construction > asset & equipment tracking
Track your construction assets across every job site.
Monitor heavy equipment, trailers, and tools to help crews stay productive and finish projects on time.
Account for every asset and protect margins.
Underutilized, misplaced, or stolen equipment costs construction companies hundreds of millions every year. Motive brings GPS tracking, utilization hours, geofence alerts, and OEM telematics into one platform, so you have total visibility into every asset at every job site.
BENEFITS FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
- See utilization data to redeploy equipment rather than renting or buying more.
- Protect job sites with geofence alerts that alert you when an asset is moving when it should not be.
- Receive fault code alerts to keep breakdowns from derailing your schedule.
- Manage vehicles, equipment, trailers, tools, spend, crews, and more in one AI platform.
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Built for how your construction crew operates.
Monitor heavy equipment
Through the Vehicle Gateway and Asset Gateway you get real-time location, telematics, utilization tracking, and more.
Keep track of smaller assets
Track trailers, generators, containers, and small equipment with the Asset Gateway Mini and Motive Beacon.
Bill accurately and right-size your fleet
Get utilization insights to invoice for actual usage and reduce unnecessary equipment purchases.
“We can lose track of equipment easily on some of these job sites. Equipment could be behind a huge pile of aggregate and we wouldn’t know without the AG Minis.”
“When we know where our equipment is, we can utilize it better, keep it working for clients and we can move quickly to serve their needs. It also helps when one piece of equipment breaks down in the field. We can immediately know where the nearest replacement is and get it to the site quickly,”
Explore Motive hardware for construction equipment.
Additional resources.
Blog
Construction asset tracking: Why it matters and how to do it right
Explore the importance of equipment monitoring in construction, how it works, and how Motive’s asset tracking software and hardware helps protect investments.
Frequently asked questions
How does construction asset tracking work with Motive?
Motive’s construction asset tracking software helps organizations track heavy equipment, trailers, and smaller job site assets in one place by combining Asset Gateway Mini, Vehicle Gateway, OEM telematics integrations, and Motive Beacon.
Motive Gateways capture real-time GPS location, engine hours for heavy equipment, powered equipment, and trailers, while Motive Beacon tracks smaller tools, attachments, containers, and generators via a Bluetooth mesh network.
All of this data flows into the Motive platform, where construction teams can monitor assets across job sites, set geofences and after-hours alerts, use automatic vehicle-asset pairing, and quickly locate missing equipment from a single dashboard.
How does Motive improve asset management for construction companies?
Motive helps construction companies improve asset management by bringing GPS asset tracking, telematics, utilization monitoring, and equipment health data into one platform, so teams can see where assets are, how they’re being used, and what condition they’re in across job sites.
With geofence alerts, engine-hour and fault-code visibility, and a single view of vehicles, trailers, and equipment, construction teams can reduce theft and loss, redeploy underused equipment, and cut downtime with more proactive maintenance.
Can Motive track equipment across multiple job sites and remote locations?
Yes. Motive’s combines GPS, A-GPS, LTE cell-tower triangulation, and Bluetooth to deliver reliable updates even where signal is limited.
Asset Gateway Mini offers 5+ years of battery life and IP69K and C1D2 ratings built for harsh job site conditions, so assets stay visible across pours, lifts, and remote projects.
How does Motive help prevent construction equipment theft and unauthorized use?
Motive geofences, after-hours alerts, automatic vehicle-asset pairing, and on-demand location pings deter unauthorized movement and accelerate recovery with last-known locations, helping organizations see where equipment is, detect unauthorized movement quickly, and recover missing assets faster.
Does Motive integrate with heavy equipment OEM telematics?
Yes. Motive integrates with leading OEMs including CTA, John Deere, Komatsu, and Volvo — through the AEMP 2.0 standard. Motive consolidates utilization hours, fault codes, fuel use, and location in one dashboard.
See all owned, leased, and rented machines live and in the same view.
How does fleet telematics improve safety for construction crews?
The Motive AI Dashcam Plus detects risky driving behaviors — cell phone usage, stop sign violations, fatigue — in real time, surfacing coachable moments to fleet managers. Construction customers like Tilcon have used Motive video evidence to exonerate drivers in seconds.
How can Motive help reduce equipment downtime and maintenance costs?
Engine hour tracking, fault code alerts, and DVIR workflows move you from reactive repairs to preventative maintenance.
The additional visibility from Motive’s construction asset tracking helps customers catch small issues before they become breakdowns. Customers see up to an 18% increase in equipment uptime.
How does Motive support accurate equipment billing and utilization for construction contractors?
Utilization data and dormancy reporting give organizations an audit-ready record of how every asset is used. Contractors can invoice customers real usage, identify equipment sitting idle, and right-size purchase and rental decisions.
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- Improve driver safety with accurate AI.
- Reduce manual work through automation.
- Improve margins, fight fraud, and reduce costs.