Tackling Plant theft in UK construction industry
Netwatch
Protection from Plant theft
CCTV security specialist, Netwatch, offer effective protection from Plant theft that their research says is costing the construction industry GBP1.6 billion a year.
Niall Kelly, Founder and Technical Director of Netwatch, explained: 'This is a major problem for the construction business, with costs such as plant replacement fees, hire of replacement equipment, loss of business and increased insurance premiums'.
It is an absolutely astounding amount of money for the industry to be losing each year because of mindless thieves.
'You find a lot of raw metals like copper, aluminium and lead on construction sites, and the value of these materials has seen a huge rise over the past 12 months thanks to the fluctuating economy.
'With a lot of valuable plant and equipment like this on site at any given time security is an issue - more thieves are targeting sites across the UK and Ireland, particularly those which are in rural areas and far away from the main road.
'Even the best security guards can only be in one place at a time making it very difficult to deter thieves and vandals'.
Netwatch's CCTV system alerts its Communications Hub if any activity is detected on a construction site when there should be no one around.
A live audio warning is issued immediately, which often results in the would-be thief being scared off.
Mr Kelly added: 'When the Communications Hub issues a live audio warning, the intruder is taken unawares and the usual response is to immediately leave the site.
'We have seen clients go from losing thousands, or even millions ever year, to almost zero losses through theft or damage since having Netwatch's cameras installed on their site'.
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