AI Security for Lumber, Building Materials & Construction Supply | Cloudastructure
Lumber, Building Materials & Construction Supply Security

Stop the $1 Billion Theft Problem
Hitting Your Yards

Lumberyards and construction supply yards lose more per theft incident than almost any other building materials operation. Cloudastructure stops it with AI video intelligence and alert-based monitoring built for large, outdoor yards.

AI surveillance monitoring a lumber and building materials yard
The Industry by the Numbers

What Yards Are Up Against

Source: Industry averages
$1B+ Lost Annually to Theft, Vandalism & Fraud Industry average
6PM–6AM When Most Yard Theft Occurs — After Staff Goes Home Industry average
~40% Of Losses Attributed to Insider & Employee Theft Industry average
The Threat Landscape

What's Walking Out of Your Yards

Trailer-and-forklift crews. Trusted employees with unrecorded schemes. Perimeter breaches that exploit your yard's own layout. Standard security wasn't built for this.

High Frequency
After-Hours Organized Theft
Trailer-and-forklift crews that defeat fences and exploit the gap before live response.
Hard to Detect
Insider & Employee Theft
Trusted employees, unrecorded schemes — caught on camera, but never watched in time.
Escalating
Gate and Perimeter Breaches
Tailgating, cut locks, removed hinges — yard layouts built for storage double as blind spots.
Growing Risk
Forklift & Equipment Theft
Hot-wired on-site, then driven off. Unlocked equipment overnight is an open invitation.
Cloudastructure
The Cloudastructure Platform

Built for How Yards Actually Work

Cloudastructure is purpose-built for large, outdoor, high-value yards. Our AI learns your yard's normal activity — trucks, personnel, gate events — and flags anomalies before they become losses.

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Connect to Your Yard
We use your existing cameras where possible, or deploy mobile, powered enclosures — no rewiring, no IT project.
02
AI Watches 24/7
Sends an alert the moment an unauthorized vehicle enters at 2 AM, and flags anyone in the yard after close.
03
Operators Intervene Live
Live operators speak through on-site speakers to deter intruders in real time. 98% take off empty-handed.
04
You Get Proof
HD footage, timestamped alerts, and incident reports — ready for law enforcement, insurance, or HR.
05
AI Gets Smarter
Every event retrains the AI, sharpening detection for your yard over time.
Capabilities

Every Tool Your Yard Needs

Proactive Alert-Based Monitoring — The AI Difference

Cameras and guards alone don't stop theft — attention does. Cloudastructure's AI learns your yard's normal activity and only alerts on real threats, turning one guard's 6-camera watch into 60.

The only cloud-based platform combining AI surveillance, remote guarding software, and remote guarding services in one place.

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License Plate Recognition (LPR)
Logs every vehicle in and out, flagging unauthorized plates and off-hours arrivals.
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Facial Recognition
Flags banned persons and unrecognized faces in restricted areas, in real time.
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DOT Number Recognition
Verifies DOT numbers on entry and flags trucks that shouldn't be on your lot.
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Motion Detection Zones
Custom alert zones for lumber bays, material yards, and loading docks — instant alerts on after-hours movement.
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Access Control & Gate Intelligence
Time-stamped gate logs with alerts for tailgating and after-hours entry.
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Cloud Evidence Vault
30 days of watermarked, court-ready HD footage — playlists retained up to 1 year.
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Daily Incident Reporting
Every alert, event, and intervention from the past 24 hours, delivered each morning.
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Access from Anywhere
View any yard from any device, anywhere — with tiered access for your team.
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Flexible Deployment
Uses your existing cameras, or mobile/powered enclosures where power or bandwidth is limited.
From the Field
"Other companies will say they have AI, they effectively don't. I wish I'd found Cloudastructure sooner, quite frankly."
Dave Olson
Co-founder, Riggy's Truck Parking
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See How Cloudastructure Would Cover
Your Yard.

See how Cloudastructure covers your yard layout, gates, and inventory zones. A real person — not a chatbot — will walk you through it.

  • Works with your existing cameras — no rewiring
  • Month-to-month pricing — no long-term contracts
  • One guard covers up to 60 cameras
  • Court-ready documentation on every incident
  • AI that recognizes faces, plates, and DOT numbers
  • 24/7 customer support included at no extra cost
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