Biosite Systems Ltd is urging the construction industry to maintain security safeguards ahead of the Christmas shutdown period, following an increase in sites reducing traditional measures in response to coronavirus (COVID-19). The warning comes as some sites admit they would be prepared to forgo maintaining some security elements, in an effort to cut costs.
Even before COVID-19, construction site theft cost the industry around £800million per year and once the pandemic struck, there was an estimated 50 percent surge in cases during the spring lockdown, according to the CEA (Construction Equipment Association). Now, as the Christmas shutdown approaches, sites need to remain vigilant when it comes to ensuring effective protection against crime.
