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BSIS licensed officers protecting job sites, equipment and materials overnight, because once it leaves your site you are very unlikely to see it again.
Contractors tend to think about site theft as an insurance problem. The numbers say otherwise. Research published in 2019, based on more than fifteen thousand FBI incident records, estimated annual construction theft losses across the United States at around one billion dollars, with under 7 percent of stolen construction property ever recovered. An NICB report covering 2014 put heavy equipment recovery at about 23 percent. Your deductible is only part of the cost. The rest is the schedule slip while you wait for a replacement.
We Guard Now provides construction site security in Los Angeles for ground up builds, remodels, tenant improvements, equipment yards and laydown areas. Our officers are BSIS licensed, and they do the things that actually stop losses on a job site: controlling the gate during trade hours, logging who takes what, patrolling the perimeter overnight, and watching the phases where copper, appliances and fixtures are most exposed.
We also provide fire watch, which matters on live sites. When standpipe or alarm coverage drops out during a phase of work, the building legally needs a fire watch until it is restored. Whether you need an overnight officer for one weekend or coverage through a two year build, we can usually have officers on post within 24 hours.
Tell us your site, phase and schedule. We will give you a written quote, usually the same day.
Our construction security services cover the site from first fence to final handover. Most Los Angeles contractors start with overnight and weekend coverage, then add gate control once trades are on site in volume.
An officer on site through the hours when nobody is working, which is when almost all construction theft happens.
Checking subcontractors, deliveries and visitors in and out, and logging who is on site, which also helps you when something goes missing during the day.
Watching laydown areas, conex boxes, fuel, generators and machinery, and recording serial numbers where you provide them.
Tighter coverage during rough in and finish phases, when copper, appliances, fixtures and HVAC units are on site and most attractive.
Patrols of fence lines, gates and street frontage with GPS verified checkpoints, so every round is proven.
Calm, consistent handling of trespass and encampment activity around the site perimeter, following your policy and local law.
Documented fire watch rounds when standpipe or alarm coverage is out of service, with logs your fire inspector will ask for.
Every site is different and every phase changes the risk. Tell us your schedule and we will match coverage to it.
A construction security guard protects a site that changes shape every week. The job is part access control, part patrol and part record keeping, and it moves with the build.
On a typical shift, one of our Los Angeles construction security officers will:
What a construction officer should never do is sit in a truck at the gate all night. Sites are lost through the back fence while somebody watches the front. Varied patrol routes and timings are the whole method.
Not every site needs somebody present all night. Matching coverage to the phase of the build is where most contractors either save money or lose material.
Comparison point | Overnight Officer On Site | Scheduled Patrol Visits |
Best for | Sites with copper, appliances, fixtures or machinery on site | Early phases, small remodels, low value sites |
Presence | Continuous through the night | Several documented visits per night |
Cost | Full shift rate | A fraction of a full shift |
Deterrence | Constant | Unpredictable, which also works well |
Response | Immediate, already on site | Attends on alarm or next visit |
Best phase | Rough in and finish | Excavation, foundation, early frame |
Use an overnight officer when copper is in the walls, appliances and fixtures are on site, or machinery and fuel are stored overnight. These are the phases where a single night costs more than a month of coverage.
Use patrol visits when the site is mostly dirt, steel and lumber, or the build is small. You still get documented checks and a deterrent, at a fraction of the cost.
Most contractors move between the two as the build progresses, and we adjust coverage with your schedule rather than charging for the heaviest phase all year. If standpipe or fire alarm coverage drops out during a phase of work, the site needs a fire watch, which is a separate legal requirement.
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Multi storey commercial projects with long schedules and large material deliveries.
Tract and multifamily developments where appliances and fixtures arrive in volume.
Towers with tower cranes, hoists and controlled site access.
Occupied buildings with contractors on some floors and tenants on others.
Linear sites with equipment and material spread along a route.
Yards holding machinery, generators, fuel and materials between phases.
