25 Feb 2022

As the con­struc­tion sec­tor finds its feet again, and the costs of mate­ri­als soar, once again build­ing sites become prime tar­gets for organ­ised crim­i­nal gangs.

The con­struc­tion sec­tor is now expe­ri­enc­ing a boom peri­od fol­low­ing the sup­pres­sion of build­ing work dur­ing the pan­dem­ic. But along­side the pipeline of busy works sched­ules, there is also a surge in site thefts, fur­ther exac­er­bat­ed by the short­age of mate­ri­als. The con­se­quence is delayed projects and spiraling costs as some com­po­nents’ prices soar.