AI CCTV design, supply and install, from site survey to go-live

Site survey: what you have and what you need to protect

The survey starts with your free site assessment. We look at the cameras and recorder already on site, what each camera can see by day and at night, and how the site is used across a full 24 hours. For a waste or recycling site that means stockpile bays, quarantine areas, fuel and gas stores, the gate and weighbridge, and the perimeter. For a construction compound or industrial yard the priorities shift towards the fence line, plant storage and site cabins.

• Existing cameras – make, position, resolution, infrared range and whether they stream over ONVIF or RTSP.
• Risks and assets – where a fire is most likely to start, where intruders get in, and where vehicles move.
• Blind spots – areas no camera covers well, or that a camera only sees side-on or out of focus.
• Network and power – where cabling, PoE and a mounting point are already available.

Design: coverage, detection areas and schedules

The design turns the survey into a drawing you can sign off. It shows each camera's field of view, which detections run on each camera, and the polygon detection areas that decide where alerts can fire. Unlike a simple line or rectangle, a polygon detection area follows the real outline of a stockpile, a fuel store or a gate, so the AI watches what matters and ignores roads, floodlights and neighbouring units.

We also set out an alert schedule for each camera. A stockpile camera may watch for smoke and fire around the clock, while a fence-line camera only raises intrusion alerts out of hours. Where the survey found gaps, the design shows exactly which new camera fills each one and from which mounting point.

Supply: only the hardware the design calls for

Woodcock AI works with the CCTV you already have, so supply is often small. We specify and supply what the design needs and nothing more. That can include new bullet or dome cameras for blind spots, an edge AI server that runs detection on site, a PoE switch, cabling, junction boxes, brackets and fixings. Hardware is chosen to suit outdoor yards: weather-rated housings, infrared suited to the distances involved, and mounting that copes with wind and vibration.

Because detection runs in Woodcock AI rather than inside the camera, you do not need cameras with built-in analytics. Existing cameras keep recording to your recorder as they do today.

Installation: mounting, cabling and power

Installation follows the design drawing. New cameras are mounted on masts, walls or buildings at the agreed positions and aimed to the fields of view in the design. Cabling is run back to the network point, connections are sealed in junction boxes against the weather, and the edge AI server is installed in a secure, ventilated spot such as the site office or a comms cabinet.

We plan the work around how your site runs, so access for plant and vehicles is kept clear and noisy or high-level work is scheduled for quieter periods. Existing cameras that the survey marked for adjustment are re-aimed or refocused at the same time.

Commissioning: zones drawn and tested on the live view

Commissioning is where the design becomes a working system. The polygon detection areas from the design are drawn on each camera's live view, detection types are switched on per area, and alert schedules are set. Each area is then tested: a test alert is triggered and we check it reaches the app with its clip.

This is also where the self-learning AI starts to learn your cameras. Every detection carries a feedback button, and marking an alert as right or wrong feeds into retraining for your site, so the system gets to know your floodlights, dust, steam and weather.

Go-live: alerts to the right people at the right times

At go-live the system starts watching for real. Alerts arrive in the Woodcock AI app with a short clip so the person receiving it can see straight away what is happening. We walk your team through the app, the feedback button and what to do when an alert comes in.

Alerts to a monitoring centre (ARC) and phone-call alerts are available as optional add-ons. You choose who gets alerts, for which cameras and at what times.

Ongoing support: 24/7 help, camera health and retraining

Sites change. Stockpiles move, bays get reused, new gates go in and cameras get knocked or dirty. Our support team is available 24/7, and camera health is watched so an offline camera or a poor image is picked up rather than discovered after an incident. When the layout changes, detection areas are redrawn to match, and feedback from your team keeps feeding into retraining for your site.