Safety Eye Mini

Use the container already on site as your camera position

The Safety Eye Mini is a static, wireless and battery-operated camera platform designed for installation on a container or site office.

Custom-manufactured brackets allow it to sit on the top corner of the structure, providing an elevated view across the surrounding site.

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No fixed cabling. No separate camera tower.

Security from one of the first structures to arrive

On many temporary sites, a container is one of the first things put in place. It may be used for:

  • Secure storage
  • Tools and materials
  • Site accommodation
  • A temporary office
  • A workshop or project space
  • Equipment that remains on site overnight

That makes the container a natural point from which to view the surrounding area. The Safety Eye Mini uses custom bracketry to mount the camera platform at the top corner of a container or site office, giving the site an elevated monitoring position without requiring a separate ground-level platform.

Safety Eye CCTV bollard deployed beside a shipping container for construction site security

Before the Safety Eye Mini

The container protects what is inside, but the surrounding site remains exposed

  • Tools and materials may be stored securely inside while external activity is unseen
  • The site may have no suitable power or fixed broadband
  • Installing permanent CCTV may not suit a temporary project
  • A separate camera platform takes up additional ground space
  • The customer may already have a well-positioned site office or container
  • Overnight activity around the structure may not be visible from inside it

With the Safety Eye Mini

Turn the container into the installation point

  • Mount the camera at the top corner of the structure
  • Gain an elevated view across the surrounding site
  • Avoid reliance on mains power leads
  • Use a container or site office already positioned on the project
  • Add temporary monitoring without a permanent camera installation
  • Keep the ground around the container clear of a separate platform
Side view of Safety Eye CCTV bollard mounted on a construction site office cabin

Built around the way temporary sites operate

Containers are widely used on project-based and temporary sites because they provide secure, relocatable space without requiring a permanent building.

They are commonly used for:

  • Tools and equipment
  • Materials and stock
  • Temporary site offices
  • Welfare and meeting space
  • Mobile workshops
  • Project accommodation

The Safety Eye Mini is designed around that established site practice. Rather than asking where a separate tower or bollard should stand, it uses the container or site office as the camera’s support and elevated location.

Custom-manufactured container brackets

The Safety Eye Mini includes bracketry manufactured specifically for installation on the top corner of a container or site office. It allows the camera platform to:

  • Sit on the structure rather than the ground
  • Use the height of the container
  • Remain in a static position
  • Provide an elevated view from the chosen corner
  • Be installed without turning the container into a permanent CCTV system

The product should be positioned according to the surrounding layout and the part of the site that needs to remain visible.

Safety Eye CCTV bollard mounted on site cabin wall for construction site monitoring

Freestanding technology without fixed site infrastructure

The Safety Eye Mini is:

  • Wireless
  • Battery operated
  • Static once installed
  • Designed for containers and site offices
  • Fitted with camera tracking
  • Built with custom-manufactured mounting brackets

It does not require a mains power lead connecting it to the site. This makes it relevant where the container has arrived before permanent power, broadband, or other security infrastructure is available.

Where the Safety Eye Mini fits

Construction sites

Use a container already serving as secure storage or a site office to create an elevated camera position.

Civil engineering and infrastructure projects

Add temporary site vision where containers or cabins support a project that changes location or ends when the works are complete.

Temporary compounds

Monitor the area around a container, site office or project unit without installing permanent CCTV.

Storage yards

Position the camera above a container used for tools, stock, materials or operational storage.

Logistics & industrial sites

Use an existing container as a static viewpoint over part of the yard or compound.

Events and temporary operations

Install the Mini on a container or site office that is already part of the temporary setup.

Temporary protection for a temporary structure

Containers may remain on site for weeks, months or longer depending on the project. Hiring a camera platform can suit that pattern because the security equipment can remain for the period it is needed and be removed when the site or container is no longer in use.

This avoids committing the customer to a permanent CCTV installation around a temporary structure.

Keep it for a second week and receive 10% off

When a Safety Eye product is hired for a second week, a 10% discount is applied to the entire invoice.

Keeping the Mini installed avoids another delivery and setup visit while giving the site continued coverage from the container.

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Frequently asked questions

It is designed for installation on top of a container or site office.

The product uses custom-manufactured brackets that allow it to sit on the top corner of the structure.

No. It is wireless and battery operated.

The camera technology is 360 degrees, but the container roof restricts the practical field of view to approximately 260 degrees.

The unit is mounted at the top corner of the container. When it looks back towards the structure, the roof blocks part of the full circular view.

The roof restriction cannot be removed, but the installation corner can be chosen so that the clearest view faces the area of greatest concern.

The Safety Eye Mini requires custom-manufactured bracketry and installation on top of the container. The price reflects that specialist mounting arrangement.

It is a static camera platform. It is intended to remain at the selected corner once installed.

Yes. The product includes camera tracking.

Choose the Mini when a suitable container or site office is available and an elevated container-mounted position makes sense. Choose the Sentry when you need an independent 2.2-metre static platform elsewhere on the site.

A second week of hire qualifies for a 10% discount on the entire invoice.

Simple hire, fully managed

Just call us, and we’ll handle the rest. We deliver to any site you choose, install the system, set up the tablet, and ensure everything is working before we leave. We also take care of maintenance, charging, collection and ongoing support.

How it works

Trusted on real sites

Our units already protect sites for national housebuilders, local authorities and plant hire firms

  • A security situation developed. Safety Eye was delivered the same day, and the deterrent effect calmed everything down.
    Mark
    John Boyd Farms Ltd
  • Had a unit on our compound the next morning. The deterrent alone stopped the night visits we were getting.
    Jason
    National housebuilder
  • No power or cabling to sort. A straightforward weekly price.
    Tracey
    Plant hire firm

Turn the container into your camera position

Tell us where the container or site office is located, which area you need to see and what sits around the proposed installation point.

We will help you assess whether the available 260-degree view suits the site or whether an independent Sentry or movable Bollard would provide a better position.

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