How to secure a construction site (without a guard on every gate)

Construction sites lose copper, tools, and machines in the gap between “cameras are up” and “someone is actually watching.” A trailer with four 4K heads is not a program. A program is: coverage, power that lasts the weekend, a path for the alarm, and a named human (or a monitoring desk) when it fires.

Start with the job, not the catalog

Walk the fence and the laydown. Mark:

• The approach you cannot see from the street
• Fuel, copper, and high-value parked plant
• The one gate everyone actually uses after hours

That walk decides camera count and whether you need a second cube, not a brochure.

Power and “online” are security

A trailer that dies Friday night is an unlocked trailer Monday. On-site stacks (Victron Cerbo, Solar Assistant, EG4 / Lux) already know battery and array state. The missing piece is usually getting that health to the same people who get the intrusion alarm, plus GPS if the whole unit walks away.

EyeOut’s field agent is built for that: heartbeat, telemetry, and location on the unit you already own or rent — not a second consumer app.

Who answers?

Pick one model per unit and write it down:

• Your techs (self-monitor) — only if on-call is staffed.
• You first, a desk if you miss it (failover).
• A central station from the first event.

Mixing “we thought the other guy had it” is how sites get cleaned out.

Make the first week boring

Commission in test mode, confirm clips and GPS, then go live. Put the claim QR in the enclosure so the next tech can replace a board without a factory visit. Keep one how-to your supers can open without calling sales — start with create a unit and alarm events.

If you are scoping a fleet rather than one gate, Get started is a sales request, not an instant login.