Custom UVSS Projects: From Site Survey to Commissioning

A standard scanner fits a standard lane. Custom projects start when the site does not: narrow approaches, an unusual vehicle mix, or gate equipment that predates the scanner. This walkthrough follows a Seenboom custom project through six stages, from the first site visit to the day the lane goes live.

Stage 1: Site survey

An engineer visits the site and measures what the drawings miss: lane geometry and approach angles, the vehicle mix across a full traffic cycle, power and network routes, drainage behaviour, and the gate equipment you already run. You receive a measurement file and a constraints list that your contractor and your procurement team can both read. Skipping this stage moves the surprises to installation week, where they cost the most.

Stage 2: Design and sign-off

The design package turns measurements into a buildable system: scanner orientation, imaging configuration matched to your vehicle envelope, integration points for ANPR and barriers, civil drawings for the contractor, and the acceptance criteria both sides will test against later. Compare buried and raised installations before you fix the orientation. You sign off before we start manufacturing.

Stage 3: Build and factory test

Manufacturing starts after sign-off. Before the system ships, we run a factory acceptance test with your configuration: each camera unit, the lighting, the stitching and the comparison software, tested against the criteria you signed. You can attend in person or by video. Problems caught here cost days; the same problems caught on site cost weeks. Crating and export documents follow our standard export process.

Stage 4: Installation and commissioning

Our team or your contractor installs the system to the civil drawings. If the lane stays open, the work runs in night or weekend windows. Commissioning follows: calibration on your vehicles, reference-image capture for your repeat fleet, an integration test with your barrier and ANPR, and a full dry run before traffic returns. See the fixed scanning systems this stage brings online.

Stage 5: Acceptance and training

The site acceptance test repeats the factory test on your road, against the criteria from stage 2: image quality on your vehicle mix, comparison behaviour on reference vehicles, integration with the gate, and record export for your security team. Operators train on the live system, and your engineers learn first-line maintenance. Handover includes as-built drawings, manuals, calibration records and a recommended spares list.

Two projects show the pattern

At an airport service gate, the constraint was traffic: mixed cars and vans, normal drive-through speed, existing barrier and ANPR. The design kept the lane buried and flush, and commissioning ran in night windows. At a prison AB gate, the constraint was control: each staff vehicle scanned on entry and exit, with automatic comparison against that vehicle's last image. The custom work sat in the software flow, which links each scan to the gate record.

Custom projects with Seenboom

Seenboom has built under-vehicle scanning systems since 2000, holds 50+ patents and runs ISO/CE-certified production. Our engineers have delivered custom projects at airports, border stations and prisons, and those projects shape the standard checkpoint solutions we quote today. Send your drawings, a site survey or even photos, and we will reply with a stage plan and itemized quotation within 24 hours. Contact Seenboom.

FAQ

How long does a custom UVSS project take?

The civil works and site approvals set the pace, not the hardware. Ask for a stage plan with dates for survey, design sign-off, factory test, installation and commissioning.

What does a site survey include?

Lane and approach measurements, a vehicle-mix count, power and network routes, drainage checks and photos of existing gate equipment. You receive a constraints list with the numbers behind it.

Can we customise the software workflow?

Yes. Scan rules, reference-image policy, record fields and integration hooks are all configurable. Put your requirements in writing during design so they land in the acceptance criteria.

Will the lane stay closed during installation?

Plan the windows with your traffic team. Many sites install at night or on weekends, and a buried lane needs a longer closure than a raised platform.

What does handover include?

As-built drawings, manuals, calibration and test records, operator and maintenance training, and a recommended spares list.