Western commercial environment · Construction & Trades
Active Construction Site Egocentric Data Collection
- Sector
- Construction & Trades
- Tasks listed
- 15
- Status
- 11 active collection, 4 ready to deploy
- Capture
- Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig
Environment
What does the active construction site environment cover?
Typical settings: Active construction site, carpentry, electrical installation, plumbing, drywall, tiling, painting. Each recording shows the worker's hands, tools and the objects they handle from their own point of view, in the layouts and with the equipment used in Western construction & trades work.
The environment sits in the Construction & Trades sector of the commercial catalog. A spec can take the listed tasks as-is, narrow them, or add tasks the list does not name.
Tasks
Which active construction site tasks can be captured?
Every task in the catalog for this environment, with its skill level and current status.
| Task | What is recorded | Skill | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpentry | Measure, cut and nail or screw framing, sheathing and trim on site. | Hard | Active collection |
| Construction / Woodworking | Frame, sheathe and fit timber on an active construction site with hand and power tools. | Hard | Active collection |
| Construction Site Cleanup & Debris Removal | Clearing debris, sorting waste and preparing sites after works. | Easy | Active collection |
| Cut and install insulation batts using a utility knife and staple gun | Measure and cut insulation batts with a utility knife and staple them between studs. | Medium | Active collection |
| Electrical installation | Run cable, mount boxes and wire outlets, switches and fixtures on a construction site. | Hard | Active collection |
| Hang and tape drywall panels using a screw gun and taping knife | Hang drywall panels with a screw gun and tape and mud the seams with a taping knife. | Medium | Active collection |
| Measure and cut lumber using a tape measure and circular saw | Measure and mark lumber with a tape and cut it to length with a circular saw. | Medium | Active collection |
| Plumbing | Cut, join and install pipes and fixtures on site and test for leaks. | Hard | Active collection |
| Prime and paint interior walls using rollers and brushes | Roll primer then paint on interior walls and brush cut-in at edges and trim. | Medium | Active collection |
| Sweep and haul construction debris using brooms and wheelbarrows | Sweep up debris, load it into wheelbarrows and haul it to the site skip. | Easy | Active collection |
| Tiling | Spread adhesive, set tiles with spacers, cut edge tiles and grout the joints. | Hard | Active collection |
| Construction General Skilled Trades | Skilled trade work on active sites including framing, concrete and structural tasks. | Hard | Ready to deploy |
| Drywall Hanging, Taping & Mudding | Lift and screw drywall panels to studs, tape joints and apply joint compound. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Insulation Installation | Cut batts to size and fit insulation between studs and joists, stapling it in place. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
| Painting & Priming | Mask edges, roll primer and paint onto walls and cut in corners with a brush. | Medium | Ready to deploy |
Capture setup
How is active construction site work captured?
| Setup | How it works | Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Phone (head-mounted) / multiview rig | A head-mounted phone records the first-person view of real work on site; a multiview rig adds synchronized third-person angles when the spec asks for them. | 15 |
On the rig tier, every stream is aligned to a shared clock and checked at the sync gate before an hour is billed. See capture for the hardware.
Status
What does each status mean?
| Status | Meaning | Tasks here |
|---|---|---|
| Active collection | Recording in this environment is running now, so a spec can join an existing capture stream. | 11 |
| Ready to deploy | Contributors and site access are set up; capture starts once a spec is signed. | 4 |
| Available on request | Scoped and recruited to spec when a buyer asks for it. | 0 |
Western markets
Which Western markets are recruited for active construction site capture?
Contributors are recruited to spec in Western program markets, so the footage reflects how this work is done in North American and European businesses. Country pages list the legal basis and status for each market.
Delivery
How is the data delivered?
Footage is delivered in RLDS, LeRobot, WebDataset, HDF5, zarr and Rerun .rrd, mapped to the canonical episode schema, under a buyer-owned commercial licence. See delivery formats, sample data outputs and how to scope a custom collection.
FAQ
Active Construction Site egocentric data, answered.
- What active construction site tasks can Firsthand capture?
- 15 listed tasks, including carpentry, construction / woodworking, construction site cleanup & debris removal, cut and install insulation batts using a utility knife and staple gun. Tasks outside the list can be added to a spec.
- What does "Western" mean for this environment?
- The settings, equipment, packaging and signage found in North American and European active construction site work, recruited in program markets such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany.
- How fast can collection start?
- A median of 48 hours from signed spec to first validated batch where coverage is deep. Tasks marked available on request are recruited first, and the timeline is quoted against the spec before capture begins.
- Is the footage consented and anonymized?
- Yes. Releases are collected before capture, and faces, licence plates and screens are detected and blurred, with a human review step, before footage is delivered.
- Who owns the data?
- Delivery is under a buyer-owned commercial licence. Pricing is quoted per engagement and billed per validated hour, meaning footage that passed sync and QA against your spec.
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