Parking lots are included in the list of areas that are non productive in the standpoint of a real state developer. With that being said, there are a lot of building planners and architects who are basing their work from the view of a real state developer otherwise known as the building owner, so they would know if the parking lot that is being designed is with faulty security making them do without it. I have encountered a lot of these faulty security measurements being a contractor and the few that I would like to mention is the improper illumination to save the cost of the electric bills, lack of security cameras or cctv’s in the area where the parking lot is located as well as lack of security guards if there is any. Crimes are very common in the parking lot now a days because many parking lots do not have the correct security measurements that it should have. Though this may sound bad, they have statistic that will be able to back up this claim showing 80% of crimes done in the parking lots of shopping malls as well as strip malls and business offices.
For you to have a cost efficient perimeter security, you may start by controlling the people who gets to enter your area by putting up a barrier gate. This device is made for single lanes only to control the traffic as well as to control the number of cars getting inside and outside your parking lot.
If you want to ensure the safety of your parking lot, make sure to keep it well lighted, secure that the surroundings have cctv, motion detectors and surveillance cameras so that burglars and criminals of any kind will be reluctant to enter it. It is impossible for burglars to be able to escape a secured perimeter if it is really well supervised and watched for.
Nevertheless, these security measurements are not enough to assure that there will be no crime that will ever happen in your property. Lawyers are making big money by defending real state developers as well as employees in cases where crimes have happened in their property since this will be able to indict them of the lack of proper perimeter security. The only way to get through this is to avoid being involved in the first place, so be sure to get rid of any lawsuits which will only be beneficial for the lawyer, lawsuits which are caused by lack of sufficient lighting as well as lack of response and surveillance.
The peace of mind and security that you will be giving to all of your customers will make them patronize your business more and they will also spread the word on how efficient your services are that is why you do not have to worry about paying security guards and securing cctv, surveillance cameras and motion detectors for you can surely gain a lot of profit from it.