14.08.2025

A million ePAL downloads

The International Powered Access Federation's ePAL app has reached one million downloads just four years after its launch in June 2021.

Developed by construction technology company Trackunit, the app passed 500,000 downloads in December 2023 before crossing the one million milestone ithis month The digital platform includes machine access control for those units requiring it, while serving as a digital wallet for operator licences and qualifications.

The app integrates with Trackunit's Bluetooth enabled Access Management solution, to unlock machinery while users can build operator profiles with licences, familiarisations and machine activity, perform guided machine pre-use checks, unlock machines digitally and log work activity automatically.

IPAF and Trackunit are expanding their partnership focus from individual work platform operators to contractors, embedding the app into job site operations.

IPAF chief executive Peter Douglas said: "It's great news that more than one million people have downloaded the ePAL app, as it demonstrates the powered access industry's trust in the app as a core safety tool. The accelerating download rate is a clear indicator that the powered access sector is firmly on the path towards industry wide digital transformation."

Trackunit chief executive Søren Brogaard added: "With the latest version of ePAL, we are improving the way we access machines through digitisation, with automated worklogs and workflows in the app replacing manual inputs, eliminating human error and helping drive behavioural change on jobsites. While constractor's adoption has some way to go, the widespread use of ePAL and its features shows the sector is moving fast."

The app is available in multiple languages and can be downloaded from app stores or via http://www.ipaf.org/epal