Video Surveillance
Plan, record and review activity around your property with a video surveillance system designed for the areas, operations and risks that matter to your organization. Uniservices provides consulting, design, installation, modernization and service for businesses, industrial facilities, condominium corporations, apartment-building owners and property managers in Edmonton and across Alberta.
A useful camera system begins with clear objectives. Different properties may need to observe entrances, service areas, parkades, common areas, loading zones or other locations connected to daily operations. Camera placement, image detail, lighting, recording, storage and viewing requirements should be considered together rather than treating each camera as a separate purchase.
Depending on the approved design and selected equipment, a video surveillance system may include:
Image quality and coverage depend on the camera position, field of view, lighting, scene conditions, recording settings and selected equipment.
Uniservices reviews the property, priority areas, operating requirements and existing infrastructure before defining the system scope. The design considers camera purpose and placement, image requirements, recording, storage, viewing, network capacity, power and supporting cabling.
For a separately scoped assessment, project requirements or system design, see our Consulting & Design service.
New systems and additions are installed around the approved design and site conditions. Work may include cameras, recorders, storage, network equipment, power, mounting, supporting cabling and the viewing functions included in the project.
Each proposed view is evaluated for its intended purpose. No camera can guarantee that every event, face, licence plate or other detail will be captured in every condition.
An existing camera system may have useful infrastructure alongside equipment that is aging, limited or no longer suitable for the property’s requirements. Uniservices can assess the current system, identify practical reuse opportunities and develop a replacement or phased-upgrade approach.
For projects centred on an aging or end-of-life system, see System Modernization.
Uniservices provides video surveillance troubleshooting, repair and scheduled maintenance. Service may also be available for systems installed by another company, subject to an initial assessment of system condition, compatibility, administrative access and parts or software availability.
Recurring maintenance agreements can be scoped around the property and installed system. Agreement terms, included work and scheduling are defined for each client; no emergency or guaranteed response-time commitment is implied.
The recording system should be planned together with the cameras. The amount of video retained depends on factors such as the number of cameras, resolution, frame rate, recording method, storage capacity and system settings.
The approved project scope may address:
Retention duration and image detail must be confirmed for the actual system design. They are not assumed from a generic camera count.
Uniservices works on commercial and building-level video surveillance projects for businesses, industrial properties, condominium corporations, apartment-building owners and property managers.
Typical applications may include:
Camera placement must respect the approved project purpose and applicable privacy obligations. Uniservices does not provide camera systems for individual homes.
Uniservices can assess a video surveillance system installed by another contractor. The first step is to determine its condition, available documentation, administrative access, compatibility and the availability of required parts or software.
After the assessment, Uniservices can explain:
Assessment does not guarantee that every existing product can be supported or integrated. The recommended next step depends on the system found on site.
Video surveillance often works alongside other building-security systems. Where the equipment and project scope support it, Uniservices can coordinate video surveillance with:
Each system remains separately scoped. Integration is included only after compatibility and project requirements are confirmed.
We review the property, priority areas, operating requirements, existing concerns and project goals.
We consider the intended view, distance, lighting, mounting location and existing infrastructure that may affect each part of the design.
We identify the proposed equipment, recording and viewing requirements, supporting work, known limitations and an appropriate implementation or upgrade path.
Approved work is installed and configured, and the included camera views and system functions are checked against the project scope.
After completion, Uniservices can provide on-request service or a separately scoped recurring maintenance agreement.
No. Uniservices focuses on commercial and building-level systems for businesses, industrial properties, condominium corporations, apartment-building owners and property managers. We do not provide camera systems for individual homes.
Yes, subject to an initial assessment. Service depends on the system’s condition, compatibility, administrative access and the availability of required parts or software.
Retention depends on the number of cameras, resolution, frame rate, recording method, storage capacity and system settings. The expected retention period is calculated for the proposed system rather than assumed from the camera count alone.
Remote viewing may be available when supported by the selected system and included in the approved scope. User access, network requirements and configuration are reviewed as part of the project.
Sometimes. Existing equipment and infrastructure are assessed before reuse is recommended. Components are retained only when their condition, compatibility and role in the proposed system make reuse practical.
It may be possible when the systems are compatible and the integration has a clear operational purpose. Compatibility and scope are confirmed before integration is proposed.
Yes. Uniservices can provide recurring maintenance agreements as well as on-request service. The agreement scope and scheduling are defined for the property and installed system.
Tell us about the property, the areas you need to cover, the current system if there is one, and what you need to accomplish. Uniservices will review the information and identify the appropriate next step.
Do not include passwords, remote-access credentials or other sensitive security information.
