How Can a Time Lapse Camera Help on Construction Sites?

Taking pictures of beautiful architecture has always been one of the photographers favourite things to do, even as they are being erected from the ground. But the time lapse cameras have integrated construction sites, in a much more important way. Below, you will find out how they are being used, once placed on a construction site.

A Tool from Start to Finish

Time lapse cameras are being installed on a construction site, before the first shovel hits the ground. Site managers today have all learned the best way to monitor a construction site with a time lapse camera, and it starts from day one. The main goal it is used for, is to be able to look at the work being done on construction in real-time, in order to analyze the progress being made, so that the project can be delivered on time.

Since it is taking pictures at given intervals, throughout the whole process and right until the end, it also creates a full time lapse video of how the building was brought up. This is a unique element that is often added to presentations of commercial buildings, to be shown to future tenants. Time lapse videos have been used in movies, documentaries and audio-visual presentations for a long time, but the technology was never as good as it is today. Before, regular cameras had to be used for this purpose, which of course did not have all the capacities of a time lapse cameras, nor their level of quality, as they include two wide-angle lenses which combine for unique images. The user can also choose between Full HD, 4K or 6K.

Monitoring the Work being done

Many things can go wrong on a construction site, that can slow down the project. On large sites, it is difficult for managers to know what is wrong, without being physically there. With time lapse cameras, the person in charge can actually literally look into the problem, right from his office, no matter where it is located in the world. He can access the data from previous days and even adjust the direction of the lenses, in order to focus on a precise element. It is the perfect way to discover if the slowdown is due to labor, to lack of equipment or even caused by the weather.

The software that comes along with the camera, becomes central to monitoring the construction site. Everyone involved in the project has access to the data and can comment on it, at all time. It enables the people responsible on site to communicate their information to their superior, even from afar, through the Cloud.

Other Advantages

Time lapse cameras are energy self-sufficient, which means that they will never lose power. It has its own solar panel, but it is also able to take 6,000 pictures solely on the energy of the battery. It is also fully weatherproof, which means that you can let it outside under any kind of weather, including rain or snow. Inside the camera is a GPS, which provides the exact location of where it can be found, at all time.