Clancy Docwra pledges allegiance to Cesar scheme

Clancy Docwra has become the first contractor to pledge allegiance to the new Cesar (Construction Equipment Security And Registration) scheme.

The contractor, which specialises in utilities, rail and project work, will register all its 350 items of operated plant with Cesar and is considering marking its non-operated items in the same way.  Kevin Clancy, joint managing director of Clancy Docwra and chairman of the Plant Theft Action Group, said: “This is a hugely important industry-wide innovation and we fully support it.”

Clancy Docwra plant director Mike Revell added: “The costs and disruption caused to contracts by plant theft are substantial ... and with major infrastructure projects like the 2012 Olympics, the need for such an initiative has never been greater and its impact on delivering projects on time will be massive.”

The Cesar scheme is administered by Datatag which issues each item with a unique plant number and holds records of the machine and owner in a police-accessible database. Each registered item is prominently marked with tamper-evident identification plates, and is fitted with hidden miniature electronic transponders, thousands of Datadots and an invisible ‘DNA solution’ which is virtually impossible to remove.

Datatag director Kevin Howells said he is encouraged by the take-up of the scheme and fitting the markings will and greatly increased the prospect of machinery identification and recovery. “With companies like Clancy Docwra embracing the scheme so wholeheartedly, its significance is certain to become more widely recognised.”

The scheme is promoted by the CEA, the plant manufacturers’ organisation. Its director of member services Tim Faithfull said the scheme is welcomed by its members who see it as an ideal complement to security and tracker technology which they already offer to their customers.