Avetta, the global leader in intelligent work readiness, has today announced the results of its collaboration with Australian construction and infrastructure services company Odina Industries.
The partnership has delivered a 50 per cent reduction in contractor approval times, a 30 per cent cut in administrative workload, and faster supplier onboarding, enabling Odina to redirect resources toward strategic growth.
Odina provides high-quality engineering and construction solutions across major projects characterised by their start-and-stop nature.
The company serves clients including BGIS, Ventia, Sydney Water, universities, local councils, and the Department of Defence.
To meet the varied demands of this client base, Odina operates a hybrid workforce model that flexes between internal teams and a pool of 40 to 50 subcontractors at any given time.
The hybrid workforce model creates an inherent compliance challenge: subcontractors must be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice.
For Odina, full compliance is not a formality, it is a prerequisite for protecting workers and avoiding the significant financial penalties associated with breaches of work health and safety legislation in Australia.
Before adopting Avetta’s platform, Odina relied heavily on manual processes to manage subcontractor compliance and onboarding.
These processes were time-intensive and exposed the business to the risk of human error, a difficult position for a company whose workforce must respond rapidly to client demands.
Avetta’s automated compliance management system gave Odina the tools to embed its strong safety culture into daily operations.
The platform centralises contractor approval, document management, and compliance verification into a single, accessible interface.
Crucially, it provides 24/7 access to real-time status information, allowing Odina’s team to immediately determine whether a worker is cleared to be on site.
The practical impact of this shift has been substantial.
In one recent instance, an urgent compliance issue was resolved and a worker cleared for site access within 10 minutes — a turnaround that would have been far more difficult under the previous manual system.
Odina’s Director, Steven Sundstrom, implemented Avetta when the business was first established, and the platform has since become central to how the company manages its workforce.
Beyond the technology itself, Odina has credited Avetta’s local support team as an important factor in the platform’s successful adoption.
Having access to specialists who understand the specific demands of the Australian construction sector has helped Odina keep processes straightforward and maintain focus on getting workers and partners ready efficiently.
Being part of the broader Avetta network, which connects businesses across global supply chains with a shared commitment to safety, has also reinforced Odina’s own culture.
As the company continues to grow, its leadership anticipates that the automated platform will further reduce friction for workers, clients, and subcontractors alike.
Avetta’s automation tools have had a particularly pronounced effect on prequalification and documentation management.
By streamlining these critical workflows, Odina has achieved a 30 per cent reduction in administrative workload that has freed up capacity for higher-value tasks. Avetta’s seamless integration with Odina’s existing systems has created a unified, efficient process across the organisation.
Luke Boyle, VP of Operations for the Asia-Pacific region at Avetta, described Odina as an organisation that lives and breathes safety, and expressed confidence that the gains achieved to date are only the beginning.
With a scalable, automated compliance foundation now in place, Odina is positioned to pursue strategic growth while maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance across its workforce.
