The benefits of video monitoring are clear to insurance experts; "I think they are going to be pretty ubiquitous on any job site of reasonable size," said Adrien Robinson, Head of construction, Inland Marine & Complex Casualty, the Hartford.
As GCs begin to learn more about the benefits, the inhibitors to the adoption of video monitoring technologies are crumbling. Robinson points out, "Cameras are not new, but some of the basics of these technologies have vastly improved over the last few years. The cost of cameras has decreased rapidly, and the quality of the video has improved dramatically... you also have Cloud storage capabilities and artificial intelligence."