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Construction site camera(s), what are you doing for your contractors?
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Post 1 made on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 18:17
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Recently I've had a few of my higher end contractors ask about some type of camera system for the job site.
I know there was a thread about it here at some time, but couldn't find anything.
I believe ICRealtime had something that used cellular on a single camera at one point.
I'm wondering what you guys are using/ suggesting.
One thought would be to befriend the neighbor and pay to use their internet possibly but then again most neighbors hate the noise, dust, etc. of construction and end up pissed at the builder and or owner........
I've seen some on Amazon, etc. but looking for real world experience.
Post 2 made on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 21:03
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Builder needs to get an on site trailer/shack/building. With Internet
Then install cameras

The benefit of doing it this way is if your going to have Internet issues ( like finding out that you can only get 512k dsl to the site) is now you can start working on a solution versus waiting

Cellular or sat works but think longterm
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Post 3 made on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 22:28
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Probably not what their looking for, but my customer used this service to record a time lapse of their house being built.

It actually resulted in a very cool video of the his entire house being built in fast forward - this was a larger house which probably made it more interesting.

The contractor might like to have a time lapse video to show future customers.

[Link: truelook.com]
Post 4 made on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 22:51
Ernie Gilman
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We've seen products from https://oxblue.com/ on a couple of large work sites. One was a PTZ powered by about 18 square feet of solar cell and connected with Oxblue via RF. The other was also an RF connection but used a power cord. It's monitoring, from the adjacent roof, the construction of a tiltup warehouse that will be about 300 feet by 1500 feet.

Could be pricey. I never asked.
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Post 5 made on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 22:56
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How about a big game camera? Some can only snap pictures, but others are able to record video. I don't know if they are always "recording" but only write to the SD card several seconds before, then during and several seconds after sensing movement. If if they only write to SD card from time of movement to a few seconds afterwards.

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Post 6 made on Monday December 12, 2016 at 01:39
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I've always wondered where those cameras get the temporal shift mechanisms that allow them to record before they sense movement. I suppose they're supplied by Douglas Adams.

Last edited by Ernie Gilman on December 12, 2016 02:11.
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Post 7 made on Monday December 12, 2016 at 08:58
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On December 12, 2016 at 01:39, Ernie Gilman said...
I've always wondered where those cameras get the temporal shift mechanisms that allow them to record before they sense movement. I suppose they're supplied by Douglas Adams.

Buffer (as in RAM). The buffer is constantly being filled with the current video, overwriting the oldest with the newest. When an event happens, the video from the buffer (with whatever parameters have been set), dumps to the storage device = hard drive, SD card, etc...
Post 8 made on Monday December 12, 2016 at 09:45
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You want to point them at a hardware/service solution they can setup themselves or with minimal help from you such as Oxblue.

If this is a jobsite you're not going to be at all the time be wary: you will be the 24/7 service support person. When the cam drops offline they will expect you to get there and get it working again ASAP. Only do it T&M and let them know you will charge for callbacks when the camera(s) go down, and they will. Or they'll want them moved once or twice.
Post 9 made on Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 10:04
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Build a NEMA enclosure with router, cable modem, POE injector and outdoor AP.
Have contractor install pole, run AC and cable ISP.
Mount enclosure, mount fixed and PTZ cameras. Connect everythign and collect monthly rental for equipment. 9 month minimum. $199-399 per month depending on setup. One fixed camera, fixed and PTZ, fixed and PTZ and WiFi for site.

Customer pays rental and ISP costs.
Post 10 made on Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 22:25
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I did a temp set up for a guy building a house and the next time they robbed him they took the DVR
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Post 11 made on Saturday April 8, 2017 at 21:11
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Just ran across this. It might still be worth mentioning.

[Link: tomsguide.com]
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OP | Post 12 made on Monday July 23, 2018 at 00:42
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I never ended up doing any cameras for that particular contractor but now have another one asking about them. He's getting things stolen.
Has anyone done anything other than getting a NEMA box and building something to mount up on the temp power pole?
I asked about the neighbors but he said "we can't rely on them". I'm sure they're pissed that the construction is going on......
Hopefully someone has some other ideas but I may have to start building building something like Mr. Brad suggested.
OP | Post 13 made on Monday July 23, 2018 at 00:44
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On December 13, 2016 at 22:25, brucewayne said...
I did a temp set up for a guy building a house and the next time they robbed him they took the DVR

It'd funny you say this, this same contractor was having some theft at his remote house and we hid the DVR inside the attic and they still stole it..............
Post 14 made on Monday July 23, 2018 at 09:30
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On July 23, 2018 at 00:42, PSS said...
I never ended up doing any cameras for that particular contractor but now have another one asking about them. He's getting things stolen.
Has anyone done anything other than getting a NEMA box and building something to mount up on the temp power pole?
I asked about the neighbors but he said "we can't rely on them". I'm sure they're pissed that the construction is going on......
Hopefully someone has some other ideas but I may have to start building building something like Mr. Brad suggested.

I was looking into this for a remote site and came across this company https://www.kbcnetworks.com/

If you are only looking for camera access install a couple cameras with SD cards and provide an ethernet connection or WAP to locally retrieve the footage. The cameras don't have to store much a day or 2 worth of recordings should be enough time to go back on what is missing.

This is probably your best bet, just need 120V to the enclosure. [Link: kbcnetworks.com]
You can't fix stupid
Post 15 made on Monday July 23, 2018 at 09:41
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Many cameras have on board recording.  Most Hik cams I believe.  I have a couple jobs setup this way.  One is a horse barn with no network feeding outside.  We used a Ubiquiti Nano Station to beam network out to the barn and into a POE switch to power the cams.  Four cams work perfectly on the app off site and recording works great.  With vandalproof domes, you should be good.  Most thieves won't have the right tool and typically won't have a ladder to get to the cameras themselves.
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