Archive for December, 2014

Keep Your Facility Safe with Security Bollards

Friday, December 19th, 2014

security bollardsHercules Fence has the expertise to install a number of crash tested products: slide gates, pop-up barriers, lift-arm gates, and all types of bollard systems. And of these many high security-boosting products, security bollards are among the most helpful that your facility may need. These are great ways to keep your facility safe and maintain high security. Security bollards in particular can be used in many ways, including…

  • To keep vehicular and pedestrian traffic away from certain areas of your property.
  • As decorative features around your business or outside your building to provide security and enhance the building’s aesthetic features
  • To control or divert traffic of vehicles
  • To direct people to where you want them to go
  • To prevent theft and protect the exteriors of your building.

The great thing about security bollards is that there is a wide array of styles, sizes, and materials available to you to best suit your needs. Whether it’s for general directional purposes or high security purposes, bollards can be used to fit any needs.

High security bollards in particular can provide safety and security to people visiting or working in your building. Our professional team can help design a system that works best for your needs – just give us a call today!

All high security fences designed and installed by Hercules Fence will provide great strength and design. Look around our website to get a corporate overview and tour of our Hercules Fence Facility. Our entire line of fencing comes with extended warranties to ensure you have superior high security products for years to come. Our high security fence contractors truly offer security in every job. We have provided excellent fence designs and exceptional customer service since 1955. Request an estimate today with us to start on your high security project.

We have six convenient locations and there is a Hercules Fence professional ready to serve you from Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan area to North Carolina. Our branch offices are in Manassas, Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina.

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Stop Traffic with Crash-Rated Barriers

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

Your top security facility needs all the safety precautions it can get, and in a high-traffic area, this becomes all the more important. While fences and bollards can certainly serve their purposes, you may need the additional help of a crash-rated barrier. Read on to discover more about this security measure and how it has been proven to stop traffic in its tracks!

Crash-rated barriersCrash-Rated Barriers Keep Out Unauthorized Vehicles

Depending on the specific level of security you think will best suit your needs, you have a wide range of crash-rated barrier options. Like crash-rated fences, barriers adhere to the K-rating system, a system created by the U.S. State Department which assigns different numbers to barriers of different strengths. These include:

K4 Barriers: These barriers can stop a vehicle weighing up to 15,000 pounds and traveling up to 30 miles per hour.

K8 Barriers: These barriers can stop a vehicle weighing up to 15,000 pounds and traveling up to 40 miles per hour.

K12 Barriers: These barriers can stop a vehicle weighing up to 15,000 pounds and traveling up to 50 miles per hour.

This standardized crash-rating system ensures that you are able to pick the right crash-rated barrier for your facility. Alternative options, such as barrier arms and anti-ram barriers, also work to keep out traffic and intruders using vehicles to infiltrate your facility. From military forts to government buildings, crash-rated barriers are an ideal way to provide an extra layer of security where you need it most.

All About Hercules High Security

All high security fences designed and installed by Hercules Fence will provide great strength and design. Look around our website to get a corporate overview and tour of our Hercules Fence Facility. Our entire line of fencing comes with extended warranties to ensure you have superior high security products for years to come. Our high security fence contractors truly offer security in every job. We have provided excellent fence designs and exceptional customer service since 1955. Request an estimate today with us to start on your high security project.

We have six convenient locations and there is a Hercules Fence professional ready to serve you from Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan area to North Carolina. Our branch offices are in Manassas, Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina.

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Crash Rated Gates Won’t Be Your Facility’s Weak Point

Thursday, December 4th, 2014

A high security fence is the best way to keep out trespassers and vehicles because it forms a solid barrier around the entirety of your facility. Or, at least, most of the entirety; you will still need a point of entry so that those individuals who are cleared to do so may access the building. But by having a gate installed in your high security fence line, are you not automatically creating a weak point that intruders can try to target? Not if you have a crash rated gate installed by Hercules High Security- read on to find out more!

crash rated gateCrash Rated Gates Pair with High Security Fencing

A crash rated gate is more than just an access point built in to your perimeter fence. It is, in and of itself, and extra security measure. A typical gate would potentially be a weak point, given that by nature it is not as impenetrable as a section of fence is. But crash rated gates are different. Like crash rated fencing, these gates are designed to stop moving vehicles that might try to ram through them in order to gain access to your facility. The K-rating system comprises gates that can withstand the impact of a 15,000 pound vehicle traveling at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. If they can do that, keeping out an intruder on foot should be a breeze!

Crash rated fences allow your qualified employees in while keeping everyone else out. For more information about having a crash rated fence installed, get in touch with us today!

All high security fences designed and installed by Hercules Fence will provide great strength and design. Look around our website to get a corporate overview and tour of our Hercules Fence Facility. Our entire line of fencing comes with extended warranties to ensure you have superior high security products for years to come. Our high security fence contractors truly offer security in every job. We have provided excellent fence designs and exceptional customer service since 1955. Request an estimate today with us to start on your high security project.

We have six convenient locations and there is a Hercules Fence professional ready to serve you from Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan area to North Carolina. Our branch offices are in Manassas, Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina.

Check out Hercules High Security Fence on FacebookTwitterGoogle+ and YouTube.