Sandown: cameras for business parks and high-density living
Sandown is about 2 km north-east of Sandton City. In Sandown, the line between commercial and residential life is blurred. This creates constant flows of traffic, from office workers on Fredman Drive to residents and visitors along Katherine Street. The main challenge is securing shared perimeters and access points where the public, staff, and residents constantly interact. A single camera trying to cover a busy entrance often fails to capture the specific details needed when an incident occurs.
Our approach is to separate the tasks. We use wider view cameras for situational awareness over parking areas or building exteriors. Then, we place dedicated cameras to capture clearer views at important points like reception desks, boom gates, and delivery zones. This ensures that while general activity is monitored, the system is designed to provide more useful footage from places where interactions actually happen, like at an entrance to a complex such as The Meadows.
For Sandown's business owners and body corporates, managing footage access is important. We make sure the system is set up for authorised staff or trustees to find and export footage of an incident without delay. For complexes, this includes considering who can view perimeter cameras. The Information Regulator has proposed a code for gated communities that would guide how long footage is kept, a key responsibility for any trustee board.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our CCTV cameras page.
Questions from Sandown
Our office building has multiple tenants. Who should control the camera system?
Typically, building management or the property owner controls the system covering common areas like lobbies, parking, and entrances. We set up access so only designated individuals can view or export footage, protecting the privacy of all tenants while securing the property.
We're a body corporate for a complex on Rivonia Road. Can our cameras view the public pavement?
Your cameras should primarily focus on your property's perimeter and entrance. While a camera might incidentally capture a small part of the pavement to monitor your gate, its main purpose must be your own security. We position cameras to respect public privacy while securing your boundary.
Tell us what you have in Sandown now and what is going wrong, and we will tell you plainly whether it needs a repair, an upgrade or a new CCTV camera system, then put the quote in writing.