How ScaffSource Unified Security Across Every Location After a Million-Dollar Theft

A Million-Dollar Theft at a Site With No Cameras

ScaffSource is a leading provider of scaffolding and shoring solutions, serving industries such as petrochemical, offshore, and power generation. Focused on safety, innovation, and efficiency, the company offers rental, sales, and design services across multiple locations in the U.S. and Canada. Clayton Nesler oversees nationwide purchasing and innovation, which puts the company’s modernization initiatives — security included — on his desk.

The wake-up call was expensive. Over a million dollars’ worth of equipment was stolen from a new location that had no camera setup at all.

Most other locations did have cameras, but that didn’t solve the underlying problem: there was no way to monitor all of them from a single platform. Each location had cameras from a different vendor, which made sourcing one solution difficult. What ScaffSource needed was a unified system that could integrate with the various IP cameras already in place, simplify security monitoring, and provide access across every location.

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One View of Every Camera, With No Hardware to Replace

After extensive research, Nesler evaluated multiple solutions, including traditional vendors with outdated user interfaces and high costs, and chose Coram’s aggregate camera view. Coram integrated seamlessly with the existing IP cameras and required no additional hardware replacements, which made it both cost-effective and efficient.

Installation started at the Seattle location and rolled out to other sites from there. The setup was straightforward, with Coram providing the support needed to get the system running smoothly, and Nesler and his team could soon monitor every camera from a single interface.

Coram stood out for a few specific reasons:

• Works with the cameras already installed: Seamless integration with IP cameras from different vendors, with no hardware replacements required
• A single interface for every site: All cameras, across all locations, monitored from one place
• Modern, user-friendly design: An interface that Nesler and company leadership both appreciated, a clear contrast with the outdated interfaces of traditional vendors
• Cost efficiency: No expensive hardware upgrades, which made the solution financially viable
• Straightforward setup: Installed first in Seattle and then at other sites, with Coram’s support along the way

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Central Oversight, Faster Response, and Room to Grow

With Coram in place, ScaffSource monitors security centrally across all of its locations, which has improved response time to incidents. The interface gives the team easy access from any device and quick navigation between sites — a key selling point for Nesler and for the company’s leadership. And because a unified view is useful beyond security, the same system now supports operational goals as well.

What ScaffSource Is Doing with Coram

• Monitoring every location from one place: Centralized, real-time oversight of all sites strengthens the company’s overall security posture.
• Responding faster: Central monitoring improves response time when an incident occurs.
• Checking in from any device: Staff open the cameras wherever they are and switch quickly between different sites.
• Supporting operations, not just security: The team uses the same views to monitor productivity and verify staff presence.
• Scaling with the business: A platform that extends to new locations as ScaffSource continues to grow and modernize.

The decision to implement Coram came down to a unified, cost-effective, user-friendly platform that worked with the security infrastructure ScaffSource already had. Deploying it across multiple locations mitigated the risk that one unmonitored site had exposed — and gave the company a scalable foundation for the growth ahead.