Temporary Construction Fencing in Anderson, SC

Temporary construction fencing is judged on two things, and neither of them is the fence. It is judged on whether it showed up the day the schedule said, and on whether it was still standing after the first storm. Everything else about a site fence is detail around those two points.

We deliver, set and remove temporary fence across Anderson County and Greenville County, plus Easley and Clemson. Commercial construction sites, tenant build outs, demolition, road and utility work, church and school projects, and events that need a controlled boundary for a weekend. Free quotes, walked on site, with the set and pull dates agreed up front.

What our temporary construction fencing includes

A temporary fence quote should cover the whole cycle, not just the day it goes up. Here is what ours covers.

• A site walk to set the line, the gates and the access points against how the job will actually run
• Delivery and setup on an agreed date, coordinated with your schedule rather than ours
• Panel fence with couplers and ballast, or post driven chain link where the fence has to be anchored
• Bracing at intervals and at every corner, which is what keeps a panel run standing in a gust
• Pedestrian gates and vehicle gates sized for the equipment and the deliveries actually coming
• Windscreen, privacy screen or debris netting where dust control or screening is required
• Utility locate request before any post is driven, because a driven post finds a service line the hard way
• Relocation of sections as the job phases, quoted so you know the cost before you need it
• Removal and haul away on your date, with post holes made good on a driven install
• A point of contact who takes calls from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, seven days a week

Erosion and silt control fence is a different product from site fence and usually a different trade. We will tell you where our scope ends rather than quoting around it and leaving a gap for somebody to find later.

When temporary construction fencing is the right call

The requirement usually arrives from one of three directions: a contract, a public safety obligation, or a loss that already happened.

• A general contractor or owner requires the site secured before the first delivery arrives
• The work area sits next to a sidewalk, a parking lot or a road where the public walks past
• Materials, tools, copper or equipment are being left on site overnight
• An excavation, a demolition area or a stockpile creates a hazard somebody could walk into
• The public keeps cutting through the site, which is a problem long before it becomes an incident
• A phase of work needs a boundary for a few weeks and a permanent fence makes no sense
• An event needs a controlled perimeter, queue lines or a restricted area for a weekend
• A permanent fence is coming later and the site needs covering in the meantime

There is a case for skipping it that is worth naming. A small interior fit out inside a secured building rarely needs site fence at all. What almost always needs it is anything with a hole in the ground, anything storing material outside, and anything the public can reach on foot.

Panel fence or post driven chain link

This is the real decision on a site fence, and the right answer comes almost entirely from how long the fence has to stay and how much wind it will see.

Plenty of jobs use both. Driven fence on the long perimeter that stays for the duration, panels across the section that has to open and close as phases move, so the contractor can reconfigure without calling anybody.

Screen and netting change the fence, not just the look

Privacy screen, printed banner mesh and debris netting all do useful work on a site, and every one of them converts an open fence into a surface the wind has to push. On panel fence that is the fastest way to end up with a run lying flat across a sidewalk. If screen is going on, the fence underneath it needs to be driven, braced and spaced for the load, and we will quote it that way or tell you why the panels will not hold it.

How we set and pull a temporary fence

The schedule is the product on this job. The sequence below exists to protect your dates.

1. Walk the site and agree the line, the gate positions and the phasing before anything is priced
2. Fix the set date and the anticipated pull date, and note which sections may need to move mid job
3. Request locates on any driven install, because a driven post does not stop for a shallow service
4. Deliver and set, working from the corners and the gate bays inward so the run is square
5. Brace corners, gate bays and long panel runs, and ballast every panel base rather than the visible ones
6. Hang and check gates, including the padlock or chain arrangement your site will actually use
7. Fit screen or netting where it is in scope, laced along the edges rather than tied at the corners
8. Walk the finished line with your superintendent and hand over a contact who answers seven days a week
9. Return on your date to pull the fence, haul it away and make good the post holes

Mid job changes are normal on construction and we price them as a line rather than as a favor, so a superintendent knows what a relocation costs before deciding whether to ask for it.

Upstate sites, Upstate weather

Two things about this area put temporary fence on the ground more often than anything else: summer storms and saturated clay. Anderson has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and no dry season, and the thunderstorms that come with it arrive fast and gust hard. A panel run with light ballast and no bracing is the first thing on a site to move.

The ground compounds it. Cecil series red clay holds its shape well when dry and softens when it is saturated, and about 48 inches of rain a year keeps it saturated more often than a contractor from a drier state would expect. On a graded site with the topsoil stripped, panel bases sink unevenly and driven posts can loosen if they were set in mud rather than into firm ground. We check that on the walk and adjust the method, which sometimes means driving deeper and sometimes means waiting a day.

The other local point is the site entrance. There is no statewide fence permit in South Carolina and no state height limit, so site fence rules come from your city or county, and the one that bites most often is visibility at the driveway. A screened temporary fence run right to the corner of a site entrance blocks exactly the band of sightline a driver needs to see a pedestrian or a car. Pull the screen back from the entrance and the problem disappears at no cost.

42 inches to 10 feetThe City of Anderson protects visibility in that band at driveways and intersections, which is precisely the range a screened temporary fence blocks when it is run to the corner of a site entrance.

What drives the price of temporary construction fencing

• Linear feet of fence and the number of corners in the run
• Panel or post driven, since driven fence costs more to install and more to remove
• How long the fence stays on site, which is the second biggest factor after length
• Height, with six foot standard and taller runs costing more per foot
• Screen, banner mesh or debris netting, and the bracing the fence needs to carry it
• Gate count, gate width and whether vehicle gates have to take daily truck traffic
• Ballast and bracing on panel runs, which should never be the line somebody trims
• Site access and ground conditions, including rock, fill, paving and slope
• Mid job relocations as phases move
• Delivery, setup and removal, including any out of hours or weekend work your schedule needs

Time on site is the factor most people underestimate. A fence up for six weeks and a fence up for ten months are different products, not the same product for longer, and the second one should almost always be driven rather than panels.

What actually knocks a temporary fence down

Temporary fence rarely fails because the material was wrong. It fails because of how it was set, and the causes repeat.

Ballast that was counted, not placed

Panel bases need weight on them and they need it on every base, not on the ones visible from the road. A run is only as strong as the lightest base in it, because that is where the fold starts. Sandbags get borrowed for other uses on a busy site, so it is worth somebody walking the line weekly and putting them back.

No bracing at the corners and the long runs

A straight panel run with nothing holding it perpendicular is a row of dominoes. Braces at corners, at gate bays and at intervals along a long run cost very little and are the difference between a fence that leans in a storm and a fence that lies down in one.

Screen added after the fact

Somebody adds banner mesh or privacy screen to a panel fence halfway through the job, usually for good reasons, and nobody revisits the ballast or the bracing. That is the single most common way a site fence ends up in a neighboring parking lot. If screen is going on, say so before the fence is set so the method matches it.

Gates left open in the wind

An open gate leaf on a panel fence is a lever pulling on the whole run. Chain the gates back or close them at the end of the day, and never leave a wide leaf swinging free overnight. This is free to fix and it prevents a surprising amount of damage.

How long these installs actually stay up

Event fence goes up and comes down within days. A demolition or a short phase is usually a few weeks. A commercial build typically keeps its perimeter for the duration of the project, which can run the better part of a year, and that is the case where driven chain link beats panels on every measure except the first invoice. Tell us the realistic end date, not the optimistic one, and we will recommend the method that suits it.