Site-Eye

What Site-Eye does

Site-Eye (legal entity Siteeye Timelapse Ltd, formerly Site Computers Ltd) is a UK-based managed-service company that supplies continuous, high-resolution time-lapse documentation for construction, infrastructure, shipbuilding, energy and natural-world projects. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Hebden Bridge with a southern office in Brighton, the company designs and manufactures its own camera hardware and supporting software in-house, offering 4K, 8K and 12K systems with 4G connectivity, solar-power options for remote sites, and adaptive capture parameters. Outputs are delivered through a secure cloud-based Project Portal providing timestamped imagery, batch download and global 24/7 access, with an integration into Autodesk BIM 360 that embeds the portal inside enterprise construction management workflows.

The business monetises primarily through multi-year managed-service contracts covering site survey, installation, monitoring, maintenance and a hand-crafted final film, augmented by SiteStream HD video recording and live streaming, CAA-accredited drone filming, corporate filming, and a small recurring fee for extended portal retention. Its go-to-market is sales-led enterprise field engagement: estimates, free site surveys, formal quotes and engineer-led installation, with no resellers or channel partners. The active fleet exceeds 400 cameras across the UK and international projects in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with marquee references including The Shard, CrossRail, Battersea Power Station, London 2012 Olympics, the Pioneering Spirit vessel and Shell's Prelude FLNG. The company is privately held, founder-owned and has no external institutional funding.

Name

Site-Eye

Legal name

Siteeye Timelapse Ltd

Website

https://site-eye.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Site-Eye is a UK-based, founder-owned managed-service company that supplies high-resolution time-lapse camera systems, cloud portals and final films for construction, infrastructure, offshore energy and broadcasting clients in the UK and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hebden Bridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Time-Lapse Camera Installation and Monitoring: Managed service providing fully installed and maintained time-lapse camera systems throughout construction projects. Includes site survey, installation by qualified engineers, ongoing monitoring, maintenance, camera adjustments, monthly video clips, and final hand-crafted time-lapse film at project completion. Pricing is project-based with straightforward rates and no hidden extras.
2. SiteStream Services: HD video streaming and recording services with three tiers: Portal (recorded clips), Live (real-time broadcasting), and DVR (local storage for low-connectivity sites). Available as add-on to standard time-lapse services.
3. Corporate and Drone Filming: Additional filming services including drone photography/videography by CAA-accredited pilots, on-site film crews for interviews and events, professional editing with text, graphics, and voice-overs.
4. Extended Portal Access: Free portal access for up to 6 months after project completion. Extended access available for a small monthly fee for indefinite portal retention.
5. Drone Filming Standalone: Standalone drone filming service with CAA-accredited pilots, including site survey, RAMS documentation, full copyright footage, and project archive. Flat rate with no additional travel charges for mainland UK.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Site-Eye provides fully managed, all-weather time-lapse camera systems and filming services for construction, infrastructure, shipbuilding, energy, and documentary projects. Its core service includes site survey, installation, monitoring, and maintenance of custom 4G-connected cameras (4K/8K/12K) with cloud portal access, culminating in a final hand-crafted time-lapse film. Adjacent offerings include SiteStream HD video monitoring, drone filming, corporate filming, and Autodesk BIM 360 integration.

Product overview

Site-Eye is the UK's original time-lapse filming company (established in 2000) offering a managed service for construction and infrastructure projects. The core offering consists of Time-Lapse Cameras for Construction, which capture high-resolution images (4K/8K/12K) every 10 minutes via all-weather camera systems with 4G connectivity. This is supported by SiteStream for HD video recording and live streaming, and supplemented by Drone Filming and Corporate Filming add-on services. All outputs are delivered through the Online Project Portal, a secure platform providing 24/7 global access to timestamped images and footage with multiple off-site backups. An optional BIM 360 Integration allows clients to embed the portal within Autodesk's construction management dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SiteStream: HD video streaming and site monitoring solution that captures entire builds as discrete 10-minute HD video clips, available as Portal, Live, and DVR variants
• BIM 360 Integration

