Solving a Hidden Problem Nobody Else is Tackling: Road Plates
New Hope, PA – October 21, 2025 – TENNA, the construction technology platform powering equipment fleet operations, announces a new application for its TennaBLE Beacon SP2 model: Bluetooth technology for tracking and managing steel road plates, a critical but often overlooked jobsite asset.
Road plates—used to cover excavations, trenches, and access holes to keep jobsites and the public safe—can weigh over a ton and cost approximately $1,000 or more each, depending on their size. Despite their size and value, plates are often forgotten, misplaced, or stolen, resulting in thousands of dollars in replacement and downtime costs each year to contractors.
Losing even one plate (or abandoning it in place) can cost contractors $5,000 or more when factoring in replacement, labor, downtime, and penalties. On a big jobsite, a contractor will have multiple road plates. Multiply that by multiple sites and jobs per year, and the numbers climb quickly. With the TennaBLE Beacon SP2, contractors can recover that value instantly—often saving tens of thousands of dollars annually.
“Our customers are tired of losing road plates—it’s money literally left on the street,” said Jose Cueva, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder. “ Now with the SP2, contractors can finally locate and control every valuable road plate. We’re giving them visibility where the rest of the industry hasn’t even looked.”
Rising steel prices and the scrap market have also made road plates potential targets for theft. These heavy-duty assets can still be moved with the right equipment and resold, as plates rarely have unique IDs or markings, making them hard to trace once stolen.
The TennaBLE Beacon SP2 helps close that gap by combining construction-grade engineering with smart BLE tracking intelligence. Contractors can not only track road plate locations but also assign them to specific jobs or delivery drivers through Tenna’s Resource Management tool for accountability. Plus, all of this data is integrated into Tenna’s centralized fleet management ecosystem, closing major visibility gaps for civil contractors and enhancing both cost control and profitability.
“This is what Tenna does best—listening to the industry, identifying the blind spots, and solving real problems that hit contractors’ bottom lines,” said Austin Conti, CEO and Co-Founder. “No one else is thinking about tracking road plates, and yet the losses are massive. With the SP2, we’re turning what used to be an accepted cost of doing business into a controllable, trackable asset category.”
The TennaBLE Beacon SP2 is engineered for the rugged demands of construction. Built with ULTEM® casing—stronger than Kevlar and resistant to extreme temperatures, impact, and corrosion—the SP2 can be securely installed onto heavy steel road plates via welding without compromising durability or safety.
Once installed, the SP2 emits a regular Bluetooth heartbeat that is picked up by Tenna’s Mobile App for iOS and Android or by the TennaINTEL Equipment Tracker, which reads BLE beacons around the machine it’s installed on in the yard or on jobsites, seamlessly capturing asset location data and feeding updates directly into the Tenna platform.
By extending SP2’s proven technology from attachments, concrete forms, and trench boxes to now include road plates, Tenna cements its position as the leader in practical, scalable construction asset tracking—for entire mixed fleets.
Learn more about this next-gen BLE beacon and Tenna’s full suite of BLE tracking options.
About Tenna
Tenna is the construction technology platform powering equipment fleet operations. Beyond tracking, Tenna connects every aspect of fleet management, giving contractors a full-picture view of their equipment operations and a greater understanding of equipment trends, so they can increase productivity and reduce costs. With more than 100 years of construction experience, Tenna helps contractors maximize their mixed fleet with industry-focused solutions that connect field, shop and office to optimize all aspects of equipment management. For more information, visit tenna.com.
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