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May 13, 2020

3 Tips for Protecting Your Construction Site During a Shutdown (Part 2)

Tip 2: Optimizing Your Camera’s Features for Surveillance

Site cameras have many great features that can vary by brand and model. It’s important to know which features and capabilities your camera has and how to use them effectively for remote monitoring and security.

Video Motion Detection (VMD)
Cameras with VMD should be configured to alert you immediately to any motion detected on site so you can respond rapidly to trespassers. This is accomplished through push notifications via email or SMS text and can include user defined image and/or video clips to better inform your rapid response. This is key as law enforcement will often request video footage during their investigation of incidents of theft and vandalism.

Low-light Video and Image Capture
Cameras that include illumination and low-light capabilities provide an additional level of protection to nighttime site security, when jobsite and laydown yards are most vulnerable to crime. Leveraging these capabilities in conjunction with continuous video recording means comprehensive site coverage, day and night.

Continuous Video Recording
Cameras equipped with edge recording capability, such as a built-in digital video recorder (DVR), provide high-quality video documentation when sufficient ambient light is available (daytime or well-lit sites). As discussed above, site cameras intended for 24-hour security often offer motion-activated illumination, which allows your DVR to capture events at night or low-light scenarios. If 24-hour surveillance is a priority, consider upgrading to a security camera.

Still Image Capture
Most jobsite cameras include the ability to schedule still image captures. Schedule your camera to capture a jobsite overview image every 15 or 30 minutes for general monitoring. Still images provide visual markers to help you decide if you need to take a closer look. If your camera is equipped with a DVR, you can review the time period in question for more detailed intelligence.

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May 13, 2020

3 Tips for Protecting Your Construction Site During a Shutdown (Part 1)

Tip 1: Using Your Site Cameras for Remote Monitoring & Security

Like many industries, construction has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most major cities have shut down all but essential construction projects, with more likely to follow. As a GC, project manager or superintendent one of your main concerns during this time is protecting your construction site and limiting unnecessary expenses. If your project is temporarily shut down you may be leaving your site, tools and equipment, open to theft and vandalism.

The National Equipment Register estimates that $300 million to $1 billion dollars’ worth of construction equipment is stolen each year, and that’s when job sites aren’t left unattended due to a shutdown. The good news is that many project managers already use site cameras for remote monitoring and progress documentation. During a shutdown, utilizing these cameras for safety, security and monitoring is a smart and cost-effective strategy for protecting your construction site from expensive losses. The key is in thoughtful positioning.

Protect Your Assets
Ensure your site cameras are strategically positioned for comprehensive coverage of the build site, laydown yard, trailers, and heavy equipment.

Monitor Site Entrances
Trespassers may be on your site for reasons other than theft, such as illegal dumping, shelter or mischief, which can lead to vandalism. Placing visible cameras near each entrance or corner of the site can deter such trespassing.

Visible Yet Inaccessible
Make sure your cameras are inaccessible to potential criminals but clearly visible and operational. This means mounting your camera on a pole or nearby building. If the site doesn’t have adequate mounting options, there are convenient alternatives available such as portable telescoping poles or portable trailers that can deploy up to three camera systems at once.

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March 12, 2020

Celebrating Five Years In Business!

In 2019 we celebrated our fifth year of growth since launching Sensera Systems and shipping our first product into the Construction market. Here are some highlights from 2019 and what we see ahead for 2020.

While we supported tons of new projects with many of you—our longtime customers—we were also proud to have welcomed more than 200 new General Contractor customers in 2019! We’re grateful that you’ve given us the opportunity to show you what we can do, and look forward to your partnership for many years to come.

Our focus on helping project managers understand how they can leverage their jobsite cameras to improve productivity, collaboration, security, risk, safety and marketing helped us achieve 63% year-over-year growth in October! Some other highlights of 2019:

  • Launched exciting new products like our PTZ-500 panoramic camera that continue to change the game for real-time jobsite intelligence.
  • Formalized our partnership with Reconstruct and started several new projects with them
  • Joined Oracle as a partner in the Industries Innovation Lab – Construction and Engineering

While 2019 was a very busy year, we did take a few minutes here and there to breathe and have fun as a team, like on our annual whitewater rafting trip!

What’s ahead for 2020?
Sensera Systems will continue to be a major force in helping improve Construction. We will continue to deliver our proven, real-time site intelligence solutions using integrated compact solar/wireless cameras, sensors and software in a single turn-key platform to help Contractors improve productivity, collaboration, security, risk, safety and marketing. This is what we call “Real-time Site Intelligence Simplified.”

We will achieve this by doing our best to exceed your expectations for product innovation, quality, value and user-experience backed up by stellar customer service.

We would like to thank you—our customers and partners—for a great 2019. We look forward to working with each of you, shoulder-to-shoulder, to create an even better 2020.

Sincerely,
David Gaw, Founder, CEO – Sensera Systems