate
One of the strongest signals that spacebands had landed well wasn’t in a report. It was in behaviour.
Teams now don’t go to work without spacebands on their wrists. It’s just part of their PPE
That’s the real benchmark. Not whether a system exists.
But whether people choose to use it.
Since implementation, M Group Highways have seen:
Monitoring stopped feeling like admin. It started feeling like protection.
The biggest benefit for James and his team has been clarity.
Not more paperwork.
Not more process.
Just better data.
The biggest benefit has been accurate monitoring of trigger times. It makes the team feel safer and that they are being looked after.
That matters at every level:
And perhaps most telling of all:
You will have no regrets about adopting spacebands.
Harry Kimberley-Bowen, Co-Founder of spacebands, said:
What stands out with M Group Highways is adoption. When a wearable becomes part of PPE rather than something people have to be reminded to use, you know the technology is working in the real world. That’s when monitoring stops being a process and starts becoming genuine protection.
M Group Highways didn’t need a complex transformation story.
They needed something that worked.
What they achieved was:
Sometimes the biggest change isn’t disruption. It’s reliability.
