Security Built for Irving’s Offices, Logistics and Communities
Few cities in Texas pack as much commercial activity into one place as Irving. The Las Colinas Urban Center, anchored by the Irving Convention Center, holds the largest concentration of office space in North Texas, and Irving–Las Colinas is home to a long list of corporate headquarters. North of that, the land around DFW International Airport and the SH-161 and SH-114 corridors is lined with warehouses, distribution centers and hotels. South Irving and Valley Ranch add apartment communities, townhomes and gated neighborhoods.
Each of those properties has a different security problem. A headquarters lobby needs to manage hundreds of employees and visitors. A distribution center needs to see every truck that enters the yard. A hotel needs cameras on parking and back-of-house doors. An HOA needs a gate that opens for residents and emergency vehicles and nobody else. A1 Security Gate & Intercom installs security cameras, access control, video intercoms and automatic gates and connects them into one system you can manage from your phone.
Access Control and Visitor Entry for Las Colinas Offices
In multi-tenant office buildings, keys stop working the moment a tenant changes or an employee leaves. Commercial access control gives each person a card, fob or phone credential, limits which doors and hours they can use, and logs every entry. Removing someone takes seconds, not a locksmith.
At the main entrance, a video intercom lets the front desk or tenant suites see and talk to visitors before releasing the door. After hours, the same intercom can route calls to a manager’s phone. For parking garages and surface lots, we add barrier arms tied to the same credentials, so employees use one card for the garage and the front door.
Every door is different. Glass storefront doors usually need electrified latch or exit hardware rather than a strike cut into the frame, and every controlled exit must allow free egress under fire and life-safety code. We match the reader, lock, power supply and request-to-exit device to each opening. Most complete commercial doors run about $3,000–$3,500 including professional-grade hardware, installation and programming.
Security Cameras for Irving Warehouses, Hotels and Retail
Distribution centers near DFW Airport
Warehouse sites have long fence lines, wide truck courts and busy dock doors, and a handful of cameras leaves big gaps. We plan coverage around the areas that matter: yard entrances, dock doors, trailer parking, fence lines, inventory aisles and the office entry, with the right lens for each distance. At the truck gate, license plate recognition (LPR) cameras record every plate so you can search footage by vehicle instead of scrubbing through hours of video.
Hotels and hospitality
Hotels around the airport and the convention center need cameras on parking lots, entrances, lobbies and loading areas, plus controlled access on back-of-house and staff-only doors. We size storage for the number of days of footage you need to keep and set up separate viewing permissions for managers and security staff.
Retail and restaurants
For shops and restaurants along MacArthur, Irving Boulevard and the Toyota Music Factory area, we put cameras where they identify people: the entrance, the register and the back door. A wide shot of the dining room rarely helps when you need a face.
Our standard systems use UniFi Protect with video recorded on a console at your site, viewable from your phone, and without per-camera monthly fees for core features.
Commercial security camera installation
Automatic Gates and Call Boxes for Irving Communities
Valley Ranch, Las Colinas and South Irving have many gated apartment communities, townhome developments and HOAs. We install and repair slide and swing gate operators from LiftMaster and DoorKing, with the safety loops, photo eyes and edges the operator needs, and connect them to keypads, remotes, card readers or a call box.
If your call box went silent when the phone line was cut, you usually do not need a new gate. In many cases we keep the existing operator and wiring and replace only the entry unit with a cellular or app-based call box, so residents answer visitors from their phones and the community drops the landline bill.
Gate and access solutions for HOAs and property managers
Fire Access and Permits for Gates in Irving
Any gate that crosses a fire lane or a community entrance has to let emergency crews through. Across North Texas, fire departments commonly require an approved key switch (often a Knox switch) or another fire department override, a minimum clear opening that matches the fire lane, and a way to open the gate during a power failure. Many cities also require a separate permit for each automatic gate.
Requirements are set city by city, so before we install or modify a gate in Irving, we confirm the current requirements for your address with the city. Our permits guide explains what we know for each city we serve.
Irving Properties We Secure
Corporate Offices
Badge access, lobby video intercoms and garage barrier arms for Las Colinas and Valley Ranch office buildings.
Warehouses & Logistics
Truck-gate LPR, dock and yard cameras and controlled entries near DFW Airport and SH-161.
Hotels & Retail
Parking, lobby and back-of-house cameras plus staff-door access for hotels, shops and restaurants.
Apartments & HOAs
Gate operators, cellular call boxes, amenity-door access and community cameras.
How an Irving Project Works
- Site walk. We review doors, gates, camera locations, power and network with you.
- Written estimate. Itemized equipment, door hardware, labor and warranty, free for new installations.
- Fire access and permits. We confirm Irving’s requirements for gates and controlled doors before work begins.
- Installation. Clean, labeled cabling; every camera aimed and tested day and night; every door and gate programmed.
- Training and support. We train your team on the app, and back the work with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, $180 service visits and 24/7 emergency service.
Why Irving Businesses Choose A1
- Cameras, access control, intercoms and gates on one system, installed and serviced by one local team.
- Licensed by the Texas DPS Private Security Program (B31188501) and insured.
- Built for commercial sites: offices, warehouses, hotels and multi-tenant buildings.
- Local recording with UniFi, no per-camera software subscriptions for core features.
- We take over and repair systems other companies installed.
- Free written estimates, $180 service visits and a 1-year parts and labor warranty.