Industrial & Commercial Security in Garland, TX

Security for a City That Makes Things

Garland is the third-largest city in Dallas County and one of the region’s manufacturing centers. The city’s economic development partnership counts more than 300 manufacturers, and its largest employers include names like Kraft Heinz, Sherwin-Williams and Epiroc, alongside electronics, metal fabrication and food processing plants. North Garland adds Firewheel Town Center at the Bush Turnpike and SH-78, and the east side runs down to the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard.

That mix means a lot of our Garland work happens behind fences: production floors, shipping yards, tool cribs and warehouses where the security questions are practical. Who came through the gate? Which shift opened the chemical storage room? What happened on the dock at 2 a.m.? A1 Security Gate & Intercom answers those questions with security cameras, access control, automatic gates and intercoms designed for each site and managed from one app.

Cameras for Plants, Yards and Warehouses

Industrial sites are hard on cameras and hard to cover. Long fence lines, wide truck courts, bright yard lights and dark corners all need a different approach. We plan coverage by job, not by camera count:

• Gates and truck courts: license plate recognition (LPR) cameras record every vehicle that enters or leaves, searchable by plate.
• Dock doors: cameras positioned to see trailer numbers, pallets and people at each door, not just the outside of the building.
• Fence lines and parking: long-range cameras with the right lens for each distance, tested at night under your actual lighting.
• Inside the plant: coverage of high-value storage, tool cribs, entrances and break areas, without pointing at restrooms or other private areas.

Video records on a UniFi Protect console on site, so recording continues if the internet drops, and managers can watch live or play back footage from their phones. We size storage for the number of days you need to keep, which matters when an incident is discovered a week later.

Commercial security camera installation

Access Control for Shifts, Storage and Offices

Manufacturing has more doors that matter than most businesses: employee entrances, shipping offices, chemical and parts storage, server rooms and the front office. Access control lets you set schedules by shift, so a second-shift badge works at 11 p.m. but a first-shift badge does not, and limit sensitive rooms to the people who need them. Every door event is logged.

We match lock hardware to each opening, from hollow metal doors with electric strikes to glass office entries and exit devices on egress doors, so every controlled door still lets people out freely under fire code. Most complete commercial doors run about $3,000–$3,500 including professional-grade hardware, installation and programming.

Gates, Barrier Arms and Call Boxes

For industrial yards, we install slide gate operators and barrier arms rated for commercial traffic and tie them to card readers, keypads, remotes or a video call box so drivers can check in with the shipping office. Safety loops and photo eyes protect vehicles and people.

Garland also has many gated apartment communities and HOAs. When an older call box stops working because the phone line was disconnected, we can often keep the existing gate operator and wiring and replace only the entry unit with a cellular or app-based call box.

Retail, Restaurants and Homes

For stores and restaurants around Firewheel Town Center, along SH-78 and on the historic downtown square, we place cameras where they identify people: the entrance, the register and the back door. For homes near Lake Ray Hubbard and across Garland’s neighborhoods, we install video doorbells, outdoor cameras and driveway gate operators.

Garland Alarm Permits

Garland’s ordinance requires an alarm permit for alarm systems at both residential and business locations, and the police department handles registration and renewals online. If we install or upgrade an alarm at your Garland property, we’ll remind you to register it and point you to the current process. Gates and access-controlled exit doors can also require city review, so we confirm requirements for your address before work begins. See our permits guide for more.

Garland Properties We Secure

How a Garland Project Works

1. Site walk. We review gates, doors, yard and building camera locations, power and network.
2. Written estimate. Itemized equipment, hardware, labor and warranty, free for new installations.
3. Permits and code. We confirm what Garland requires for alarms, gates and controlled exits.
4. Installation. Conduit and cabling rated for the environment, every camera aimed and tested day and night.
5. Training and support. Your team learns the app; the work is backed by a 1-year parts and labor warranty, $180 service visits and 24/7 emergency service.

Why Garland Businesses Choose A1

• Experience with industrial and commercial sites, not just homes.
• Cameras, access control, gates and intercoms on one system from one local team.
• Licensed by the Texas DPS Private Security Program (B31188501) and insured.
• Local video recording; no per-camera software subscriptions for core features.
• We service and take over systems other companies installed.
• Free written estimates, $180 service visits and a 1-year parts and labor warranty.