Sites with scrap metal value and open perimeters.
Sites holding panels, inverters and copper cable in quantity.
Public projects with documentation and access requirements.
Sites sitting idle, which attract encampment, copper theft and vandalism fast.
We provide construction site security across Los Angeles County, including:
A job site gate cannot wait for an officer stuck on the freeway at 6am when the first trades arrive. If you are comparing security companies in Los Angeles, ask where the officers covering your site will be travelling from, and who covers a call out.
We staff from the surrounding area wherever possible, and because we also run patrol routes across the county, we can scale a site from patrol visits to a full overnight post as the build progresses without changing provider.
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Patrol visits during early phases, overnight officers through rough in and finish. You pay for the risk you actually have.
When standpipe or alarm coverage drops out, we cover the fire watch with compliant logs rather than sending you to another vendor.
GPS verified checkpoints and timestamped logs, so you can show an owner or insurer exactly what was covered.
We record who was on site and when, which is often the only evidence available when material disappears during trade hours.
Every officer holds a current BSIS guard card, verified before assignment. We operate under PPO # 121614 with general liability and workers compensation coverage.
Field supervisors run unannounced overnight checks, because an unsupervised night officer is the weakest link on any site.
We do not publish a single hourly figure. A patrol visit schedule and a round the clock gate and patrol team are very different assignments. Here is what moves the rate.
Patrol visits cost a fraction of an overnight post. Matching the model to the phase saves more than negotiating the rate.
Overnight only, weekends only, or round the clock during critical phases. Longer predictable schedules cost less per hour.
Large sites, multiple gates and long fence lines need more patrol time and sometimes more officers.
Rough in and finish phases carry higher value material and usually justify heavier coverage.
Fire watch is priced separately, because required patrol intervals are set by your fire authority or permit.
Long projects price better per hour than short notice weekend cover.
What we do commit to: one flat hourly rate quoted in writing before you sign, no fuel surcharges, no administrative add ons, and no rate change mid contract without your agreement. We will also tell you honestly when your site is still at the phase where patrol visits would do the job.
Call +1 714-760-5385 or request a quote online. We walk the site, review your schedule and phases, and recommend coverage that matches the risk right now.
You receive post orders covering gate control, patrol routes, material checks and escalation, plus a flat hourly rate.
We brief officers on your site and coverage begins, typically within 24 hours.
No long term contract is required. Whether you need construction security guards in Los Angeles for one weekend pour or a two year build, both are fine, and coverage can scale up or down as the build moves.
They control the gate and log trades and deliveries, patrol fence lines and the building on set routes, check that equipment, fuel and conex boxes are secured, watch for cut fencing and suspicious vehicles, manage trespass and encampment activity, and document everything in gate and patrol logs.
Very little. Research published in 2019 using FBI incident data found a recovery rate below 7 percent for construction property overall, while an NICB report covering 2014 put heavy equipment recovery at about 23 percent. Prevention is the only part of this you control.
Not always. Early phases are often well served by scheduled patrol visits. Once copper, appliances, fixtures and machinery are on site, an overnight officer usually pays for itself the first time it prevents a loss.
Yes. When standpipe or fire alarm coverage is out of service, the site typically needs a documented fire watch until it is restored and tested. We provide it with the patrol logs your fire inspector will ask for.
Yes. Officers manage trespass and encampment activity around the perimeter calmly and consistently, following your policy and local law, and escalate to LAPD or the Sheriff when required.
It depends on the coverage model, hours, site size, build phase and project length. We quote one flat hourly rate in writing with no hidden fees.
Yes. Every officer holds a current BSIS guard card, verified before assignment. We operate under PPO # 121614.
Yes, and it usually should. We scale between patrol visits and overnight posts as phases change, without changing provider or contract.
Tell us about your site, phase and schedule. We will recommend coverage that matches the real risk, quote a flat hourly rate in writing and tell you how fast we can start. Free assessment, no obligation.