Remote monitoring for construction fleets and site assets

A silent CCTV tower, a generator that stopped overnight, a sump that stopped clearing or a machine that needs a status check usually only comes to light when someone drives out — or when the client calls to ask why the compound went dark. By then the cost of the visit has already been spent.

For main contractors and hire desks, those visits add up quickly. Engineers spend hours checking towers, pumps and power that turn out to be fine, while genuine faults wait in the queue because nobody could tell which alerts were real.

Remote visibility across every asset type closes that gap. Instead of separate systems for each piece of kit, you get one operational view of the whole site.

With TrackSyte® you see towers, power, pumps, welfare and plant together in one Portal view. Status and alerts show offline links, power problems and site conditions that justify a visit — and separate them from noise that can wait until morning.

Operations teams, hire desks and site managers all work from the same picture. That matters when the person who can fix a tower's SIM is not the plant fitter, and it stops two engineers being sent to the same compound for different assets.

Fewer unnecessary visits across a mixed fleet means lower operating cost and lower emissions. See our commercial impact page, or estimate your own savings with the site visit calculator.

TrackSyte Neo 2 is a multi-protocol gateway built for mixed construction sites. It is fitted with Ethernet, RS485, CAN bus, a 9–30 V DC supply, Bluetooth, LTE-M / NB-IoT cellular and full-constellation GNSS as standard. Which connection matters most depends on the asset.

Security towers usually connect over Ethernet, cellular or GPIO. PID and perimeter systems often use cellular, Ethernet, GPIO, Modbus or RS485. Generators, hybrids and battery storage typically use RS485/Modbus, with Victron, BMS batteries and Smart Shunt supported where fitted. Pumps and sumps use RS485/Modbus, Ethernet, cellular and GPIO. Construction plant connects over CAN bus.

Each connection type has its own explainer — Ethernet, RS485 / Modbus, cellular IoT and CAN bus — and the full hardware range is on Hardware & integrations.

Plant hire and tool hire companies rarely hire out just one type of asset. The same depot sends out welfare units, lighting and CCTV towers, generators, pumps and plant, often to the same customer and the same site. Each item has its own reasons to be visited: fuel, batteries, faults, off-hire checks or simply finding it.

TrackSyte gives the hire desk one view of the whole hire fleet. Each asset reports its location from GNSS alongside power, battery, connectivity and status, so the desk can see what is on hire and where, which units need attention, and which can be collected or swapped without a wasted trip. Plant with a CAN bus adds machine data such as hours and fault codes to the same record.

This page covers the whole site: towers, security, power, pumps, welfare and plant managed together in one Portal. It suits contractors and hire companies who need to know what is happening across a compound rather than inside one machine.

If your focus is excavators, dumpers, telehandlers and the machine data they carry on CAN bus, start with construction equipment telematics. It goes deeper into plant connectivity, machine data and working alongside manufacturer portals.

Many customers use both: CAN-connected plant and the surrounding site assets, all in the same Portal.

Main contractor compound. A live build site with security towers, temporary power, pumps and some plant needs one operational view. Neo 2 connects each asset the right way, and Portal brings the alerts together so engineers are sent to real faults rather than routine checks.

Hire desk with a multi-asset fleet. Hire companies with towers, generators, pumps and welfare units spread across several counties need one place to see which assets are healthy, which need a visit and which can wait.

Civils site with pumps, generators and towers. Wet sites and power compounds often sit next to perimeter towers. Pump and sump monitoring and hybrid and temporary power go into more detail on each asset type.

Plant-heavy yard. Where the estate is mostly excavators, dumpers and other machines, construction equipment telematics covers the CAN bus detail — with the surrounding site assets still visible in the same Portal.

Physical. Construction assets sit on compounds and temporary sites where theft, tampering and overnight outages are real risks. Remote monitoring of power, connectivity and status supports site security across every asset type — alongside your cameras, PID panels and manufacturer controllers rather than replacing them.

Cyber. Data travels into TrackSyte over MQTT, protected by authentication, TLS encryption and certificates.