Every machine,
every site, accounted for.
Multi-site geofencing, after-hours movement alerts, engine-hours tracking, and battery-powered tags for non-powered equipment — built for construction fleets and plant operators across South Africa.
The Challenge
South African Construction Sites Bleed Equipment
Spread across multiple sites, operating in open environments, and worth millions of rand — TLBs, excavators, generators, and trailers are among the most stolen and misused asset classes in the country.
Overnight Theft
Excavators, TLBs, generators, and trailers walk off unsecured sites nightly. Without tracking, recovery is rare, the insurer drags out the claim, and the next job starts late.
Multi-Site Blind Spots
Three to ten active sites at once means you can't actually see what's where. Managers spend half the day driving from Centurion to Midrand to confirm an asset is still on-site.
Plant Hire Disputes
Subcontractors invoice for hours their machine wasn't actually working. Without engine-hours data and a route replay, you lose every billing argument and eat the difference.
Fuel & Idle Wastage
Diesel disappears overnight from tanks and generators. Idling machines burn fuel for hours with no work done. Without engine-hours and fuel data, you can't spot either pattern.
Our Solution
Every Asset, Every Site, One Map
From a single dashboard, see every piece of equipment across every active site — and act on it the moment something moves without authorisation.
Multi-Site Geofencing
- Unlimited job-site zones — every site you run
- Per-zone rules: working hours, asset type, allowed contractors
- Instant alert the moment any asset exits its assigned zone
- After-hours movement alerts with zero-tolerance config
Theft Alert & Recovery
- Movement alert within 60 seconds of after-hours activation
- Insurer- and recovery-team-ready incident report with live GPS track
- 24/7 ACM bureau response add-on for overnight cover
- Immobilisation option on selected hardware
Engine Hours & Utilisation
- Engine hours per machine, per day, per shift, per operator
- Idle-time alerts — flag the diesel being burned for nothing
- Plant-hire billing evidence — settle subcontractor disputes with data
- CAN-bus reads on supported plant for fuel rate & load
Service & Compliance
- Service intervals scheduled by engine hours, not calendar weeks
- COF and licence expiry alerts per asset
- Maintenance log per machine for OEM warranty compliance
- Site-induction records cross-referenced with operator ID
Real-World Scenario
Anatomy of an After-Hours Alert
The 34 minutes between “engine on at 22:14” and “excavator back in the yard”. This is what the alert flow actually looks like when an ACM-tracked machine is touched after hours.
Excavator #03 ignition detected at Site C, Centurion
Geofence breach: machine activates inside the zone outside its scheduled operating window (06:00–18:00). The tracker pushes the event to ACM Destiny within seconds.
Push notification + SMS to site manager and ACM bureau
Less than 30 seconds end-to-end. The site manager's phone lights up. The ACM 24/7 bureau (if subscribed) sees the same alert on their console with the live GPS pin.
Bureau coordinates with site manager and recovery team
Bureau confirms the manager wasn't expecting after-hours work, dispatches the recovery team with the live GPS track, and shares the live ACM Destiny session link with responding units.
Vehicle stops 2.3 km from site — likely avoiding response unit
Live track shows the excavator paused on a side road. Recovery unit is 4 minutes out. Bureau notifies the manager via SMS with the new pin and ETA.
Recovery team on scene. Machine secured. Returned to yard within 24h.
Full incident pack — geofence breach event, GPS track, recovery-team case reference, and timestamped ACM Destiny screenshots — exported automatically and emailed to the insurer the next morning.
Representative scenario based on typical SA construction-fleet recoveries. Actual timing varies by network coverage, bureau subscription, and recovery-team availability.
Hardware
The Construction Stack
Hardwired trackers for vehicles and powered plant, ten-year battery tags for trailers and generators, and optional in-cab cameras for material- delivery trucks — fitted by an ACM technician.
Powered Tracker
ACM Vehicle & Plant Tracker
TLBs · Excavators · Bakkies · Trucks
Hardwired install with concealed wiring. Reads engine hours via ignition or J1939 CAN bus on supported plant. The workhorse of every powered asset on site.
Non-Powered Asset Tag
ACM Asset Tag
Trailers · Generators · Scaffolding · Bowsers
Magnetic-mount, ten-year battery, no wiring. Stick it on a trailer or inside a generator housing and it reports for years. Same dashboard as the powered fleet.
Optional Camera
ACM AI Dashcam
Forward road · In-cab driver-facing
For the material-delivery and crew trucks doing hours of road time between sites. AI flags fatigue and harsh events; on-demand HD footage protects the driver and the company in any incident.
Construction Pricing
Pick the tier per asset class — mix vehicles, plant, and non-powered tags on the same dashboard
Vehicles & Plant
ACM Advance
/asset/month · hardwired tracker
- Live GPS tracking on ACM Destiny
- Multi-site geofencing (unlimited zones)
- After-hours movement alerts
- Engine hours & utilisation tracking
- Service scheduling by hours
- Driver behaviour scoring
Non-Powered Tags
ACM Asset Tag
/asset/month · battery-powered tag
- GPS tracking (configurable interval)
- Multi-site geofence assignment
- Movement & magnet-tamper alerts
- Up to 10-year battery life
- Magnetic + screw bracket mount
- Trailers · generators · bowsers
Cameras (Optional)
ACM AI Dashcam
/vehicle/month · for material trucks
- AI dashcam (forward + cabin lens)
- Driver fatigue & phone-use alerts
- Forward-collision & lane-departure
- On-demand HD video streaming
- Cloud-stored event footage
- Pairs with Advance tracker
24/7 ACM bureau monitoring & recovery-team-coordinated response — the after-hours response service that turns an alert into a recovery while you sleep — is quoted separately based on fleet size and number of sites. Hardware and installation are quoted separately.
* Pricing excludes VAT. Volume discounts for fleets over 20 assets.
Case Study
RepresentativeTwo theft attempts stopped, one excavator recovered, and 2.4 idle hours per machine clawed back daily.
A mid-sized Gauteng construction operator running three active sites with 31 tracked assets had lost two excavators over the prior 18 months with zero recovery. After ACM fitment across the fleet — hardwired trackers on the powered plant, ten-year battery tags on the trailers and generators — after-hours alerts started landing on the site manager's phone within seconds, and both subsequent theft attempts were stopped before equipment left the site.
First post-deployment recovery: excavator located within 2 hours, recovery team coordinated through the ACM bureau
Second theft attempt stopped at the gate: after-hours alert notified the site manager in under 90 seconds
Idle-time data revealed an average of 2.4 hours/day of fuel-burning idle per machine — reduced after operator coaching
* Representative scenario based on typical SA construction-fleet deployments and industry-benchmark outcomes. Actual results vary by fleet size, site count, machine type, and bureau subscription. Named customer references available on request.
Get Every Site on the Map.
Hardwired trackers on the powered plant, battery tags on the trailers, optional cameras on the trucks — fitted across your entire fleet, with the after-hours alert flow live before the next overnight shift.