Construction Site Cameras and Visibility Systems

On a construction site, many lifts and digs happen out of the operator's line of sight. Netarus systems give the crew a live view of the load, the hole or the work zone, so the operator isn't relying only on a spotter and a radio.

Cranes

HoistCam, a Netarus brand, is used on mobile cranes such as truck cranes, telescopic boom cranes and crawler cranes, and on tower cranes, to place the operator's eyes anywhere on the job site. On telescopic boom cranes, a HoistCam repeater keeps the video link through the whole lift without an antenna on the boom; see the telescopic boom crane guide on hoistcam.com. A boom tip camera installs in under five minutes with no welding, with the monitor in the operator's cab.

Excavations

A camera on the side wall of the hole where an excavator is digging lets the operator see into the hole and around the machine. It can be repositioned in seconds, and it travels in a suitcase-size case between excavations or with the excavator.

Jobsite monitoring

Mounted on a tripod, the same camera works as a site camera for a foreman or supervisor. The video can be viewed from a web-enabled smartphone or PC over cellular or on-site wireless access points.

Programs and custom systems

The Netarus Full Service Material Handling Analysis Program works with construction customers to improve the safety and productivity of material handling, and Netarus engineers custom camera platforms for applications that need them.

View from Operator's Cab on Telescopic Crane with the HoistCam and Repeater Installed on the Hook Block

Where Netarus systems are used

Mobile, truck, telescopic boom, crawler and tower cranes
Excavators and the excavation hole
Jobsite monitoring for foremen and supervisors
Material handling analysis for construction fleets

Netarus platforms for construction

HoistCam™: A Netarus, LLC Brand

HoistCam is the Netarus flagship line of wireless and wired crane camera systems. Current HoistCam models, specifications and support are on hoistcam.com.

Netarus Full Service – Material Handling Analysis Program

A turn-key Netarus program that improves material handling safety and productivity for industrial, maritime, construction and transportation operations.

Custom Platforms

Netarus builds rugged, easy to use communication platforms, customized with night vision cameras, batteries, DVRs, displays, wireless links and sensors.

In the field

HoistCam camera on a crane hook block above a construction work yard

HoistCam Attached to Side of Excavator Dig Hole

View from HoistCam from Hook Block of Tower Crane

Common questions

How do Netarus systems help on a construction site?

They give the people running a lift or a dig a live view of what they can't see directly. A wireless camera at the hook, the boom tip or the excavation sends video to a monitor in the cab, or to a phone or PC, which helps reduce blind lifts and guesswork.

Is HoistCam made by Netarus?

Yes. HoistCam is a brand of Netarus, LLC, of Norfolk, Virginia. Current HoistCam models, specifications and equipment guides are on hoistcam.com; netarus.com covers Netarus as a company.

Can one camera system move between machines and sites?

Yes. The camera can be repositioned in seconds, and the system travels in a suitcase-size transport case, so it can follow the work from one crane or excavation to the next.

Can a supervisor watch the video away from the cab?

Yes. The video can be viewed from a web-enabled smartphone or PC over cellular or on-site wireless access points. For HoistCam fleets, HoistCam Director software adds real-time remote monitoring.

Other industries

All industries

View from the trolley at the coil grabber, shown on the monitor in the crane cab

Industrial

Netarus helps steel mills, plants and factories see blind lifts on overhead cranes, grapples and coil handling equipment, with rugged camera systems and a full-service material handling analysis program.

Reach stacker fitted with a HoistCam lifting an ISO tank container in a container yard

Transportation

Netarus camera and video systems help intermodal yards, 3PLs, drayage yards, warehouses and vehicle fleets see the loads and moves their operators can't see directly, from a container on a reach stacker's spreader to video on board land-based vehicles.

HoistCam HD197 wireless camera in its yellow case on a work barge deck, a tug's fenders and the harbor behind it

Maritime

Netarus maritime systems help tugboat, towboat, barge, vessel and port crane crews see what is hidden from the wheelhouse or the cab, with TugCam and HoistCam wireless cameras, night vision cameras, and custom camera and DVR platforms for vessels.