FOUR WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN PREVENT BUILDING MATERIALS FROM BEING STOLEN FROM THE SITE
I. HAVE A MATERIAL ESTIMATE OF YOUR PROJECT BEFORE HAND Many clients wait until they get to a certain stage and start asking people for quotations. For instance, they get close to roofing and start asking for roofing experts to give quotations, others use the referrals suggested by their friends. I have seen a scenario where by a client was referred a roofing expert by her own dad because that guy had been working for the dad in several sites. The guy quoted 600pcs of decra roofing tiles. What was left on site was 450pcs; a neighbor said he saw a lorry loading them what made them to count them. He had a very good strategy and was very trusted. It means he used to steal from the dad who never knew. He colluded with the guy who used to have the keys to the site house. Another scenario I heard it from fundis where they over-quoted iron-sheets but unfortunately the site had a gate man who inspected Lorries before leaving the gate. They ended up piling two sheets and have them as one, “