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Tackling the Rise in Plant Theft: How Technology Is Helping the Industry Fight Back

Plant and equipment theft has become one of the most pressing challenges facing the construction sector today. Over the past 12 months, contractors, plant hire companies, and site operators across the UK have reported a growing number of incidents involving stolen machinery, tools, and vehicles. The scale of the problem isn’t just significant; it’s become […]

Building a Greener Future: Sustainability in UK Construction

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The UK construction industry is at a pivotal moment. With the sector responsible for approximately 25% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions (rising considerably if you include surface transport) the pressure to reduce emission production is mounting. From government mandates to client expectations, sustainability is no longer a “nice to have”, it’s a business imperative.

Plant & Vehicle Services Issued Cyber Essentials Certificate

PVS are proud to announce that we’ve been issued a new Cyber Essentials Certificate, with thanks to IASME Consortium. Our IT defences were assessed by Cyber Shelter against cyber-attacks and reacted strongly and positively against any threats presented.

David Riches

In his role as Technical Director, David enjoys running projects from initial R&D, proof of concept right through to scaling and delivering a final solution, bringing the understanding, technical background and experience to ensure success. David builds like minded technical teams that deliver projects for rapid deployment. With successful businesses running across telecoms, wireless broadband and Research and Development David brings a unique perspective to the team.

Michael Abbot

With over 10 years of experience in data acquisition, processing and analysis, Dr Michael Abbott is leading our data development and running department. Mike is responsible for all the data processing streams for the business, and has completed a 4 year Innovate UK funded Doctorate programme. With a background in automotive technology, he is a key part of what makes the platform work so efficiently.

Kathryn Smith

Kathryn Smith
Kathryn oversees the general project management tasks required within the company, including the HR, financing and business operation functions. With a background in economics, she has over 10 years of experience in project management through top-level investment banks and school business management. As Operations Manager for PVS, she forms a crucial part of the team and heads up our Innovate UK requirements.

Scott McCabe

Scott McCabe
As the Owner and Managing Director of PVS, Scott brings with him over 30 years of experience and knowledge of the construction industry. From an engineering background, Scott recognised that electronics were developing within the sector and moved into the immobilisation and tracking world in 2004. After 6 years of looking after dealers, OEMs and contractors as a Consultant Technical Support Manager, Scott decided to take the plunge and start up on his own – which is how PVS was born. Through the company, Scott has continued to develop his passion for construction machinery, electronics and diagnostics. Scott has worked for major tracking and OEM dealers and contractors, offering support and assistance. Through this, he noticed the gap in the market place for a multi-fleet single login web-based platform. This is how PVS became the company we know it as today.

Rory McCabe

Rory McCabe
From working during the school holidays installing trackers onto plant machinery, Rory has been involved in the family telematics business from his teenage years. Rory’s role at PVS entails, product support, sales and logistics ensuring product is up to standard and delivered on time.

Alan Ridgewell

Alan Ridgewell
Alan has worked alongside Scott in immobilization since 2004. Alan’s areas of expertise include software, hardware and technical support for engineers whilst managing the Engineering Team at PVS. With previous experience at Finning as a Service Controller and Product Support, Alan has also previously worked at Komatsu and Caterpillar.