What happens outside working hours
Most site managers have reasonable visibility into what happens during business hours. But construction sites are investments exposed for 16 hours per day — weekends and holidays included. During this unsupervised period, several types of critical events can occur without anyone knowing until the damage is already done.
Material and equipment theft
Theft on construction sites generates estimated losses of billions of dollars per year globally. Electrical materials, steel, portable equipment and even heavy machinery are frequent targets. The vast majority of thefts happen at night or on weekends, when the site is empty or has minimal security.
Continuous camera monitoring works on two levels: as a deterrent — the visible presence of cameras reduces the incidence of theft — and as evidence. When thefts do occur, the footage provides material for police reports, insurance claims and identification of those involved.
Unauthorized access
Beyond theft, construction sites are frequently accessed by unauthorized individuals — curious neighbors, scavengers, vandals or children looking for play space. This type of access creates civil liability for the contractor in the event of accidents.
NEXO's people detection system records every human presence on site, regardless of the time. Consulting the detection history allows identifying patterns of unauthorized access and taking preventive measures — such as reinforcing fencing at specific points identified by the heat map.
Unauthorized use of equipment and machinery
Another invisible event without continuous monitoring is the use of equipment outside contracted hours. Heavy machinery operated without authorization represents accident risk, additional wear and potential labor liability.
The truck and excavator detection history allows verifying whether equipment was used outside the scheduled hours. Prolonged production stoppages during business hours are also recorded — revealing periods of inactivity that may not be spontaneously reported by teams.
"With continuous monitoring, you don't need to be present to know what happened. The complete 30-day history is always available for consultation on the platform."
The value of continuous recording history
The NEXO platform stores continuous recordings from the last 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days. This means that for any event — theft, accident, dispute with a subcontractor — you can retrospectively access the footage from that specific moment.
This historical archive has value both for internal management and for legal matters. It is a documentation asset that most sites do not have — and whose absence is only noticed when it is already too late to resolve the situation.