Top tips for site security
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• Erect palisade fencing all the way around the site, and install a robust gate that can't be lifted off its hinges.
• Fit good quality locks and bolts, and keep tight control of all keys.
• Install lightng that illuminates all the shadowy corners at night.
• If you opt for an alarm, ensure that it's linked to a monitonng service. Security cameras— which can be expensive—should be linked in the same way.
• Investigate the economics of employing full-time uniformed guards, or a patrol that calls at your depot at random times during the night.
• Don't neglect vehicle security— opt for a device that includes coded valves that paralyse the fuel system and air brakes. If you run curtainsiders, then specify curtains made from polysuculene—liquid PVC dripped onto a fine mesh, then squeezed between rollers. It resists cutting.
• Finally, when you are recruiting, always take up references, and investigate any unexplained gaps in a prospective employee's career. Those two years he can't account for might have been spent sewing mailbags...