Eddy vs BrickEye
Eddy vs BrickEye: which leak detection system is right for your project?
BrickEye is purpose-built for the construction phase and offers post-handover (Post-TCO) coverage, though its permanent-operations managed-monitoring layer is less established than its jobsite story. Eddy starts on the construction site and stays with the building permanently, with the same hardware, monitoring center and reporting chain protecting the asset from rough-in through occupancy and into operations.
Why choose Eddy over BrickEye
Both systems protect projects. The difference is what happens at substantial completion.
Construction-to-operations lifecycle
Eddy installs during fit-out and follows the project through commissioning into operations. Same hardware, same dashboard, same monitoring program. BrickEye is purpose-built for construction phase.
LoRaWAN built for the job site and the finished building
Eddy's long-range LoRaWAN backbone holds up in temporary risers, partially built shafts, mechanical rooms and the finished concrete tower. BrickEye runs on proprietary wireless tuned for construction sites.
Live monitoring center, day one
Eddy's monitoring center is staffed 24/7 from the moment the first sensor goes live, including the unattended hours, weekends and holidays when most leaks happen on a job site.
One reporting chain that survives handover
Eddy's Leak Incident Reports cover the GC during construction and the building owner after occupancy. The mitigation evidence trail is continuous, which is exactly what insurers want at renewal.
Eddy vs BrickEye: feature by feature
Construction insurance, lifecycle coverage, network protocol and response chain. Here is how the two systems compare on each.
Construction-phase coverage
Eddy
Sensors and shutoff at temporary risers, mechanical rooms and high-risk fit-out zones, with LoRaWAN gateways that scale as the project rises.
BrickEye
Construction-specific platform with an Aviva builder's risk partnership and documented deductible buy-downs of up to 50%.
Why it matters: Both cover the construction phase. The next row is where the systems diverge.
Operational coverage after handover
Eddy
The same Eddy hardware and monitoring program transitions into permanent operations. No rip-and-replace, no new vendor, no gap in the evidence trail.
BrickEye
Purpose-built for the construction phase, with documented post-handover (Post-TCO) coverage. Its permanent-operations managed-monitoring layer is less established than its jobsite story.
Why it matters: The leaks that hit hardest happen during the first 24 months of occupancy. A managed-monitoring layer that is less established in permanent operations leaves the building less covered when it matters most.
24/7 monitoring center
Eddy
Live operators in a monitoring center support, confirm and escalate every alert, including overnight and weekend events on the job site.
BrickEye
BuildersRiskIQ analytics and alerting. Staffed in-house monitoring center is not the model.
Why it matters: Construction sites are unattended for long stretches. A platform notification on a Saturday is only as good as the person who reads it.
Network protocol
Eddy
LoRaWAN, long-range low-power wireless that penetrates concrete cores, hoist shafts and mechanical rooms.
BrickEye
Standalone jobsite connectivity built for sites without reliable building networks. The radio is not publicly specified.
Why it matters: A signal that fails in the mechanical room is a signal that fails for the lifetime of the building, not just during construction.
Insurance positioning
Eddy
Documented outcomes on premium savings of up to 20% and deductible reductions of up to $150K, plus structured Leak Incident Reports for renewal conversations.
BrickEye
Aviva builder's risk partnership, with deductible buy-downs of up to 50% on construction policies.
Why it matters: Builder's risk ends at substantial completion. Eddy's reporting carries the asset into operations and into the property carrier conversation.
Project management
Eddy
Dedicated project manager from kickoff through commissioning and operational handoff, with a Building Success Manager after go-live.
BrickEye
Construction-specific deployment process.
Why it matters: Construction-to-operations transitions are the highest-risk window. A single accountable owner across both phases reduces the gap.
Sensor and valve ecosystem
Eddy
Point-of-leak humidity, temperature and water-presence sensors, inline flow meters and remotely controlled shutoff valves on one network.
BrickEye
IoT sensors, flow monitoring, valve and pump controls. Strong construction product breadth.
Why it matters: One unified network across detection, flow and shutoff keeps every device on the same backbone and dashboard from the job site into operations.
Reference projects
Eddy
A 320-bed long-term care home (zero major incidents during construction and post-occupancy), a 22-storey hospital tower (655 devices through its construction phase), an 11-storey condominium and a four-building condominium community.
BrickEye
Construction-focused project portfolio.
Why it matters: Construction-to-operations conversion is a proven Eddy pattern, not a marketing promise.
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A construction-phase system whose permanent-operations monitoring is less established can leave your building under-covered at the moment risk peaks. Eddy connects detection, response and reporting from rough-in through year ten.
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BrickEye is a strong construction-phase product tied to a builder's risk insurance partnership. The system is built around the construction window.
Eddy is built for the lifecycle. The same hardware that protects the project during fit-out keeps protecting the building after substantial completion, with the same monitoring center, the same dashboard and the same reporting chain.
Yes. Eddy supports the documentation, sensor coverage and monitored shutoff requirements common to builder's risk programs and provides Leak Incident Reports throughout the construction phase.
Eddy works with major insurers across construction and operations and the same documentation supports both builder's risk and operational property carriers without re-engineering the evidence chain.
On a BrickEye-only project, builder's risk coverage ends. BrickEye offers post-handover (Post-TCO) coverage, though its permanent-operations managed-monitoring layer is less established than its jobsite story, so the operational monitoring decision is still on the table.
On an Eddy project, the system stays. Temporary tags become permanent, the monitoring program continues without a gap and the carrier reporting chain spans both insurance products.
Eddy's LoRaWAN gateways scale as the project rises. Coverage starts in the mechanical penthouse and lower mechanical rooms and extends as floors come online.
Sensors install in under a minute at temporary risers. The system is designed to live with the trades, not fight them.
BuildersRiskIQ is BrickEye's construction analytics dashboard, designed for the GC and the carrier during construction.
Eddy provides equivalent construction visibility plus operational dashboards that the property manager, asset manager and operating carrier use after handover. One dashboard family, two phases.
Yes. A 320-bed long-term care home deployed during construction and continued into operations with zero major incidents. A 22-storey hospital tower ran 655 devices through its construction phase.
Eddy's documented pattern is to start on the job site and stay with the building.
BrickEye and Eddy serve overlapping markets at different price points. Eddy bundles construction-phase coverage, operational coverage, the in-house monitoring center, dedicated project management and insurance-grade reporting into a single managed-service relationship.
The right comparison is total cost of risk across the asset's lifetime, not the construction-window unit price. Talk to the Eddy construction team for a tailored quote.