From past experience, a Quantity Surveyor engaged on an infrastructure project was concerned that a major site they were opening could be a target for thieves wanting to steal the valuable assets on the site, which ranged from expensive plant equipment to copper cable. The problems they faced were that the site was extremely remote, with harsh weather conditions and, as such, they knew that the cost of traditional security measures would be prohibitive. However, following a visit by a Surveyor from our PID Systems division, the whole site was protected by a number of our mobile VideoGuard360™ CCTV systems, at a fraction of the cost.

In 2009, cable thefts were estimated to be costing Network Rail and UK taxpayers up to £16m a year, causing significant delays and disruptions to the network. The London to North West (LNW) mainline was being particularly badly hit by cable thieves, resulting in delay minutes totalling 119,540.

Following years of success throughout the UK, the power of SmartWater’s unique concept for crime reduction was formally acknowledged by London’s Metropolitan Police Service, who awarded SmartWater Technology a multi-million pound, three-year contract to protect 440,000 homes across the capital – the LARGEST EVER rollout of traceable liquid technology.

Companies are finding it more and more difficult to protect their brand and mitigate against counterfeiting and sub-standard products being passed off as the real product – until now.

For years, international law enforcement agencies have struggled to prosecute offenders and repatriate stolen artefacts due to the difficulty in identifying an object’s origins and proving the item is stolen.

One of the unique benefits of working with the SmartWater Group is that our highly trained analysts working within the Centre of Infrastructure and Asset Protection (CIAP), who have access to privileged closed source data, are able to provide our infrastructure and construction clients with frequent updates about emerging security risks. This intelligence enables the rapid deployment of target-hardening measures, including the temporary installation of our mobile CCTV units, combined with unique forensic asset tagging, until the threat from the OCG reduces. Consequently, our Clients are provided with a short-term, cost-effective, highly targeted mitigation tactic, a service that, genuinely, only the SmartWater Group can provide.