Securing the Outdoor Construction Site: Strategy, Prevention, and Mitigation - Softcover

Carney, Kevin Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 012802383X ISBN 13: 9780128023839

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015

Synopsis

Securing the Outdoor Construction Site: Strategy, Prevention, and Mitigation offers a holistic view of security planning for vulnerable capital projects, providing the strategic and tactical plans needed to protect large areas with a minimum investment in personnel and equipment. This book is a one-stop reference that provides effective security strategies, methods, and tactics to mitigate the theft of equipment and how to avoid these incidents altogether. In addition, the book outlines the true costs of construction site theft to organizations in terms of lost time, equipment, and brand reputation, along with increased insurance premiums and danger to personnel. It lists the types of theft that regularly occur at sites, explores their underlying causes, and documents their worldwide financial significance. Finally, readers will learn how to conduct a construction site survey with loss prevention in mind, and how to budget for the unexpected. * Provides complete guidelines for implementing a loss prevention program for any large outdoor construction project* Offers proven strategies for minimizing capital loss and costly delays using a minimum number of personnel and security technologies* Demonstrates how to develop proactive partnerships with law enforcement to stop theft before it occurs* Includes the latest data on outdoor construction theft and its impact* Draws on case studies and examples from around the world

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Review:

This book provides a one-stop resource for preventing the theft of assets from large outdoor projects such as roads, bridges, and runway construction sites, providing readers with the true cost of these incidents

About this edition

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 012802383X
• ISBN 13: 9780128023839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276