b'36 DALSECURITYDallas Love Field Enhances Perimeter Security with Crash-Rated Fencing BY RONNIE WENDTWhen youre inside the fence, onCatalyst and Solutionan airplane, you shouldnt have toCourtly Parker, the worry about wildlife, vehicles orairports interim assistant people coming throughdirector of Public Safety, the perimeter, stressesexplains that the recent Tony Hart, airporteffort to better secure security manager atDALs perimeter traces Dallas Love Field (DAL). back to August 2010, But without thewhen a suspectedCOURTLY PARKERFACTS&FIGURESright perimeter fencingcarjacker led police on a Project: Perimeter Security and security in place,TONY HART high-speed chase that ended with the vehicle Location: Dallas Love Field Airport trespassers can hopcrashing through the airports chain-link fence fences, crash cars through gates and and swerving onto a runway.Scope: About 50,000 linear ft. of airfield border sneak past security to jump a plane or Cost: $6.5 million over multiple projects After this incident, DAL initiated a perimeter wreak other havoc.planning process, beginning with a thorough Key Components: Crash-rated fencing, ornamentalKnowing this, DAL has taken a multi- assessment of its borders. Through this industrial fencing, magnet-operated gates, surveillancelayered approach to protecting its 50,000-evaluation, we learned what we needed cameras linear-foot border with fences, security gates,to do, what we could do, and what we Project Timeline: 2010-Present surveillance cameras and patrols.couldnt, Parker says, noting that the airport Design & Prime Engineer (Streetscapesshares its boundary with leased and other Project): Kimley-HornMany airports use chain-link fencing withDepartment of Aviation properties. Given General Contractor: Huitt-Zollars barbed wire, but DAL officials sought morethese challenges, DAL hired a consultant to Fencing: Montage Industrial with Invincible profile advanced fencing with a more pleasingdevelop a perimeter enhancement plan.& Stalwart K12 by Ameristar appearance. Now, impact-resistant fencing protects the airfield from a myriad of intruders.The resulting design included crash-Bollards: Ameristar rated perimeter fencing in key areas. Other Camera Technology: AXIS & Hanwha thermal Our goal was to make sure everythingfencing that balanced safety with aesthetics & multi-directional cameraswas taken care of, Hart says. We wantedwas specified in less critical areas. Gates: VMAG to protect the people on the airfield from people, vehicles and animals that mightWhile the improvement project was in Key Benefits: Increased security from perimeterbreach the fence. Because at an airport,progress, another breach occurred. This intrusion by vehicles, animals & trespassers; upgradedthere is no room for error. time, a drunk driver crashed into a gate, aestheticsMarch | April 2025AirportImprovement.com'