Typical project · Quebec and Ontario
Temporary cameras, alarm and a radio link for a building under construction
These are typical projects, described from the kind of work we do. They do not describe a named client or a specific building.
The excavation is starting, materials are about to arrive and the lot has neither walls nor an Internet service. This is how temporary surveillance and a connection are put in place for the length of the work.
The situation: an open lot, valuable deliveries and no connection
The client is the builder or the general contractor of a new building of several storeys. The site is a fenced lot with one gate, a site office in a trailer and containers for the tools. Copper, appliances and finishing materials will be delivered long before there is a door to lock.
The permanent telecom service is planned for the end of the project. Meanwhile the site office needs a connection for drawings and meetings, the owner wants to follow the progress without travelling, and the superintendent wants to know during the night that something is happening, not on Monday morning.
What the first visit to the lot finds
- Temporary power in one corner onlyThe temporary electrical panel is beside the site office. The gate and the storage area are at the opposite end of the lot.
- A neighbour with a clear line of sightA nearby building has a connection and a roof from which the whole lot can be seen, and its owner agrees to host an antenna.
- A site plan that will changeThe crane, the hoist and the storage area will move from one phase to the next. What a camera sees today will be behind concrete in a few months.
- Containers and a trailer with no detectionThe site office and the tool containers have padlocks, and nothing else.
What is designed, and why
Everything here is temporary: chosen to be installed quickly, moved several times and taken away at the end.
- Cameras on poles, placed for the first phaseCameras on temporary poles watch the gate, the storage area and the perimeter. Their positions are chosen for the excavation and the foundations, and the next positions are already marked on the site plan.
- A radio link from the neighbouring roofA point-to-point link brings the connection to the site office and carries the far cameras back to the recorder. A path study confirms the line of sight before anything is ordered, and no trench is dug across a lot that is about to be excavated.
- An alarm without permanent wiringWireless detectors go on the site office, the containers and, later, the closed floors. Alerts reach the phones of the people responsible, and the system is ready to be connected to a monitoring station.
- A live view and a timelapse for the project teamThe people the client names see the site from a computer or a phone. The same cameras produce a timelapse that advances with the building, then a finished film at the end.
- A small network for the site officeA cabinet in the trailer holds the recorder and the network equipment, with Wi-Fi for the office and outlets for the computers and the printer.
How the work is sequenced with the phases of the site
Temporary systems follow the site plan, so the calendar is the superintendent's, not ours.
- Set-up at mobilisation
As soon as the fence and the temporary power are there, the poles, the link, the site office network and the first cameras are installed. The alarm is armed once its detectors are in place.
- Views checked with the superintendent
Each view is reviewed on site: what must be seen, at what time of day, and who receives the alerts.
- Moves at each change of phase
When the structure rises or the storage area moves, cameras and detectors are relocated and the views are checked again. The link is realigned if the site office moves.
- Closed floors added
When floors are enclosed and the finishes arrive, detectors are added there until the permanent systems of the building take over.
- Removal at the end
The temporary equipment is taken down, the neighbouring roof is left as it was found, and the film of the project is delivered.
What is handed over
- Access to the live view for the people the client names, removed when someone leaves the project
- Recorded footage that can be searched by date and by camera
- The list of the people who receive the alarm alerts, and how to change it
- A plan of the camera and detector positions, updated at each move
- The timelapse film of the whole project, delivered at the end
Services involved
Industry
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A project like this starts with the site plan
Send us the site plan and tell us where the project stands and how long it will last. We come to see the lot, the temporary power and the neighbouring buildings, then quote the cameras, the alarm and the connection. We reply in English or French.