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Fleet and equipment management for construction

A construction fleet is never just trucks. You're running utes, trailers and plant across several sites, some of it owned and some hired in. EROAD puts all of it on one platform, so you can see where everything is, how it's being used and driven, and have the records ready when a client or auditor asks.

What's different
Site rules, off-road, hired gear, subcontractors
Assets
Trucks, utes, plant, yellow gear and equipment
Support
Australian based
Site supervisor with a clipboard in front of a crane

Track time on site for every vehicle and machine

Set up each site as a geofence and you'll see every entry and exit, how long each vehicle or machine stayed and how long its auxiliary equipment ran. When a client queries an invoice, you have the record to back it up.

Geofence reporting with auxiliary run time comes with the Australian Ehubo2 plans.

Explore equipment tracking

93.8% Reduction in speed and harsh events seen by Downer fleet Downer New Zealand Case Study
A$7,860 Under-claimed fuel tax credits recovered by Pingelly Transport Pingelly Transport Case Study
20% Reduction in accidents and fuel bill for McConnell Dowell McConnell Dowell Case Study
The fleet

Tracking for trucks, utes, trailers and plant

Each type of asset on your sites needs a different kind of tracking, from a hardwired unit in a truck to a battery tracker on a trailer or a tag on a tool. Whatever you fit, it all reports into MyEROAD, so you can manage the whole fleet in one place.

  • Heavy truck carrying plant on a low loader

    Heavy trucks

    In-cab telematics with a driver-facing screen for road or site speed limits, job coding and driver communication.

    Ehubo2

    Hardwired

  • utes

    Utes

    In-cab telematics with a driver-facing screen for road or site speed limits, job coding and driver communication - and FBT logbook where usage is mixed.

    Ehubo2

    Hardwired

  • unpowered-flatbed-trailers-yard

    Trailers and bins

    Versatile battery powered GPS tracker - reports location and activity when moving more than 250m.

    Etrack Oyster 3

    Battery

  • Construction plant and equipment on a site

    Plant, equipment and tools

    Wire a unit into the machines that earn their keep and you get run hours. Lower value gear that mostly sits still takes a battery tag.

    Equipment tracking

    Battery or wired

  • construction worker next to a ute on a site

    Subcontractor vehicles

    Plug-in telematics that track their activity on your site - but easy to put in or swap when the job's done.

    EROAD Locate

    Plug in

Battery units report on a schedule rather than continuously, and a hardwired unit needs a power source. A Bluetooth tag is only located when an Ehubo2 or the Where app passes close enough to hear it, and it won't give you run hours. Out past mobile coverage, ask about the satellite add-on for heavy vehicles.

Driver safety

How EROAD helps keep your drivers safe

Driving is the top cause of workplace fatalities in Australia - ahead of falls from height. Fatigue is a factor in 20% of fatal crashes. EROAD can alert you to a tired or distracted driver while there's still time to step in. If something does go wrong, you'll have the footage and data to see what happened and coach from it.

Fatigue detection

The Clarity Edge fatigue camera watches for eye closure and yawning. The driver gets a voice alert, and a manager gets the same notification. On a heavy vehicle a Seat Shaker makes it physical too.

Clarity Edge Fatigue Camera

Incident investigation

After a crash nobody's memory is reliable, and that isn't dishonesty. Footage, speed and location land on one screen, so the investigation is short and a driver who wasn't at fault gets cleared fast.

Clarity Edge Multicam

Coaching each driver

Ehubo2 provides coaching in real-time. Driver login attaches the behaviour to a person. Fleet groups roll it up by project. So a conversation starts from something you can both look at.

Driver coaching
Compliance

Compliance and reporting for construction fleets

Sooner or later someone asks you to show what happened: the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), a regulator, a client querying an invoice or your own safety team. EROAD records it while your vehicles and plant are working, so the evidence is there when they ask. The obligation still sits with you.

