BlackHawk Datacom helps Express Weld modify their secure system while ensuring compliance with the Coast Guard’s stringent security guidelines.
BlackHawk Datacom helps Express Weld modify their secure system while ensuring compliance with the Coast Guard’s stringent security guidelines.
3 PagesEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Express Weld is an industry leader in fabrication and repair services for the maritime industry. Located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, Express Weld offers full dockside and crane services and specializes in top-side vessel repair, utilizing their full-service fabrication and welding capabilities. Since Express Weld opened their Port Fourchon facility in 2006, security requirements have steadily increased under the regulation of the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). By 2012, Express Weld needed to meet strict governmental security guidelines. Initially, Express Weld decid- ed to use a contract guard service. Having a live gate guard fulfilled the initial Coast Guard and DHS requirements, but presented other unique challenges
