Facing regular callouts to your construction site? Find out how mobile keyholding can alleviate those responsibilities and its other related benefits.
Facing regular callouts to your construction site? Find out how mobile keyholding can alleviate those responsibilities and its other related benefits.
For construction site managers and keyholders, late-night callouts are extremely common, but what if you could release this responsibility and entrust it in the hands of trained security professionals.
With the development of mobile keyholding services, site managers are now able to focus on their main job responsibilities and place security to the back of their mind.
But, what is mobile keyholding and how can it benefit your construction site?
What is Mobile Keyholding?
A mobile keyholding service is where trained security professionals have keys to the property, building or site, so that when an alarm is triggered, that keyholder will respond to the activation or security issue raised, rather than disrupting other individuals.
Upon arrival, the designated keyholding service will ensure a prompt and professional handling of the alarm trigger or security breach found. This helps to reduce the impact of such situations and prevent them from escalating any further.
Due to the risks presented to construction sites, callouts for alarm triggers often happen more frequently than with other industries and this means those responsible for responding will have high expectations placed upon them.
The aim of mobile keyholding services is to essentially alleviate that responsibility from site managers and place them in the trusted hands of trained security professionals.
What Are The Security Requirements For Construction Sites?
A growth in construction has also seen a growth in crime, and this has led to numerous project delays, financial loss and legal repercussions for construction companies and their clients.
Construction varies from critical infrastructure projects to residential properties, all of which have a deadline and purpose behind this.
If the outcome is not completed by that deadline, there could be a disastrous impact on those relying on this remaining on schedule.
For example, homeowners may be unable to move in and individuals could be without key services like telecommunications.
Construction companies can also face the additional impact of poor business reputation that can lead to work stoppages and prevent future companies from placing their contracts with them.
Therefore, in order to manage and minimise these risks, the security requirements for construction sites tend to be greater than other industries as even minor disruption can be catastrophic.
Some of the main security risks presented to construction sites are as follows:
- Construction site theft, most commonly metal, fuel, tools and plant machinery
- Vandalism including, graffiti, arson and property damage
- Trespassing
- Workplace accidents and injuries
- Protests
Like with any industry, crime tactics are constantly being developed to outsmart your site and due to the multi-industry reliance on construction, you cannot afford to be lacking on your security.
The Benefits of Mobile Keyholding for Construction Sites
Construction sites require specialised security that can manage the numerous challenges presented to them and through the use of mobile keyholding services, you will receive the enhanced service to match these requirements.
There are various benefits of backing your security with mobile keyholding services to your construction site and these are as follows:
Effective, Efficient Response to Incidents
Having completed a full day’s work, it’s unlikely you’ll be prepared for a late night call regarding your construction site’s security.
Every minute where an individual is not present on site is providing more time for criminals and trespassers to cause damage or be at risk of injury, all of which will be costly to your project.
By using a mobile keyholding service, you don’t need to worry about taking too long to get ready or how long it takes to travel to the site as there’ll be trained professionals prepared for these calls who will ensure a prompt, efficient response to any security breaches.
This rapid response helps to reduce the amount of time your construction site is left unguarded for providing you with a greater chance of crime prevention.
This service also improves the accuracy in response as those responding have a sole dedication to respond to security breaches in comparison to a site manager who holds onto various responsibilities regarding their project.
Even a minor incident could delay a construction site’s project, so investing in mobile keyholding services could help minimise those risks and keep you on schedule.
24/7/365 Access Control
Most construction site managers will be aware of the increased dangers nighttime brings to their construction site.
The assumed lack of on-site security and extra identity coverage that darkness provides means criminals and trespassers are more likely to try their luck with your construction site.
However, this means callouts could be late at night and if those responsible for responding to this do not respond or take longer to do so, your site is just left vulnerable to various security risks.
That’s where mobile keyholding services can support, ensuring 24/7/365 access to your premises with a trained security professional always on standby to respond around the clock.
