Construction Asset Tracking Using GPS Technologies

If you run a construction company you are likely painfully aware of and perhaps a multiple time victim of construction equipment and supply theft.   It’s difficult to maintain security on these remotely located assets, many of which cannot be easily physically secured and therefore become easy targets. Construction asset tracking can help overcome these challenges.
 
Construction equipment and supplies theft results in:

• Project delays
• Costly replacement
• Lost  productivity
• Rising Insurance premiums
• Operational burden to support criminal investigations and claims processing

Unfortunately only seldom is stolen construction equipment or supplies recovered and returned to their rightful owners.  Today’s professional thieves are savvy anti-theft systems, are quick to fence equipment and rapidly move onto their next victim.  And of course there is the more difficult task to deal with, supply shrinkage, especially given large numbers of employees and subcontractors having access to your job and supply sites.

Preventative action can be taken via installing job site security systems and staffing construction sites with 24x7 security patrols. Unfortunately this is a costly and difficult to maintain approach.
 
A great way to improve construction asset security is to monitor via covert gps trackers such as the GPSit FS1.  Capable of being located both outdoors and indoors in real time by GPSit’s TrackFusion software, gps trackers become an effective tool to increase the probability of a quick recovery from theft.  “Geofences” create an electronic perimeter detection system, alerting security if equipment leaves the jobsite or fails to arrive on time.

In addition to theft recovery, GPS tracking of key construction assets helps make your inventory of equipment more easily accessible by the workers who need the equipment.  This reduces the quantity of equipment needed and increases the productivity of your existing assets.

For more information on construction asset tracking, please contact GPSit today.