Construction Site Security
Solutions designed around your risks, your site, and your project.
Every construction site is different.
Site layout, location, stage of development, working hours, assets and surrounding environment all influence the risks you face. We start by carrying out a site survey to understand your site risks. We use proactive site specific intelligence to understand the risk around the site as well as the vulnerabilities within it, and we design a bespoke security solution that combines intelligent technology, highly visible deterrents and real-time monitoring.
Our Construction Sector Solutions:
The POD S1 delivers next-generation construction site security, protecting your assets by integrating cutting-edge intruder detection technology.
Rapidly deployable temporary CCTV for high-value assets. VPS RDTa provides 24/7 monitored security, AI detection and flexible protection.
RDTp is a rapidly deployable, autonomous CCTV solution providing 24/7 monitored temporary security for construction sites, vacant properties and remote…
Military grade, remotely monitored, ruggedized security solution with inbuilt Artificial Intelligence to reduce false alarms.
VPS provides a complete range of physical protection products designed to secure sites quickly and effectively. From gateways, barriers, fencing…
Technology monitors, but people protect. At VPS, our Human Intervention services bridge the gap between detection and action. Whether you…
For further information on these solutions, contact us today.
Why Choose VPS Construction Security?
VPS combines multiple layers of protection to create a solution designed around your individual site.
We Protect Your Project Timelines:
Keep your programme moving by identifying risks early and responding quickly when incidents occur. Delays caused by theft or damage can cost far more than the stolen materials.
We Minimise Your Project Disruption:
Effective site security is about more than preventing incidents. It’s about protecting the wider project. VPS reduce the impact of security incidents on site operations and your wider project.
We Adapt As Your Project Changes:
Review and evolve your security as your site moves from groundworks through construction, fit-out and handover.
The Construction Lifecycle
Access routes change. Buildings appear. Materials move. Plant comes and goes. Perimeters evolve. Completed areas may become vulnerable before handover. VPS reviews and adapts your security solution as your site and risks change, providing the right protection at every stage of the project.
Vacant Site
Establish the right level of protection from day one.
Groundworks
Protect plant, equipment, materials and vulnerable areas and install signage.
Construction
Adapt protection as the site, perimeter and risks change.
Fit-Out
Protect completed areas, valuable materials and internal spaces.
Completion
Increase focus on buildings, access points and assets awaiting handover.
Handover
Maintain appropriate protection through to final handover and occupation.
Potential Risks & Mitigation
Did you know “the construction industry loses over £800 million annually due to plant theft, vandalism, water loss, and fire.”
Construction sites often need to temporarily store valuable machinery, tools, materials, and fuel, making them attractive targets for criminals. Remote, large, or unmanned sites are particularly vulnerable, leading to project delays and increased costs due to missing machinery or materials.
Mitigation:
VPS provides effective security controls to deter, detect, delay, and deny offenders. Our comprehensive solutions include CCTV, asset alarms and tracking, physical barriers for access control, and physical security officers ready to respond to incidents or alarms.
Vandals may target construction sites to commit arson, damaging machinery and materials and causing significant project delays.
Mitigation:
Our integrated solutions feature monitored video technology for real-time intruder and fire detection. Mobile security officers are available to respond promptly to any incidents, ensuring quick resolution and minimizing damage.
Fire and water loss cost the construction industry over £1 million per day. Whether accidental or deliberate, these incidents can severely disrupt your project.
Mitigation:
VPS offers real-time alerts and monitoring services to prevent and manage fire risks. Our solutions also detect water and fuel loss and can shut off the leak at its source to minimize damage.
Construction sites present a range of security challenges. Whether your project is at a greenfield site or in the demolition stage, VPS provides the advice and solutions needed to ensure site security.
Urban exploring, often referred to as “urbex”, involves people entering construction sites to explore unfinished buildings, climb structures or capture photographs and videos for social media. Even when there is no intention to cause damage or steal, these activities can expose individuals to serious hazards, including open excavations, unstable structures, unprotected edges and moving machinery. Incidents can result in serious injury, project disruption, reputational damage and potential liability for site owners and contractors.
Mitigation:
VPS provides a layered approach to site security designed to deter unauthorised visitors, detect suspicious activity and enable a rapid response. Monitored CCTV, intelligent detection technology, secure perimeter fencing, controlled access points and mobile security response can help identify and address potential breaches before they escalate. Our solutions help contractors protect vulnerable areas, safeguard the public and maintain a safer construction environment throughout the project lifecycle.
Unauthorised access to construction sites can occur through unsecured entrances, damaged fencing, poorly controlled access points or attempts to bypass existing security measures. Trespassers may be exposed to dangerous site conditions, while their presence can increase the risk of theft, vandalism, damage to equipment and materials, and disruption to construction schedules. Security breaches can also create health and safety concerns, potential liability and additional project costs.
Mitigation:
VPS delivers tailored security solutions to help prevent, detect and respond to unauthorised access. Depending on the site’s risk profile, these can include robust perimeter fencing, access control systems, monitored CCTV, intruder detection technology and security officers or mobile response teams. By combining physical protection with 24/7 monitoring and appropriate intervention, VPS helps contractors strengthen site security, protect valuable assets and maintain operational continuity from initial groundworks through to project completion.
VPS Group designed and deployed an integrated security and risk management solution that combined external surveillance with intelligent life safety monitoring, providing comprehensive protection throughout every stage of the construction project.
Using the CCTV security system to provide the photographic record of the development not only helps provide extra protection to the site by promoting its use and acting as a deterrent, but also supports our drive to engage the community and encourage them to get involved with the project.
Better Security Starts Now.
Our team of security experts are on hand and ready to discuss your vacant property and asset protection needs.
Our Accreditations
VPS Group business units Nexus and VPS Site Security are approved by the SIA. Within the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) for Security Guarding, Key Holding and CCTV.
SIA approval – Nexus and VPS Site Security
