The old adage “good fences make for good neighbors” holds true for businesses, as fences can play a strong role in a company’s security policies. So, it is not surprising that the nonresidential fencing market is projected to provide some of the best opportunities for growth, accounting for one-third of the forecast increases. Installations at institutional buildings will spur growth in the market as demographic trends drive the construction of new health care and educational facilities.
It is incidents like the recent security breaches at two Kalamazoo, Mich. water storage tanks led the local Homeland Security office to notify cities in West Michigan and brought renewed calls for vigilance in protecting the local water supply. The vandals cut a hole in the perimeter’s fence to access the water tank’s hatch, which was stolen. Or the case in Wendell, North Carolina, where a man broke into a John Deere dealership by cutting the brackets on a chain-link fence and took four lawn tractors valued at $15,096.