This not only strengthens your site’s security, but also provides peace of mind that no matter the time of day or night, there will be a professional there who will promptly act upon any alarm triggers at your site.
This leaves minimal room for error which can occur when utilising your own employees to respond to such triggers.
Improved Employee Safety
Security breaches place not only your construction site at risk but any employees present at that time or following that incident.
You hold a duty of care towards your employees to keep them safe and minimise the chance of any injuries or accidents.
With mobile keyholding services, the security professionals who respond to any triggered alarms will be trained in how to handle various types of emergencies.
The trained professionals who answer these calls will understand the best approach, whether it be protecting employees at that time or assessing the construction site to ensure no safety risks have arisen.
In turn, this helps minimise the safety risks posed to employees at that time.
Trained Security Support
By utilising a mobile keyholding service, you are guaranteed that those responding to any triggered alarms are trained security professionals who have a wealth of experience in responding to any breaches and criminal activity.
This expertise provides them with the extensive knowledge and practical applications on how best to prevent crime and de-escalate an incident.
They will be able to confidently assess threats and decide on the response for this to ensure safety to themselves, any other individuals on-site and the construction site itself, all whilst minimising the risks associated with the active incident.
Having designated, knowledgeable support will help enhance your security and keep your construction site safe from security breaches.
Full Incident Reporting Following Any Incident
Trusting others with your security, even trained professionals to answer callouts can be difficult because, as site managers you are still responsible for keeping your construction site safe.
That’s why in most instances mobile keyholding services will offer full incident reporting following a callout.
Within this you will be informed on what happened and how it was responded to, allowing you to review and understand the security threats which were presented to your construction site.
From here, you can utilise this to help shape your security plan further by suggesting additional tools that may be needed or identifying blindspots which were not known prior.
It also provides you with peace of mind knowing that you will be informed of every situation that takes place and the impact it had on the site, if any at all.
Minimal Disturbance
Mobile keyholding helps to relieve the burden of security from you during your non-working hours by entrusting it with trained security professionals that understand how to approach and respond to criminal activity.
For site managers, there are an overwhelming amount of responsibilities and receiving a call in the middle of the night due to a security breach is the last thing you want.
With mobile keyholding, it takes that responsibility on for you and allows you to focus on other tasks, causing minimal disruption to any managers or employees.
To ensure you remain reassured by the service and the security it provides to your site, most services will provide a full incident report following any callout to explain the breach and how it was dealt with.
This ensures you remain in the loop and still have control of your construction site’s security.
Proactive Approach to Your Construction Site’s Security
Due to the risk of work stoppages and project delays, the best form of defence for any construction site is to have a security service that takes both a proactive and reactive response to security.
By implementing mobile keyholding services, it offers immediate callouts from trained security professionals as soon as an alarm is triggered.
This approach ensures your construction site is responded to in the most efficient, effective manner, providing you with the greatest chance of crime prevention in that moment.
Without this, you’ll be left working retrospectively to resolve any incidents as you may not be able to respond to crime whilst it is still active, leaving no other option.
It could be extremely costly working this way, especially with crime such as construction theft because recovery rates are low and therefore, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to get the stolen material, machinery, tools or fuel back.
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Keep Your Construction Site Secure With Security Solutions And Mobile Keyholding Services
We understand the importance of securing your construction site and part of doing this is by developing solutions that work innovatively to solve your needs.
Utilising multiple suppliers for various security support can be difficult to manage, from remembering contract lengths to integrating processes, it can create more harm than good sometimes.
Therefore at WCCTV we aim to simplify these processes as much as possible by offering additional features alongside our products, reducing the need for multiple suppliers.
One of these services is mobile keyholding which can be attached to any product of ours to provide 24/7/365 access and support from trained security professionals.
With the construction industry only continuing to grow due to increased demand, the need for prompt responses to security breaches is central to ensuring projects stay on schedule.
By combining our mobile keyholding service with our CCTV Towers, we help to alleviate the stress of security from you, providing around the clock reassurance and incident evidence.
Interested in boosting your security solution with our mobile keyholding service?
