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Fence and gates on your site in 48 hours.

We're helping separate the public from your construction.

Temporary perimeter fencing for commercial construction in Grand Rapids and West Michigan. 18-gauge galvanized steel frame, 12.5-gauge mesh, secured to ensure no unwanted pedestrian trespassing or interference, including woven windscreen to safeguard material, tools, and equipment.

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Quotes back within 24 hours. No deposit. Net-30 for qualified contractors.

To get a quote, we need

Four things. That's the whole quote.
1
The site address
2
Roughly how many feet of perimeter
3
How long you expect to be there
4
Where the trucks need to get in
Don't know the footage? Give us a call and we'll scale it.
$1M / $2M general liabilityCOI to your entity before we mobilize
Additional insuredWaiver of subrogation on request
48 hour mobilizationFrom signed quote to fence standing
W-9 & scope at signingNot chased down at pay application

What we put on your site

Everything priced up front. No mobilization surprises on the first invoice.

Perimeter fence
6' chain link on stands for a standard site; 8' anti-climb where you've got copper, tool trailers or a sidewalk full of people. Every panel is clamped and anchored to the next so the line stays shut, and screened where the site needs to stay out of public view.
Gates that actually work
A 14' drive gate wide enough for a delivery, and a man gate at the trailer so nobody props the big one open. Lockable, keyed to you.
Windscreen
Woven screen across the fence line, so nobody standing on the sidewalk can see — or start pricing — the material, tools and equipment inside it. Cuts the wind and the dust coming off the site at the same time.
Barricades & safety fence
Sidewalk closures, pedestrian routing, and orange fence around open excavations — the things the inspector looks for first.
Your site, secured
Steel goes up. We close the line around it.
Open sitePerimeter closed
What we take off your plate

Fencing your site isn't a preference.

Building code says what you have to put up. OSHA says the perimeter has to actually work. And premises liability doesn't care whether the person had permission to be there.

01 — BUILDING CODE

Michigan Building Code, Chapter 33

§ 3306 — Protection of pedestrians

Michigan's code is based on the 2021 IBC. Table 3306.1 sets what has to go up, by how tall the work is and how close it sits to the lot line:

  • ≤ 8 ftwithin 5 ft of the lot line — construction railings
  • > 8 ftwithin 5 ft of the lot line — barrier and covered walkway
  • > 8 ftset back less than ¼ the construction height — barrier and covered walkway
  • > 8 ftset back ¼ to ½ the construction height — barrier

Construction railings run a minimum of 42 inches. Barriers run a minimum of 8 feet, the full length of the site, with any opening normally kept closed.

We size the line to what your lot actually calls for — so the first person to notice it's wrong isn't the inspector.
02 — FEDERAL

OSHA, 29 CFR Part 1926

Safety & health — construction

OSHA doesn't publish one universal fence specification. It writes performance requirements and leaves the method to you — which means the burden of showing your perimeter works sits with the contractor:

  • 1926.20General provisions — the duty to initiate and maintain accident-prevention programs.
  • 1926.202Barricades. Barricades protecting employees must conform to ANSI D6.1.
  • 1926.651Excavations — guarding, walkways and barricades at open excavations.
  • 1926.34Means of egress — exits from any fenced enclosure must stay unobstructed.
  • § 5(a)(1)The General Duty Clause — a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious harm.
We build the line to carry that burden, and keep gates and egress clear so the fence never becomes a finding of its own.
03 — THE ONE NOBODY PLANS FOR

Attractive nuisance

Premises liability — common law

An open construction site is the textbook example of a condition that draws children in. Under the attractive nuisance doctrine, the owner can be held liable for injuries to a child trespasser — permission is not the question.

What courts weigh is whether reasonable steps were taken to keep them out.

A locked perimeter is a reasonable step.
A "No Trespassing" sign, on its own, generally is not.
Lockable gates keyed to you, panels anchored to each other, and a line that closes every night you're not there.
Summarized for general information, not legal advice. Code editions and local amendments vary — confirm what applies to your project with the building department that has jurisdiction over it.

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