| With the rise in the growing economy there has | | | | security purposes companies used to tie up the |
| been increase in the development of the | | | | construction equipment with chains and padlocks |
| infrastructure. For this construction work has been | | | | but of late these have been proved to be |
| on rise, which have led to the demand of | | | | inefficient.Now-a-days construction companies are |
| construction equipment. Construction equipments | | | | asking the manufacturers to instill laser-cut |
| are of various types and serve different | | | | identification labels with key identification numbers. |
| purposes.Heavy construction equipment include | | | | These key numbers would prove to be the |
| bulldozers & track loaders, rubber tire loaders, | | | | tracking number just like engine number and |
| cable cranes, hydraulic cranes, stationary cranes, | | | | chassis numbers in automobiles. A proposition of |
| graders scrapers & rollers, paving equipment, rock | | | | seventeen-digit global numbering system has been |
| crushers, screeners & washers, trenching | | | | put forward in the construction industry to |
| equipment, etc. There has been technical | | | | prevent stealing of construction equipment. This |
| advancement also in the attachments and part | | | | would ensure recapturing of stolen construction as |
| required for the construction equipment. Three | | | | well prevention of shipment of stolen construction |
| are various types of buckets, blades, couplers | | | | equipment to other neighboring |
| cutters, forks, grips, hammers and shovels.There | | | | countries.Advancement in the construction |
| has been a growth in companies opting for rental | | | | industry has led to development of operator |
| construction equipment or leasing them. The main | | | | comfort--air-conditioned cabs, steering wheels that |
| reason behind this is lower capital investment and | | | | can be tilted and devices to prevent noise |
| lower maintenance. Moreover, good construction | | | | pollution. Producers are featuring global positioning |
| equipment is available at great bargain prices. This | | | | satellite technology for improved surveying and |
| construction equipment give good productivity | | | | for use in driver-less trucks operating on a fixed |
| paralleled to new equipment. Also the smaller fleet | | | | route.Increase or decrease in the construction |
| ar able to squeeze out construction | | | | sector directly affects the sale or purchase of the |
| equipment.Apart from purchase, leasing and rental | | | | construction equipment. If the economy of the |
| of the construction equipment, there are also | | | | country is growing at a healthy pace, it leads to |
| security issues attached to them. These days | | | | development of new projects as well as |
| companies and constructors are much worried | | | | upgrading the older ones. All this requires |
| about securing their construction equipment. Since | | | | construction equipment either to be purchased or |
| construction equipment do not have any tracking | | | | leased by the construction companies. Further, an |
| number on them thus recovery of any stolen | | | | association for the inspection and certification of |
| construction equipment is very difficult. Most of | | | | used construction equipment has been formed. |
| the time the construction equipment is recovered | | | | This has been done to promote online sales of |
| several kilometers away from the construction | | | | used heavy construction equipment. This is |
| site. But recovery of equipment is very difficult. | | | | required by the companies taking up projects at |
| Thus a new system of putting the tracking | | | | various locations in the foreign land. |
| number has been put into effect. Earlier, for | | | | |