Description
Securing the Outdoor Construction Site: Strategy, Prevention, and Mitigation offers a holistic view of security planning for vulnerable capital projects, providing the strategic and tactical plans needed to protect large areas with a minimum investment in personnel and equipment.
This book is a one-stop reference that provides effective security strategies, methods, and tactics to mitigate the theft of equipment and how to avoid these incidents altogether. View more >
Key Features
- Provides complete guidelines for implementing a loss prevention program for any large outdoor construction project
- Offers proven strategies for minimizing capital loss and costly delays using a minimum number of personnel and security technologies
- Demonstrates how to develop proactive partnerships with law enforcement to stop theft before it occurs
- Includes the latest data on outdoor construction theft and its impact
- Draws on case studies and examples from around the world
Readership
Security executives, managers, and consultants, Risk managers, Construction professionals, Lawyers, Insurance professionals, and Law enforcement
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- About the Author
- Also by This Author
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Impact of Construction Site Theft
- The Interstate 5 Project in Norwalk: Part One
- The Bridge at Hesperia: Part One
- Danger to Security Personnel at the Site
- You Get What You Inspect, Not What You Expect
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 2. What Is Being Stolen?
- Machinery and Vehicles
- Mitigating Strategies to Prevent Vehicle and Equipment Theft
- Metals
- The Interstate 5 Project at Norwalk: Part two
- Materials
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 3. Rolling the Dice
- The Bottom Line
- Have a Security Planning Meeting
- Do-It-Yourself Security
- The Proposal
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 4. Naming the Losses
- Expect the Unexpected
- Who are the Thieves?
- Embezzlement
- Theft of Machinery
- Theft of Materials
- Fire
- Injury Accidents
- Fatalities
- Vehicle Collisions
- Flooding
- Earthquakes
- Watercraft Accidents
- Aircraft Accidents
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 5. Assessing the Risks and Potential Losses
- The Site Survey and Vulnerability Assessment
- The Indispensable After-Action Report
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 6. Recovering After the Loss
- Planning for the Loss
- Action Plan
- Advance Arrangements
- Mutual Aid Agreements
- Additional Personnel
- Recovering Reputation
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 7. Loss Mitigation Strategies and Tactics
- Security Contractor versus Proprietary Security
- Selecting Your Security Services Contractor
- The Importance of Photographs
- The Importance of Camera Systems
- The Critical Importance of Lighting
- Walking the Site
- Protectable Grouping
- Multiple Officer Sites
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 8. Gadgets
- The Bridge at Apple Valley
- Convergence
- Cameras
- Lighting
- Tracking Devices
- Fencing and Gates and Other Physical Barriers
- Alarms and Motion Detectors
- Communication Devices
- Security Vehicles
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 9. Establishing Standards
- Have a Plan
- Protectable Grouping
- Equipment and Materials Marshalling
- Divided Sites
- Machinery Security
- Materials Storage
- Employee Screening
- Access Control
- Crime Statistics for Construction Sites
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 10. Construction Equipment 101
- Real Construction People, Please Bear with Us
- Aerial Work Platform
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 11. Organizations
- Security Organizations
- Construction Organizations
- Law Enforcement Organizations
- Interpol
- Insurance Organizations
- Legal Organizations
- The Law Society of Scotland
- The Law Society of South Africa
- Chapter 12. Checklists
- Site Inspection Checklist
- Vehicle Inspection Checklist
- Materials Checklist
- Site Security Plan
- Construction Proposal Security Addendum
- Serious Incident Report
- Employee Hiring Worksheet
- Injury Report
- Site Survey: Vulnerability Assessment Report
- After-Action Report
- Loss Mitigation Action Plan
- Contract Security versus Proprietary Security Worksheet
- Proposed Security Contractor Worksheet
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Chapter 13. The National Equipment Register and National Plant and Equipment Register
- The National Equipment Register (United States)
- The National Plant and Equipment Register (United Kingdom and Europe)
- The National Equipment Register (Australia)
- Chapter Points by Discipline
- Appendix. 2013 Theft Report
- Our Purpose
- Introduction
- Theft Statistics
- Recovery Statistics
- By the Numbers
- Final Notes
- Glossary
- Index