Surveyors in bid to cut £300k a month crime bill

By Hamish Champ2018-04-18T06:00:00

Scheme will use Smartwater technology

The Survey Association and crime prevention firm Smartwater have teamed up to share information on stolen equipment which costs the surveying industry an estimated £300,000 a month.

The two organisations said the three-year agreement was the first co-ordinated response to thefts which specifically target the surveying sector.

Theft data submitted to SmartWater’s Intelligence Portal put the estimated cost of stolen equipment to Survey Association member companies between September 2017 and February 2018 at £1.8m, an average of £300,000 per month.

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