Government, Municipal & Federal Fencing

• Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage. Wage determinations are read and priced into the bid rather than discovered afterward, with classifications applied to the actual work performed.
• Certified payroll. Weekly certified payroll submitted in the format and portal the contracting agency or general contractor requires, for the life of the contract.
• Woman-owned business status. Available for participation reporting and good-faith-effort documentation. S&S is owned and operated by Shawn and Shelby Fick.
• Sealed-bid and public-bid delivery. Bids submitted on the agency’s forms, on time, with acknowledged addenda and the required bid documentation.
• CMAR and design-assist. We provide budget-level pricing during preconstruction and flag specification conflicts while drawings are still changeable, which is when a fence conflict is cheap to fix.
• Insurance and prequalification. General liability and Workers’ Compensation carried, COIs naming the requesting party as additional insured, W-9, safety program documentation and references provided during prequalification — see the credentials page.
• Bonding. Bonding requirements are reviewed per project with our agent before bid; we confirm capacity in writing for the specific project rather than making blanket claims.
• BBB A+ accredited and Blue Book ProView Verified, operating since 2015 out of Cox’s Creek in Nelson County, Kentucky.

DoD AT/FP

Antiterrorism and force protection criteria drive standoff distance, controlled perimeters, access control point layout and barrier selection on military and some federal projects. The criteria are the designer’s and the government’s to apply; our role is to install the perimeter, barrier and gate assemblies the criteria produce, to the certified details, and to document them at closeout.

ASTM F2656 vehicle barrier ratings

Ratings pair an impact designation (M30, M40, M50) with a penetration rating (P1, P2, P3). M50/P1 corresponds approximately to the legacy K12/L3 designation still found in older specs. Rated barriers, bollards and gates are certified as complete assemblies including their foundations, so the foundation detail cannot be value-engineered without voiding the rating. Full detail on the high-security and anti-climb page and the bollards and impact protection page.

ADA

• Accessible routes kept clear of gate hardware, bollard spacing and fence returns.
• Pedestrian gate clear width, maneuvering clearance and operable-part reach range and force requirements observed.
• Bollard and pipe spacing set so an accessible route through a barrier line is preserved.

IBC and local code

• Guard height and loading where fencing serves as a guard at a level change.
• Egress hardware and free-egress direction on pedestrian gates in an exit path.
• Fire department access, fire-lane widths and gate override arrangements coordinated with the local authority having jurisdiction.
• UL 325 for gate operators and ASTM F2200 for gate construction on every powered gate — see gate operators and access control.

• Crew rosters in advance. Named crew lists submitted on the agency’s timeline so badging is not the reason a mobilization slips.
• Screening through the owner’s process. Where a facility requires personnel screening, it is completed through the owner’s or general contractor’s own program and to their standard.
• Escorted access. Crews work with the escort present and inside the approved work area only.
• Vehicle and equipment control. Vehicle inspection, staging, laydown and fuel-storage arrangements agreed before mobilization.
• Occupied-facility conduct. Public buildings stay open while we work — work areas fenced with temporary construction fencing, pedestrian routes maintained, tools controlled, and noisy operations scheduled around court sessions, meetings and public hours.
• Documentation and closeout. Submittals, material data, certified barrier details, operator manuals, entrapment-protection test records, as-builts and a 1-year workmanship warranty — see the warranty page.
• Related pages: schools and campuses, substations and utilities, commercial fencing, and the projects gallery.