With the price of copper and other metals sky-rocketing, construction sites have become very lucrative areas for thieves out to generate some quick cash. Plant equipment, tools and white goods from show homes are also being targeted.
The traditional solution is to employ security personnel but this approach brings its own set of problems. A guard can only be in one place at one time. He or she can be attacked or threatened. In some cases, the guards themselves are in cahoots with the thieves. The government is addressing this last concern through improved regulation but, together with minimum wage legislation, this is driving up guarding costs.
Camwatch offers construction companies an alternative - a comprehensive surveillance service, based on CamwatchTOWERs, that never sleeps, simultaneously looks in multiple directions, and is immune to coercion and bribery. Better still, it cuts security expenditure by more than 50% compared to a single guard!
Thieves target copper and other metals
