Protecting a Job Site
Do you work as a construction manager? If so, you have quite a bit of responsibility in your hands. You not only have to manage the daily operations of assigned projects but also the happenings of your workers. You need to ensure that all workers are operating in a safe manner and that the project is proceeding as scheduled. Another one of your responsibilities is to protect the job site from theft, vandalism, and other potential problems.
One of the first things you can do to protect the job site is fence it in the perimeter. You don’t want animals and people to get onto the job site, especially when workers are there using heavy equipment and other tools that are very dangerous. When you put a fence around the site you should enclose the largest opening with a locking gate. Be sure to shut and lock the gate at the end of each workday.
You can also protect the job site by ensuring that all heavy machinery is turned off at the end of the day, all power tools are locked up, and all heaters and other equipment that uses fire are off and left in an area that cannot catch fire. This will help prevent a fire from starting well after you have all vacated the site.
If you have to store materials, tools, and other equipment on the site you should do your best to lock it up when you leave at the end of the day. This is especially true if you have a shell and tube heat exchanger or other similar piece of equipment that has yet to be installed. Do your best to lock these items away or even remove them from the site at the end of the day. Maybe store them at another location until they are definitely needed.
