The criminal world has discovered a lucrative and growing market: heavy construction equipment. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, close to $1 billion a year is lost nationwide due to the theft of construction equipment and tools. Figures suggest this is a growing problem and is getting worse every year. The Insurance Services Office shows an increase of up to 20% in the value of equipment thefts every year since 1996. In reality only 10-15% of this equipment is ever recovered. This loss doesn't take into account the added costs of rentals, replacements, production downtime, wasted managements time, and the dreaded overrun penalties.
Equipment Theft Detection
One of the main problems in recovering your valuable construction equipment is often days and even months go by before the equipment owners realize it's been stolen. This is especially true in multi-site operations which have fleets of heavy construction vehicles, equipment and who don't yet have fleet management systems in place. The thief is long gone by the time any type of criminal investigation can begin. For police, from experience, investigations are often time-consuming and frustrating.
Lower your insurance costs, increase profits by avoiding shut downs due to stolen equipment, and avoid costly maintenance problems. The low monthly fees are much easier to budget for and manage than the loss of only one vehicle.
Prevention and Equipment Tracking
Anti-theft and Location devices such as Livewire GPS , DeWalt Mobile Lock GPS Locator, the smallest portable Super PocketTrack GPS and are just a few new revolutionary products taking the construction industry by storm. Virtually undetectable, these devices sit patiently in secret ares of your heavy or light construction vehicles and equipment until they are silently tripped by unsuspecting thieves. Immediately an alarm communication is sent out silently or with an audible alarm. Within seconds, a notification via email or phone are sent to one or multiple people. Even if your equipment is located miles or hours away from you / police being able to reach the unit the moment an alarm is tripped, or when criminals are on the run, the integrated state-of-the-art GPS Tracking can instantly pinpoint 24/7 live, in real-time where your asset is, and even where it has been with a mapped "breadcrumb" trail. "The tracking software was very intuitive and easy to use. I consider myself a novice on computers since i'm always in the field, however, in 15 minutes I was able to see all 8 of my trucks and our gang boxes" said Michael Kranshaw of Kranshaw Construction. " Last year alone we had 3 gang boxes stolen with over $150,000 worth of tools. My only complaint is that I didn't know about these sooner!".
Typical Applications and Equipment Tracking
Construction Equipment, Portable Shipping and Storage Containers, Trucks, Skid Steers, Backhoes, Front-End Loaders, Large Spools of Fiber Optic Cabling, Tow Trailers, Trucking, Transport, Gang Boxes... and more...
GPS Construction Security is here to stay
The world is definitely changing for the better in the construction industry. Prevention is always key, using state-of-the-art GPS tracking technology. The cost savings alone is reason enough to purchase these for any construction site, which is eventually passed onto the customer, ensuring you remain in their mind for future projects; not to mention the days of frustration prevented for you and your company. As more and more companies come to realize the low use cost verses the overall cost savings every year, its only a matter of time before each and every piece of expensive equipment has these virtually undetectable GPS tracking devices as a standard.