The Connected Construction Trailer

The Connected Construction Trailer

Jesse HallMCA News, Mobile Mark, Sierra Wireless

Jobsite Connectivity Enabled by Networked Construction Trailers

Fixed and Mobile Construction Trailer Communications

Construction firms rely on robust networking devices and dependable network communication for seamless connectivity on-site. With MCA, they find the latest 4G and 5G-enabled networking solutions for their mobile construction trailers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity across worksites nationwide.

Equipping your trailers with our intelligent cellular routers, wideband adapters, and antenna kits guarantees secure data connections, empowering site managers with enhanced capabilities to meet project demands effectively.

Connected Construction Trailer

Connected Worksite Awareness

Ensuring connectivity is paramount, especially in hazardous environments. Our cellular routers seamlessly connect construction vehicles, tools, security devices, and personnel, offering foremen secure logins for record-keeping and worksite safety. Whether tracking assets or ensuring a robust data connection, our purpose-built cellular router and antenna kits provide a comprehensive solution.

With integrated mobile events engine, deployment and device management are effortless. Real-time monitoring of router parameters, network status, and trailer connections, along with custom alerts and reports, ensures efficiency even in remote and challenging conditions.

Increased Worksite Security and Enhanced Safety

In addition to bolstering job site connectivity, our connected construction trailers offer teams the chance to significantly enhance their job site security and safety. By integrating our job site connectivity solutions, which encompass routers, adapters, and antennas, into construction trailers, MCA provides a comprehensive solution.

This ensures that all necessary components for enhancing security and safety, including access controls, detection systems, surveillance cameras, IP sirens, speakers for emergency notifications, mobile computing devices like laptops and tablets, handheld smartphones, and smart radios, can communicate seamlessly using the mobile networking solutions we provide.

This complete construction trailer upfitting service offers teams peace of mind and the ability to efficiently manage and monitor their job sites.

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Surveillance Cameras 

Construction sites are often left unattended overnight and during non-business hours, which makes a robust video surveillance system non-negotiable. With connected trailers, video surveillance systems can live-stream video to security teams and send real-time alerts. Not only does video surveillance enhance security, but it also provides an extra layer of safety protection so that the job site can be monitored for unsafe conditions. In the event of an accident, video can provide a record of what went wrong so that future incidents can be avoided.

Access Controls

Enhanced connectivity at job sites opens doors to advanced security measures. We can equip portable construction trailers with IP-based Access Control Systems, ensuring that materials, tools, and equipment are only accessible to authorized personnel. Additionally, we provide connectivity solutions for access controls across the entire job site, bolstering security measures comprehensively.

Detection Systems

While video surveillance is ideal, video may not be monitored 24/7 or may not capture every inch of a job site. Detection systems like motion and acoustic sensors, however, can be configured to capture the entire perimeter of an area or square inch of a room, sending real-time, round-the-clock alerts that an intruder or unauthorized person has been detected.

Mass Notification Systems

Construction sites are inherently dangerous workplaces, with workers vulnerable to accidents at almost every turn. Add in the fact that they’re also quite frequently exposed to the elements, and they’re an ideal candidate for Mass Notification Systems. Whether the crew needs to be alerted to a man-down safety incident, an incoming storm or even told to clear the area for heavy machinery to move through, connected job sites can benefit from MNS to keep their crews informed and out of harm's way.

Vehicular Repeaters

Two-way radios are the primary method of communication on most construction sites, but without amplification signals can often be disrupted on the site by heavy machinery and an abundance of conflicting signals. Connected construction trailers can be equipped with vehicle repeater systems (VRS) - like the Motorola Solutions SLR 5000 Series - that can increase the range and reliability of the two-way radios.

Mobile Computing

We offer both connectivity solutions and a range of rugged laptops and handheld devices designed specifically for job site use. With our comprehensive offerings, we ensure seamless connectivity for these devices across job sites, with a range of up to 300 feet, enabling efficient collaboration and real-time decision-making for enhanced productivity and safety.

Customizable Connectivity Kits for Portable Offices

Our router, adapter, and antenna kits offer a spectrum of features tailored to diverse needs. Choose between 4G and 5G options, with 4G speeds reaching up to 1.2 GB and 5G capable of 4 GB and beyond. Opt for single or dual radio configurations based on your requirements. Select between WiFi 4 and WiFi 6, with 2x2 WiFi 4 supporting up to 64 connected devices and 4x4 WiFi 6 accommodating up to 256 clients.

Regardless of the kit chosen, all options come in ruggedized form factors built to withstand extreme weather conditions and harsh environments. They feature protection against transient surges and continuous power maintenance during 5V brownouts and spikes. With IP64 resistance to dust and water ingress and compliance with MIL-STD-810G specifications for shock, vibration, temperature, and humidity, these devices ensure reliability in any setting.

Moreover, our equipment supports various functionalities, including vehicle location tracking, health monitoring, GPS, navigation, and telemetry. Benefit from dual SIM capabilities for multi-carrier fallback and failover, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity even in challenging scenarios.

About MCA and Our CNS Team

MCA is one of the largest and most trusted integrators in the United States, offering world-class voice, data, and security solutions that enhance the quality, safety, and productivity of customers, operations, and lives. More than 65,000 customers trust MCA to provide carefully researched solutions for a safe, secure, and more efficient workplace.

Our Cellular Networking Solutions (CNS) team (formerly known as USAT) is made up of certified experts in designing and deploying fixed and mobile wireless data connectivity solutions for public and private enterprises nationwide - complete with implementation, training, proof of concept (POC), system auditing, and on-site RF surveying services with optional engineering maintenance contracts.

Our extensive catalog of world-class routers, gateways, and software designed for remote monitoring and management in even the harshest environments allows us to deliver a full suite of reliable technologies capped with a service-first approach.

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