For a long time, protecting the assets, safety, and delivery schedule of the construction process on their project job sites has been a difficulty for developers. Most of the supplies, machinery, and materials needed in construction are pricey. Unattended construction sites provide inherent risk, especially now that the cost of these materials is rising. By preventing unanticipated delays, protecting your construction team and their tools helps keep the delivery schedule on track. Vandalism and trespassing are other issues. But low-cost security measures, like fencing and lights, are insufficient to keep out all crooks, and they surely don’t keep an eye on site safety or development progress. Additionally, employing security guards at police construction sites is expensive and occasionally ineffective because guards may nod off, become distracted, or be elsewhere when negative things happen.
Furthermore, the approach to safeguarding a structure will change once construction is finished. The owners or managers of the facility could replace the guards or build a new video surveillance system, but this would be an uncoordinated, inefficient replacement project. It involves a lot of recurring work and increases costs.
Why not use a single security system for the duration of the building’s lifecycle, from construction to continuous operations, to simplify the process, increase efficiency, and reduce costs?
Overall, remote guarding is more efficient and can adapt to the change without needing to be replaced.
What is remote guarding?
By combining the effectiveness, consistency, and precision of technology with the situational awareness and intelligence of life, real-time professional security specialists when needed, remote guarding offers the best of both worlds. Smart video surveillance cameras that use computer algorithms to continuously scan the area being guarded for any odd activity. They are sophisticated enough to distinguish between harmless and suspicious items (for example, they can identify when a human is present when there shouldn’t be one and when a cat or a limb is moving in the wind). If the software finds a threat, it sends a warning to the operations center, where specialists will watch the video stream in real time to determine whether the threat is real. Then, if necessary, they can apply live audio talk-down using the on-site speakers or alert the appropriate law enforcement. False alarms that burden local police forces won’t be raised if there is no real threat.
Because qualified professionals always check the video before acting, the false alarm rate is reduced to almost nil thanks to this technology-human situational awareness combo.
Benefits of remote guarding throughout the building lifecycle:
The advantages of remote guarding over conventional monitoring techniques are numerous and cover the whole lifecycle of a structure. Video surveillance can cover bigger areas faster than human security guards during development and later when the property is occupied. This allows for less staff and more extensive surveillance. The property will be better safeguarded against theft, vandalism, potential safety violations, abuse by guests or inhabitants, and other infractions as a result. Additionally, it can retain digital video records and log daily building progress.
Up to 95% of alarms generated by the national security system are erroneous, which burdens police agencies and limits their ability to react. Response times are sped up and accuracy is increased with remote guarding. Additionally, the technique is easily scalable. The quantity or variety of properties that a US-based remote video operations center can watch over for you are both unlimited. Buildings may be in any stage of development or occupancy.
Additionally, remote guarding is very economical, especially in comparison to alternatives. Remote guarding only requires a one-time capital cost to set up. If cameras are incorporated into the basic design of the building, they can be used for the duration of the structure. As monitoring requirements change throughout the course of development, it is easy to move cameras within the structure or around the site. There are no further installation capital investment charges after you’ve established a partnership with a security partner to manage the solution unless you want to add more cameras. The system’s upkeep and continuous maintenance are included in monthly subscription rates as a realistic operational expense, so there are no hassles or roadblocks to worry about.
Property security is virtually effortless with remote guarding, but it is also simple to use in other contexts. The method can be used, for example, to record proof for insurance or performance claims. Alternatively, you can utilize it to conduct remote safety audits.
Remote guarding costs less than adding live, on-site guards:
Commercial real estate is a desirable investment type, whether you’re considering offices, industrial space, or multifamily residential units. However, if you’re a developer or property owner, you’ll want to take every possible measure to increase the return on your investment. Making sure that you get a return on every dollar you spend on your property requires getting rid of inefficiencies and pointless costs.
An essential component of smart real estate investing methods is remote guarding. Remote guarding is inexpensive to install and pays for itself very quickly. According to estimates, hiring an additional live guard would cost 70% more than using remote video surveillance. Furthermore, compared to security guards, builders and property managers can strategically put cameras in several spots to cover a larger area across the property. AI-enabled cameras have superior vision to humans and are never distracted or forgetful. All of this means that remote guarding can lessen hazards to your commercial premises and do it more effectively and affordably.
Therefore, many insurers provide discounted rates for buildings that have installed remote guarding systems. Both during construction and afterwards in the building’s lifespan, these cost reductions can be obtained.
Remote guarding offers real estate investors more advantages than just cost reductions. The management and security of numerous properties can be centralized and consolidated using technology. No matter how many buildings you own or how few, they may all be watched over by the same security company, no matter where they are. This makes it easier to keep track of a real estate portfolio that is expanding or geographically diverse.
If you’re a builder or developer who intends to sell the property after construction is finished, you should be aware that potential buyers may find the cost advantages of remote guarding to be highly alluring. They can easily modify the solution for long-term use once the building is occupied in addition to continuing to benefit from the exact and extensive security coverage that the system offered during construction. Future tenants of the building will enjoy living or working there more thanks to the same technologies that can increase construction workers’ sense of safety.
Although video analytics is currently a strong security tool, it is always developing and getting better. Remote guarding is already giving developers and property managers the chance to maintain buildings safely and securely in a way that is effective and economical, even as it continues to grow more precise and capable.
