Fleet and safety managers of commercial or residential construction fleets have many crucial responsibilities, from optimizing performance, productivity, and cost-efficiency to ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Equipment breakdowns or inefficient use drives costs up and margins down, and unsafe operations can result in injuries, death, fines, and downtime.
But to get the job done right, fleet managers and safety managers need robust tools for efficient construction fleet management. Whether you are an operations manager for a commercial or residential construction business, you could benefit from investing in construction fleet management.
What Is Construction Fleet Management?
Construction fleet management includes planning, directing, and overseeing your construction fleet assets to provide greater accountability and resource utilization.
When you have deep insight into your construction fleet vehicles, drivers, and operators, you can manage construction fleets more effectively, safely, and cost-efficiently. This is beneficial for both residential and commercial construction companies.
Why You Need Effective Construction Fleet Management Software
The benefits of construction fleet management include:
- More efficient and cost-effective resource utilization
- Enhanced worker safety
- Regulatory compliance
- More effective cost controls
- Improved productivity
- Longer equipment life cycles
The right construction fleet management platform can provide your business the data and video you need to make better, more informed decisions to improve operations.
For example, SureCam's real-time route tracking enables fleet managers to verify arrival and departure times at a glance. This can help prepare job site crews for arrivals without calling or contacting the drivers.
Various Aspects of Construction Fleet Management
Construction fleet management encompasses everything you need to keep your commercial or residential construction fleet running efficiently, safely, on time, and within budget constraints.
Vehicle and equipment maintenance
Fleet managers need to track utilization and implement safeguards to prevent downtime. Unplanned downtime is estimated at up to $760 a day per vehicle in the construction industry.
Planned and preventative vehicle maintenance can help extend equipment life cycles and prevent costly breakdowns on job sites.
Scheduling and routing
Well-planned routing and scheduling save time and money for construction businesses. Operations managers need to plan the most efficient routes to get equipment to commercial or residential job sites more quickly and control fuel costs. SureCam tracks your drivers' routes so you can make sure they are sticking to them.
Fuel management
EquipmentWatch reports that high fuel costs make up more than 40% of equipment operating costs. With the price of diesel significantly higher than normal over the past few years, fuel management is even more crucial to keep costs under control for construction companies.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), construction makes up 38% of global emissions. For every gallon of fuel burned, 20 pounds of greenhouse gases are released into the air. With more focus on sustainable practices and environmental impact, construction companies are increasingly being held accountable for sustainability goals as well as cost management.
Poor routing, excessive idle time, and excessive driving all contribute to escalating fuel costs. Using SureCam's fleet tracking, commercial and residential construction fleet managers can reduce operational costs and environmental impacts by monitoring fuel consumption, optimizing routes, and reducing idle times.
Safety compliance
Fleet managers and safety managers know how vital it is to remain compliant with safety regulations to avoid injuries, deaths, and fines. Workers in transportation and material-moving jobs, such as construction and extraction, account for nearly half of all workplace fatalities.
Safety compliance keeps workers and equipment safe, and monitoring and tracking driver and operator behavior holds workers accountable. When workers know you are monitoring their behavior, they are more likely to adhere to safety regulations.
For example, when installing and operating dash cams and GPS tracking, commercial and residential construction fleet managers and safety managers can keep an eye on equipment and expose risky or aggressive driving behavior for remediation. SureCam customers see a 54% reduction in incidents, a 62% reduction in claims costs, and a 75% reduction in third-party claims when using its dash cam and tracking solutions.
Driver coaching
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 80% of construction accidents result from unsafe driver or operator behavior. The NIH report details how most safety accidents are caused by a "relatively small number who violate the rules and regulations of safety behavior."
With the right construction fleet management and tracking programs in place, you can pinpoint the sources of this unsafe behavior and provide remedial coaching for those who are not following safety guidelines. Dashcam video, for example, provides a better account of what happened during an incident. Dashcam videos can also be used for driver coaching, showing employees exactly what they did to help correct poor behavior.
SureCam's Construction Fleet Management
SureCam's construction fleet management solutions include connected dash cams, GPS tracking, and powerful Geotab integration to help you monitor and analyze your fleet performance and compliance. SureCam supports a total construction fleet management program to protect and optimize performance for both residential and commercial construction companies.
Connected dash cams
Using connected dash cams in construction fleet management gives you instant notifications of incidents via email or the SureCam platform. When G-force or telematics in the vehicle triggers an event, you get an alert and can view the high-quality video within seconds.
Cameras include real-time GPS location tracking, customized safety alerts, and remote access to 50+ hours of recorded driving time. You can also add live streaming capabilities.
SureCam offers several dash cams, including:
Dash cam videos can also play a pivotal role in legal proceedings or dealing with insurance claims. Video can help establish fault, so it can be instrumental in disproving false accusations.
Geotab
SureCam has partnered with Geotab to provide powerful telematics and rule-based notifications. This provides a seamless video display in the MyGeotab platform and extends the notification capabilities within the SureCam platform to G-force-triggered alerts that can detect unsafe driver behavior (such as harsh driving, speeding, and seat belt usage).
GPS tracking
Dash cameras with GPS tracking allow for remote checks on vehicle status without distracting drivers. You can easily view construction fleet vehicle data on a map, including location, speed, and direction of travel. SureCam solutions help companies locate construction vehicles in real-time and track compliance and safety incidents like speeding.
GPS construction fleet tracking can also provide alerts when vehicles deviate from routes or locations or operate outside of approved working hours. Creating geofences around residential or commercial job sites or storage yards provides notification whenever vehicles or equipment leave designated areas.
Construction sites are popular targets for criminals. Every year, between $300 million and $1 billion of construction equipment goes missing. GPS tracking can aid recovery by providing instant notifications when equipment leaves authorized areas or routes.
Construction fleet management platform
SureCam provides industry-leading construction fleet management software to provide total visibility of your fleet at all times. Besides live GPS location tracking, instant alerts, and video, you can get comprehensive fleet reporting to monitor fleet trip history, driver performance, fleet management, and more to make more informed decisions.
You can view your entire fleet in a dynamic display with live dashboards and compare fleet, driver, or group performance for analysis.
Connect With SureCam for Commercial and Residential Construction Fleet Management
SureCam makes construction fleet management, tracking, and dash cams easy with powerful GPS tracking, live and recorded video, and real-time alerts. Making SureCam part of your comprehensive construction fleet management solution can help your company work more efficiently and safely.
Schedule a demo today and see how SureCam can help you improve construction fleet management.
