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Highways Construction Security.
Protect your highways projects from theft and trespass. DeterTech supplies mobile security for motorway, trunk road and local highways infrastructure projects, keeping machinery, materials, crews and the public safe.
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Highways construction projects can present significant opportunities for theft of equipment, graffiti and disruption from activists. Each mile of roadworks contains specialist surfacing and construction machinery, as well as valuable materials and equipment often stored in compounds or containers.
Highways construction sites are targeted by criminal gangs who can easily convert vehicles, fuel, equipment and materials, like copper cabling, GPS and survey systems into cash. Activists gaining unauthorised access to sites can also cause disruption and safety risks, that can halt work on a section or entire project.
Highways sites are vulnerable to:
- Organised ‘steal to order’ theft of surfacing equipment and machinery
- Tampering with traffic management systems
- Fuel theft from stationary vehicles and bowsers
- Cable theft affects signalling, communications and lighting installation.
Highways construction sites attract criminals by design. Long stretches of work mean multiple access points, while night work can mean equipment is left exposed. When traffic is diverted, thieves have more time to scout locations and plan break-ins.
When highways sites are vulnerable:
- During night work
- Between traffic management switches
- During holiday periods
- When works span multiple junctions
- In remote areas
Highways projects face unique risks. Our security systems adapt to your changing work zones, whether you’re resurfacing a mile of motorway, upgrading an entire junction or contracting for utility installation or replacement works. Battery operated, our mobile units can be moved with your project schedule, maintaining protection as work progresses along the network.
Security designed for highways projects
Security that moves with your highways projects, from central reservations to slip roads, utility openings and street furniture installations.
- DTSentinel CCTV towers for miles of coverage
- PID360 units clip to road barriers
- SmartWater marking for key equipment
- 24/7 monitoring from our ARC
- DTNet wireless communication system
Our security teams work hand-in-hand with highways contractors. We understand traffic management plans and night closures, as well as the need to protect assets without disrupting the flow of vehicles.
Working across the highways network in the UK and Europe, we can set up on site security within 48 hours. Whether you are a main contractor, surfacing contractor, surveyor or utility contractors our extensive range of security solutions can protect your plant and equipment from theft, vandalism and trespass.
Threats to your highways sites
With active monitoring, we protect motorway works around the clock and securing assets and valuable materials across every phase of your project. Criminal activity and unauthorised access pose serious risks to live carriageways and construction zones.
Property at risk
- Survey equipment and laser measurement tools
- Surfacing machines and road laying equipment
- Plant vehicles and specialist highway tools
- Traffic management systems and lighting
- Diesel and fuel stores
- Cabling and copper
- Ironworks, paving setts and cobbles.
People at risk
- Survey teams with high-value equipment
- Contracting crews
- Drivers and hauliers
- Site visitors and inspectors
- Public entering works zones accidentally
- Trespassers putting themselves in danger.
Operations at risk
- Survey work and site measurements
- Smart motorway upgrade schedules
- Bridge deck and maintenance works
- Material delivery timelines
- Project completion deadlines
- Traffic flow on surrounding network.
Why DeterTech highways security technology is effective
Our battery and solar technology-powered units are perfect for remote locations without access to power. DeterTech’s unique DTNet connects every PID360 intruder video alarm unit and DTSentinel CCTV tower to deliver a fully integrated detection system linked to our in-house ARC, so we can track threats moving between work zones.
Highways construction and maintenance assets need special protection. Our systems guard everything from surfacing machines and fuel to traffic management equipment, no matter how remote the location whether they are stored in compounds or across your site overnight.
Working round the clock, we monitor your entire project, protecting equipment at every stage. Our solutions include:
- DTSentinel CCTV towers for site-wide surveillance
- PID360 verified video alarm intruder detection systems
- PIDCompact for confined spaces
- DTNet wireless communications system
- SmartWater marking for high-value machinery
- Covert surveillance cameras
DeterTech technology combines with highway security expertise in our Alarm Receiving Centre. Our specialists understand highways construction activity and current criminal patterns, spotting threats before they reach your site.
Smart motorway upgrades
At DeterTech, we secure all phases of smart motorway projects, protecting equipment and crews during lane expansion works. We protect vehicle compounds, equipment and supply stores, site offices and cable from unauthorised access, theft and vandalism.
Our comprehensive security coverage adapts to the unique demands of carriageway repair and maintenance, including hard shoulder conversions and new gantry installations. The systems we have in place protect your assets against theft and tampering while keeping your project moving.
Highways contractors trust our technology to guard their projects, deter trespassers, alert site management, security teams and the police to unauthorised intruders, preventing unexpected delays and costly overruns.
Whether you’re upgrading a single junction or delivering a multi-mile improvement scheme, DeterTech understands the security challenges of major road projects.
How it works
Wherever your highways project is in the UK or Ireland, we can deliver and set up quickly, within 48 hours of your enquiry.
Whether it’s overnight resurfacing or a year-long smart motorway upgrade, our security approach flexes to your schedule.
Step 1. We survey your site
Security experts assess your work zones and traffic management plans, mapping the most effective protection for each phase of your highways project.
Step 2. We install our equipment
DTSentinel CCTV towers and PID360 visually verified intruder alarms run independently on battery or solar power, perfect for remote highways project environments. Each free standing unit communicates wireless alerts to our control room where we review every alert and escalate validated incidents within 60 seconds.
Step 3. We monitor remotely
We are unique in the industry to have our own Alarm Receiving Centre – we don’t rely on third-parties. Staffed with an SIA licensed team, your site is monitored 24/7/365. Our approach to monitoring is proactive, using intelligence about crime and anti-social behaviour to predict and deter threats.
Our site protection is delivered through a multi-layered approach, combining security intelligence, monitoring and alarm technology and forensic marking.
1000+ CLIENTS
30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Trusted by over a thousand clients in the UK and Ireland
The DeterTech site security team has worked with more than 1,000 companies in the UK and Ireland. Some of the most well-known brands in the construction industry choose us to provide protection for their assets and their workforces.
They value the advice and expertise from a service with a long-established record in protection. Our Special Support Team has over 30 years’ experience of working in the police and enjoys a reputation for successful covert operations on infrastructure and construction sites.
DeterTech enjoys close working relationships with regional police forces across the UK, and with national bodies such as the National Police Chiefs Council, British Transport Police and OPAL (national intelligence unit for serious organised crime).
As a market leader, we’re committed to ongoing research and innovation, as we continue to enhance our position as a trusted provider of intelligence-led security.
Cost-effective motorway security, set up fast
No matter how remote your project is, it can be protected by DeterTech security within 48 hours of contacting us.
Our wireless systems work effectively even when the line of sight is blocked by construction vehicles or road geometry.
Maintenance visits are minimal since our units are self-powered, remotely monitored and communicate wirelessly. We offer a range of tower options that work from mains, generators or solar power alongside our PID360 units to provide a security network that deters up to 80% of intruders.
Units move easily as your work progresses along the carriageway. A weekly rental model keeps you covered for as long as you need – particularly valuable for rolling projects like smart motorway upgrades where security needs shift constantly. No upfront investment needed.
We can have your highway construction site protected and our expert security team monitoring it within 72 hours.
Don't wait for a crime to happen.