Construction site security and fire watch in Louisiana
On a job site, theft is a schedule problem before it is a money problem. A stolen generator is two days of idle crew, a rental replacement, a deductible and an awkward call to the owner. We cover sites overnight and on weekends so the morning starts the way you planned it.
What goes wrong
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Copper, wire and everything with scrap value
Wire pulls, copper piping, spools and grounding are stolen for scrap at a fraction of what they cost you to replace and reinstall. The loss is rarely one item; it is a wall that has to be reopened.
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Tools, small equipment and fuel
Skid steers, compressors, generators, plate compactors and diesel out of the equipment tanks. Sites lose the most in the first weeks after a delivery of new material and in the last weeks when trades are stacked and nobody owns the gate.
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Trespass and attractive-nuisance liability
Open trenches, unguarded stairs and stacked material draw kids and scrappers after dark. An injury on your site becomes your problem regardless of who climbed the fence.
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Fire watch obligations nobody planned for
Hot work, or a sprinkler or alarm system taken out of service, can obligate you to a fire watch on short notice. Discovering that at 4 p.m. on a Friday is a common way to lose a weekend of progress.
What we run on your site
Every element below is written into your post orders before an officer is scheduled, and every one of them produces a record.
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Gate control and delivery logs
Officers log every vehicle in and out, check that material leaving the site is supposed to leave, and hold the gate before crews arrive so the first truck is not sitting on the street at 5:30 a.m.
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Perimeter, lock and lay-down checks
Timed rounds of the fence line, gates, conex boxes, fuel tanks and lay-down yards, with photos of anything cut, propped, missing or moved since the last round.
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Fire watch that survives an inspection
Continuous patrol of the impaired area on the interval your authority having jurisdiction requires, with a written log of each round, the areas covered, and any condition found. Officers are briefed on extinguisher locations and the notification chain before the watch starts.
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A report on the super’s phone by 7 a.m.
What happened overnight, with photos and timestamps, before the morning huddle. If something walked, you know before the crew is standing there.
Lines we would expect to see in your post orders
Post orders are the contract between what you expect and what the officer does. These are representative lines for a construction & development account, yours are written with you, signed, and attached to the agreement as an exhibit.
Anything not in the post orders triggers a change order, not a favor.
- 01No vehicle exits the gate with material without a signed load ticket from the superintendent.
- 02Hourly perimeter round: fence line, conex locks, fuel tank caps, tower-light fuel level.
- 03Photograph the equipment row at start and end of shift; report any unit moved or missing.
- 04Fire watch rounds every 30 minutes through the impaired zone; log each round with time and initials.
- 05Any trespass: verbal warning from a safe distance, immediate call to 911 and to the on-call PM. No pursuit.
How we usually staff construction & development
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Construction Site Security
Overnight and weekend coverage for job sites: theft, copper, equipment and trespass.
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Fire Watch
Same-day fire watch for impaired sprinkler and alarm systems, hot work and construction.
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Mobile Patrol
Marked-vehicle patrols on a randomized schedule with GPS-stamped checkpoint reports.
Service details
Need something else? See every service we staff, or check whether we cover your city and parish.
What it costs
Job-site coverage is quoted by shift, and the shift length is usually set by when your last trade leaves and your first trade arrives. What moves the number:
- Nights per week and whether weekends are 12-hour or 24-hour coverage
- One officer or two, and whether the site needs a vehicle for a large or split footprint
- Fire watch is priced separately and can often start the same day it is ordered
- Rush starts inside 72 hours cost more than a post scheduled a week out
We quote every post in writing - send the address, the hours and the start date and you get a written quote back in 2 hrs during business hours.
- Four-hour minimum per officer, per shift
- No long-term contract required
- Certificate of insurance naming your entity before day one
Prefer to talk it through? (504) 236-4820, 24 / 7 dispatch, answered by the owner.
Construction & Development: questions buyers ask
Do you provide fire watch, and how quickly?
Yes. Fire watch is one of the few posts we treat as same-day work whenever a licensed officer is available in that area. We staff continuous rounds through the impaired area, keep the written log your fire marshal or insurer will ask for, and brief the officer on extinguisher locations and the notification chain before the watch begins. Confirm the required interval and duration with your authority having jurisdiction, it is set by them, not by us.
Can guards run the gate and receive deliveries before crews get there?
Yes, and it is one of the highest-value things an officer does on a job site. Gate control, delivery logs and contractor check-in are written into the post orders. Officers do not sign for materials or accept liability for counts unless your project manager authorizes it in writing.
What happens if there is a theft while your officer is on site?
You get an incident report with photos, times and the officer’s account within two hours, which is what your carrier will ask for. We carry general liability and workers’ compensation, and we can name your entity as additional insured. We will not pretend a guard makes a site theft-proof, we make it documented, deterred, and far less attractive than the unwatched site down the road.
Let's price your construction & development post.
Send the site address, the hours you need and what prompted the call. Written quote in 2 hrs; standard posts start within 4 hrs.
LSBPSE licensed · Insured · W-2 officers only · No long-term contract required