Products and services

• Time-Lapse Cameras for Construction Professional, fully managed, all-weather time-lapse camera systems installed at construction sites, offering 4K, 8K, and 12K resolution options with 4G connectivity. Includes site survey, installation by qualified engineers, ongoing monitoring and maintenance, remote solar or mains power options, and image transmission to the online portal. Designed for construction companies, developers, and infrastructure clients needing long-term visual documentation of building projects.
• SiteStream HD Video Monitoring HD video recording service capturing entire construction projects as discrete 10-minute video clips instead of still images. Includes live streaming capability, on-site DVR storage for locations with poor connectivity, and searchable clip retrieval by date and time via the portal. Targeted at construction and infrastructure clients needing richer site monitoring than still photography.
• Corporate Filming Professional on-site film crew services for documenting construction activities, stakeholder interviews, and special events, including drone shoots, voice-overs, text and graphics integration, and professional editing. Aimed at construction companies and developers needing supplementary video content for PR, marketing, and stakeholder communication.
• Drone Filming and Photography 4K drone filming and photography service operated by CAA-accredited pilots, including site survey, RAMS documentation, flight registration, full copyright footage, and a project archive with 24/7 online access. Available standalone at a flat UK mainland rate, or integrated with time-lapse projects.
• Online Project Portal Secure cloud-based online portal providing global 24/7 access to time-lapse images and video footage. Features timestamped images refreshed every few minutes, 4K/8K resolution support, calendar-based navigation, batch ZIP download, progress-over-time video generation, and multi-location off-site data backups with cold storage archival. Free access for up to 6 months after project completion, with extended retention available on a recurring monthly fee.
• BIM 360 Integration Integration with the Autodesk BIM 360 project dashboard enabling time-lapse imagery and the Site-Eye portal to be embedded directly within construction project management workflows. Clients can view all project images, drone footage, and time-lapse clips, and create or download clips for use in other applications. Targeted at enterprise construction firms using BIM 360 for project management.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ active cameras deployed on projects across UK and internationally
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Autodesk Construction SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationSite-Eye has partnered with Autodesk to integrate their time-lapse imagery into the BIM 360 project dashboard. Using Autodesk's Partner Card, clients can embed a fully featured instance of Site-Eye's Project Portal directly onto the BIM 360 dashboard, allowing viewing of all project images, additional media (drone flights, time-lapse clips), and the ability to create and download time-lapse clips for use in other applications.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EarthCam: Largest US-based provider of construction time-lapse, webcam, and AI visual documentation services for infrastructure and building projects — same core managed-service model (camera install + portal + final film) as Site-Eye.
• OxBlue: Construction camera and time-lapse service provider offering jobsite cameras, project portals, and time-lapse films — directly comparable to Site-Eye's managed-service offering.
• iBEAM Systems: US construction camera and time-lapse provider serving commercial and infrastructure projects; closely comparable in solution architecture and customer profile.
• Brinno: Manufacturer of time-lapse cameras widely used in construction — comparable on the hardware/capture side though Brinno is product-led versus Site-Eye's service-led model.

Emerging players

• OpenSpace: AI-driven construction progress tracking using 360° cameras and computer vision; overlaps with Site-Eye on stakeholder progress reporting though via a different capture modality.
• Buildots: AI construction progress monitoring platform — competes with Site-Eye on the progress-documentation and stakeholder-reporting outcome customers care about most.
• DroneDeploy: Drone-based reality capture and progress monitoring platform for construction — competes with Site-Eye's drone filming add-on and increasingly with time-lapse for progress reporting.
• Reconstruct (FARO): Reality capture and digital twin platform for construction — addresses the same stakeholder 'see the build' use case as time-lapse, from a 3D/AI angle.

Regional players

• Camcura: UK-based construction time-lapse and site monitoring camera provider — directly competes with Site-Eye in the UK market on identical managed-service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• SafetyCulture: Broad workplace/construction inspection and monitoring platform (iAuditor) — overlaps with Site-Eye's site-monitoring use case at the enterprise process level, though it does not compete on the time-lapse film product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/siteeye
• Facebookfacebook.com/siteeyetimelapse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/site-eye-time-lapse-films
• Instagraminstagram.com/siteeye_timelapse

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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