Heavy-duty construction equipment maintenance can already be a financial burden on your construction company, add on high labor costs and equipment theft, and you’ve got serious challenges to the viability of your business.

To increase profitability and keep costs down, construction owners and managers have begun turning to GPS tracking systems for heavy-duty construction equipment. Below, we’ll go over the benefits GPS equipment tracking can provide for your construction company.

Heavy-Duty Construction Equipment Theft

All of your construction equipment and materials are assets with a pricetag and even the small things can add up to big costs. Heavy-duty construction equipment is another beast. The theft of a single piece of equipment can result in large up-front costs as you may have to replace it immediately.

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As any fleet manager knows, fleet management is a juggling act. You’ve got a million things to worry about including logistics, driver behavior, and reducing costs while optimizing productivity… all while ensuring your drivers are safe and happy.

On top of all of this is making sure your vehicles are all properly maintained and get routine maintenance on time, every time. The consequences of poorly maintained vehicles can be major.

To help out with fleet maintenance, fleet managers turn to GPS fleet tracking. It makes keeping track of maintenance easy and helps prevent wear and tear to begin with.

Why is Fleet Maintenance Important?

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Moving can always be a bit nerve-wracking. If you’re moving, you’re already making a big life decision, whether it’s to upgrade or downsize to a different place within the town or city you’re already living in, or moving somewhere completely new.

Add on the additional steps of actually going through everything you own, packing it up, hiring a moving company, and shipping everything off, and you’ve got a million things to think about and stress over.

One great way to reduce stress while moving and ensure the security of all of your things is to use GPS tracking.

GPS Tracking for Theft

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If you run or manage a business that requires employees to use expensive or high-tech equipment and assets, equipment theft and loss can seriously eat into your bottom line.

Whether it’s one major loss like a vehicle or forklift theft or a thousand stolen radios, power saws, and screwdrivers, or something in between, equipment theft is a real issue that can be hard to tackle.

First of all, identifying the theft can be difficult. You need to keep track of who was using what and when and employee logs can be unreliable or dishonest. Second, once the theft is known, it can be impossible to identify who did it, or whether it was a real theft or someone simply misplaced it. That makes the chances of recovering your stolen equipment slim to none in many cases.

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GPS isn’t just for daily navigation. GPS tracking devices for cars can provide additional benefits that the maps app on your phone just can’t match.

Some of the advantages of GPS tracking devices for cars include the following:

• Vehicle recovery: Simply contact the authorities if your vehicle is stolen and they can follow the real-time location to easily get your car back to you.
• Liability: GPS tracking devices can monitor driving behavior like harsh braking, speed, acceleration, and other important driving data. If you get into an accident on the road, this data can prove crucial to determining fault.
• Monitor driver behavior: You can ensure drivers are taking care and driving safely.
• Real-time location: Allows you to see where your vehicle is at all times.
• Real-time updates: With GPS tracking, you can get real-time updates on road and weather conditions, allowing you to always choose the fastest route to your destination.
• Maintenance reminders: Keeping track of maintenance schedules is a pain and its easy to forget. With a GPS tracking device, you can get alerts whenever your car is due for a checkup or regular maintenance.

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