What an Australian construction fleet gets asked to show, what EROAD records against each, and where the record appears
Requirement What you have to show What EROAD records Where you see it
Fuel tax credits What you have to showShow your off-road running to claim fuel tax credits (FTC) What EROAD recordsGPS off-road distance per vehicle, matched to your fuel transactions. Six months of consistent use and a claim can go back four years. Where you see it Fuel tax credits FTC report, on ATO Class Ruling 2026/69
Chain of Responsibility What you have to showProve you met your safety duties across the transport chain What EROAD recordsSite speed zones, overspeed by vehicle, and a service history against every asset Where you see it Chain of Responsibility MyEROAD reports and vehicle activity
Fatigue policy What you have to showHold every driver to your own shift and break policy What EROAD recordsYour rules for drive time and breaks, with breaches flagged. This is company policy, not a regulated work diary. Where you see it Drive Buddy Fatigue In-cab reminders, and the driver safety report
Plant and vehicle inspections What you have to showHave the pre-start and periodic checks, and be able to pull one up What EROAD recordsCompleted checklists against the asset, defects sent straight to the workshop Where you see it EROAD Inspect Inspection and defect history
Site attendance What you have to showProve to a client when a machine was on their site, and for how long - or that works were completed What EROAD recordsTime on site per vehicle or machine, inside any date range, with auxiliary run time beside it Where you see it Proof of Service Site visit records, and the geofence report behind them
Site health & safety What you have to showResponsible for safety of everyone on your sites including subcontractors What EROAD recordsVirtual speed cameras monitor speed limit on site, geofence activity logs exits and entries Where you see it Safety solutions Overspeed dashboard, geofence activity
Equipment

Track your plant, tools and equipment

A stocktake that runs on phone calls and someone's memory is slow, and it's easy to end up hiring a machine you already own. Put your plant, tools and bins on the same map as your vehicles and you'll see what's been sitting idle before you hire more in. Pre-start checks and run hours are kept against each machine too.

Tags on tools

Small plant, tools and bins all take a tag, picked up by an Ehubo2 driving past or by the Where app in someone's pocket.

Etrack Where

Pre-start records

The checklist runs on the driver's phone. That's how a machine with no cab unit still gets checked. The record sits against that machine, and it's still there months later. A defect goes to the workshop the moment it's logged.

EROAD Inspect

Servicing by run hours

Run hours come off a wired unit, or an Oyster 3 once it has moved 250 metres. That's what plant gets serviced on. The utilisation numbers cover the tags too, so the machine that hasn't moved all month still turns up.

Fleet Maintenance

Claim for idling equipment on your sites

 

“For a company like Hiway, where we’ve got trucks and plant out working and often required to be idling for long periods of time as part of their work, we’re getting a massive increase in fuel tax credits because you’ve got that consumption inside your geofence.” 

HiWay Group are using EROAD to save time and claim back more of what they're owed.

 

Read the HiWay Group case study

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FAQ

Common questions from construction fleets

Yes. Ehubo2, EROAD Locate and Etrack G70 all track run-time for your vehicles and plant so you can get reporting by distance or run-time - and set up run-time based service reminders too.

Two different things here. Gear you fit yourself sits in your account like anything else, subcontractor plant included. Seeing data from a subcontractor's own EROAD account can also be done through EROAD Share - but you won't have full access to everything, so best to confirm what reporting you need.

An Ehubo2 picks up an Etrack Where tag within 70 metres, and a Where Mini tag within 25 metres. The Where app also picks up tags and sends back their location - but the app needs to be open to do that. Metal, and anything throwing out strong radio frequencies, can interfere with Bluetooth or block it completely.

No. Once a driver is logged in using their four-digit PIN, the device starts tracking location and trip data automatically. The only times they interact are when you want them to - with two-way messaging or adding job codes.

Talk to us about your construction fleet

Whether you run trucks, utes, trailers or plant, owned or hired, we'll show you what the tracking and reporting look like for your mix.