Construction security in Burnaby

Xtreme runs construction site security in Burnaby from Metrotown through to Burnaby Mountain approaches.

At regional retail, the emphasis is gate control and sign-in; at office it shifts toward after-hours site patrols. Across the city, officers also handle equipment-yard checks and fire watch during impairments, with live backup from the NSOC.

Burnaby sits between Vancouver and the Fraser region, with Metrotown, Brentwood and a dense industrial south side that all need consistent after-hours coverage.

Stolen equipment and trespass cost days, not just dollars. A jobsite needs a tight gate, a visible overnight presence and clear daily reporting.

Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed concentrate regional retail, office space and transit-oriented towers along the same SkyTrain spine, so a Burnaby programme has to move between a mall floor, a tower lobby and a station-adjacent public realm without lowering the standard.

The Big Bend industrial area on the south side of the city, the approaches to Burnaby Mountain and the high-tech and film sites between them are a different assignment from the retail core. Edmonds and the industrial parks need patrol and yard coverage written for those streets, not a copy of a Metrotown post order.

High-tech campuses and film studios in Burnaby are workplace sites, not extensions of the Metrotown or Brentwood retail floor. Lougheed's transit-oriented towers sit on the same SkyTrain spine and still need a residential briefing rather than a mall briefing.

Edmonds and the Burnaby Mountain approaches are quieter, local geographies beside a city that is often described only in terms of its shopping centres. Big Bend keeps industrial yards and freight doors in the same municipal picture, and the post order has to name which of those the officer is actually walking.

Metrotown and Brentwood can look similar on a map and still fail as copies of one another once a post is a tower lobby rather than a retail floor. Lougheed, Edmonds and Big Bend then pull the same city toward transit-oriented housing and industrial yards respectively.

A Metrotown retail floor and a Big Bend yard are both Burnaby, and that is about as far as the similarity should be allowed to run.

Programme elements

• Gate control and sign-in
• Static officers for high-value phases
• After-hours and weekend patrols
• Material and equipment yard checks
• Fire watch when a phase requires it
• Daily activity and incident reports

Every programme is scoped precisely to your site after a free security assessment.

Built for the geography of Burnaby

Burnaby rewards a programme that respects distance and use. A post in Metrotown is not interchangeable with a run through Lougheed. We brief travel times, the character of regional retail versus office, and the exact tasks on the order — gate control and sign-in, after-hours site patrols and equipment-yard checks.

When a site changes hours or adds a building, the plan is rewritten, not stretched. The NSOC keeps the same standard behind every post.

Officers posted in Burnaby work under British Columbia licence B6594. Every officer on post holds the required worker licence before the first shift.

Coverage in Burnaby is supported from our Vancouver office at 1200 W 73rd Ave, #1100, Vancouver, BC V6P 6G5, with 24/7 backup from the NSOC.

Behind every construction security post in Burnaby stands a firm of 4,500+ full-time staff, a network of 17,000+ licensed officers, 40+ offices, 270+ patrol units and a 24/7 National Security Operations Centre.

Related coverage in Burnaby

See also Mobile patrol · Event security · Loss prevention · Fire watch · Concierge security in Burnaby, the security guard services in Burnaby overview, Construction security as a service, and the British Columbia service area.

Nearby service areas: Vancouver · Coquitlam · Surrey.

Frequently asked questions

Can Xtreme deliver construction security in Burnaby?

Yes. Xtreme provides construction site security in Burnaby, British Columbia, with 24/7 NSOC supervision.

Are officers in Burnaby licensed?

Officers posted in Burnaby work under British Columbia licence B6594. Every officer on post holds the required worker licence before the first shift.

What does a construction security programme in Burnaby include?

Typical elements include gate control and sign-in; static officers for high-value phases; after-hours and weekend patrols; material and equipment yard checks; fire watch when a phase requires it; daily activity and incident reports. A free security assessment in Burnaby confirms the mix for the site.

What’s the first step for construction security in Burnaby?

Call 1-800-730-3712 (Press 1 Canada, 2 USA, 3 Australia) and ask for a free security assessment in Burnaby. We will walk the property, confirm the brief and put a supervised team in place.

What other services can you run in Burnaby?

Alongside construction security, we also provide uniformed guards, mobile patrol, loss prevention, fire watch, concierge security and event security. Each is scoped to the site.

How is coverage in Burnaby supported?

Coverage in Burnaby is supported from our Vancouver office at 1200 W 73rd Ave, #1100, Vancouver, BC V6P 6G5, with 24/7 backup from the NSOC.