Lone Worker Safety for Surveying & Architecture
Protecting professionals inspecting vacant sites, derelict buildings, and contested boundaries. Protect your teams for £39.50 per user, per year — smartphone-only, zero hardware, deploy in under an hour.
The real risks Surveying, Architecture & Building Control lone workers face
Surveying, Architecture & Building Control staff regularly work alone — in the community, on client sites, or out of hours. These are the hazards your lone working policy must address.
Falls & Structural Collapse
Injuries from rotten floors, unstable roofs, or hidden openings in derelict stock.
Falls from height are the leading cause of UK workplace fatalities (28%), according to HSE figures.
Hostile Encounters
Confrontations with squatters, trespassers, or disgruntled owners during neighbour disputes.
150 lone workers are physically or verbally attacked daily in the UK.
Hazardous Materials
Exposure to asbestos, needles, or chemicals in unverified pre-2000 buildings.
The HSE estimates 1.3 million tradespeople are at risk of asbestos exposure, coming into contact with it more than 100 times a year on average.
RICS Surveying Safely Professional Standard
RICS "Surveying Safely" (2023) is a mandatory professional standard requiring personal risk assessment and lone-working arrangements for all RICS-regulated firms and members.
Explore the full UK compliance frameworkRICS / Professional Indemnity Insurers
PI insurers increasingly probe risk management procedures, including the ability to locate and rescue staff on site. The Sentry provides the audit trail to help evidence those procedures.
How The Sentry maps to Surveying, Architecture & Building Control risks
Each Surveying, Architecture & Building Control hazard below is met by a specific Sentry feature — not generic safety software, but protection built for the way your teams work.
Vacant site isolation
Live location sharing
Trespasser confrontation
Silent distress signal
Dangerous structure evidence
Automatic video capture
Built for the way Surveying, Architecture & Building Control teams work
The whole platform deploys on the smartphones your Surveying, Architecture & Building Control staff already carry — no devices to buy, charge, or replace.
Silent SOS alert
Discrete alerting for high-tension neighbour or squatter disputes.
Live GPS tracking
Real-time location for staff on derelict or unoccupied sites.
Private incident reporting
Whistleblowing-compliant channel for RICS/HSE audit trails.
Every plan includes the full Sentry feature set
The same two-sided system — staff app plus manager portal — protects your Surveying, Architecture & Building Control teams. No hardware, no IT integration, live in under an hour.
Home-screen widget SOS
Exclusive to The Sentry: fire the alarm, share your location, and start recording straight from a home-screen widget — one touch, without opening the app. In a real emergency, the extra steps simply aren’t there.
Loud or silent panic alarm
One alarm, two modes. Loud mode sounds an audible siren; silent mode is completely discreet for confrontational situations. Both instantly share live location with your managers and Nearby Team.
Automatic video capture
Recording starts the moment an alarm triggers. Unalterable footage is saved to the cloud audit trail, emailed as a view/download link, and kept on the handset. (Loud mode records video only; silent mode also captures audio.)
Lone Worker Timer
Session-based timed check-ins: set your own interval and the app prompts you to check in during a session. If a check-in is missed, help is escalated. Added specifically for the wider lone worker sector.
Fake phone call
Defuse a tense situation with a simulated incoming call that uses your phone’s native ringtone and generates a fresh caller number each time — so it appears entirely genuine.
Live location sharing (user-led)
Real-time GPS — but only during a work session you choose to start. The Sentry never tracks passively or automatically, so your personal time stays private. Privacy by design.
Private incident reporting
A confidential, whistleblowing-aligned channel to report harassment — with the option to submit anonymously. Once sent, no trace is left on the device: no email confirmation, nothing stored locally. Satisfies EHRC Step 4.
Friends & Family licences
Every staff member gets three free personal licences, so their family can use the same safety technology — entirely separate from the employer’s account.
Manager portal — included on every account
- Live dashboard of all active team sessions — worldwide map, unlimited users visible
- Configurable incident-report routing per user or branch, with read-receipt tracking
- Complete encrypted audit trail with unlimited history, plus PDF export of incident reports
- ERA 2025 compliance documentation pack and downloadable, timestamped audit trails
- Multi-branch / multi-site structuring on one account, and unlimited manager accounts
Why Surveying, Architecture & Building Control teams trust The Sentry
A UK-built, self-funded platform with the evidence trail regulators and procurement teams expect.
Supports RICS "Surveying Safely" Standard
Direct-to-Team Alerting
PI Insurance Support
Unbeatable value. No lock-in.
Costs less than a single insurance excess while supporting RICS "safe person" expectations.
Common questions from Surveying, Architecture & Building Control buyers
“We have a diary system”
Diaries don't provide live location, automatic alerting, or video evidence in a crisis.
“Our practice is too small”
The Sentry is designed for sole practitioners and micro-firms with no IT overhead.
Surveying, Architecture & Building Control lone worker safety FAQ
Is it BS 8484 accredited?
The Sentry's focus is on direct peer-to-peer and manager alerting rather than third-party ARCs.
Does it work in lofts?
Yes, provided there is a data connection, the app remains active in internal voids.
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