Construction site security

by Michael J. Arata, Jr.

Each of the components of security listed below has its own subset.

Construction site security will focus on physical security countermeasures and how they can be ap- plied to the construction job site.

In this book-Construction site security, security encompasses several components:
• Physical
• Personnel
• Investigations
• Awareness
• Information security
Physical security is the protection of people and things from harm by using such methods as intrusion detection, access control, and security officers.

Physical security countermeasures are the measures used to safeguard personnel from harm.

It also protects property from unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents and safeguards it against sabotage, damage, and theft.

The main objective of physical security is to harden the target and make it unattractive for thieves and vandals to

enter the site for fear of being caught described in Construction site security.

Target hardening will not deter those individuals who are highly motivated and determined to enter the site to steal or commit vandalism.

If the target looks hardened, it will deter most thieves from feeling that there are easy pickings on the site so they will go to a place where there are no security countermeasures.

Physical security, in some cases, can be a delaying tactic to slow down an intruder in order to increase the possibility of being seen from outside the perimeter by patrolling security officers and/or police.