Fencing Installation Atlanta: Scoped by Thrare, Installed by Qualified Fence Firms

Who does Thrare Contracting install fencing for in Atlanta?

Thrare Contracting places and manages fencing for four buyers in Atlanta: commercial property owners and managers, government and municipal agencies, institutional owners such as schools, healthcare campuses and colleges, and multifamily communities. Thrare Contracting does not sell fencing to homeowners. The only residential service Thrare Contracting offers is pressure washing, and every fencing scope described on this page is written for a commercial, public, institutional or multifamily property.

Atlanta's fencing demand comes from public, institutional and income-producing property rather than from subdivisions, and fencing on those properties is a security and compliance asset rather than a landscaping one. Water and wastewater infrastructure, transit and roadway right of way, distribution and contractor yards, hospital and college campuses, retail centers, and apartment and condominium communities all run fence and gate assets that fail on a schedule and get replaced under a procurement process.

Does Thrare Contracting self-perform fence installation?

No. Thrare Contracting scopes the fencing, places the work with qualified fence contractors, controls the quality against written acceptance criteria, and owns the outcome to the client. Fencing sits in the placed and controlled column of Thrare Contracting's trade capabilities, beside painting and modular work, rather than in the self-performed column that holds concrete and flatwork, pavement striping, debris removal and hauling, property preservation and commercial pressure washing.

A fence firm clears a qualification file before assignment rather than after award. That file covers six items: license where the scope and the jurisdiction require one, current insurance certificates with limits appropriate to the scope and the site, evidence the firm can reach the site and carry the volume on the schedule, references on comparable prior work that get checked rather than collected, written agreement on what finished looks like, and corrective action rights in the trade firm agreement so a defect has a defined remedy.

Naming the model matters to a buyer, because the buyer is choosing who carries the risk. On a Thrare Contracting fencing project the trade firm holds the tool and Thrare Contracting holds the outcome. Which column a scope sits in is written into the proposal before signature.

What fencing scopes does Thrare Contracting place and manage in Atlanta?

Thrare Contracting places eight fencing scopes in Atlanta, and each one is specified by material, height, gauge or section, coating, footing depth and gate hardware before a trade firm is assigned.

• Chain link and welded wire security fencing - Galvanized and vinyl coated chain link for security perimeters, yards, athletic facilities and property boundaries, with privacy slat, barbed wire and razor ribbon options where a site standard calls for them.
• Anti-climb and high security fencing - Small mesh anti-climb panels, palisade and welded mesh systems for utility substations, water and wastewater sites, data facilities and other controlled perimeters, coordinated with camera and access control placement.
• Ornamental aluminum and steel fencing - Powder coated aluminum and steel for office park frontages, campus edges, civic buildings and multifamily amenity areas.
• Pool barriers and amenity enclosures - Barrier and gate assemblies built to the Georgia Department of Public Health rule that governs public pools, covered in full further down this page.
• Screening enclosures - Dumpster, compactor, generator and HVAC screening in masonry, composite, wood or metal, with the gate hardware sized for a loaded swing rather than an empty one.
• Gate systems and vehicle barriers - Swing, slide and cantilever gates, barrier arms and bollards, manual or powered, with the operator and access control interface defined in the scope document.
• Wood and composite screening fencing - Board on board and solid panel screening at multifamily service courts, property boundaries and equipment areas, on pressure treated posts set to a specified depth.
• Temporary construction fencing - Panel fencing, privacy screening and silt fencing for active sites, phased so the site stays enclosed while the permanent line goes in.

What do Atlanta commercial and public properties use fencing for?

Fencing on a commercial or public property in Atlanta does one of seven jobs, and the job decides the specification.

• Security perimeter and anti-climb fencing at utility, water and telecommunications infrastructure sites
• Galvanized chain link and welded wire security fencing at distribution yards, contractor yards and equipment storage
• Ornamental aluminum and steel fencing at office park frontages, campus edges and civic buildings
• Pool barriers and amenity enclosures at apartment and condominium communities
• Dumpster, compactor and HVAC screening enclosures at retail centers and mixed use property
• Swing, slide and cantilever gates, barrier arms and bollards at controlled entrances
• Temporary panel fencing and silt fencing on active construction sites

How does a managed fencing project run from award to acceptance?

Thrare Contracting runs a fencing project in eight steps, and the client sees the same eight on every job.

1. Thrare Contracting walks the fence line with the owner or the manager and records grade changes, existing hardscape, drainage and access constraints.
2. Thrare Contracting issues a written scope with the material specification, heights, footing depth, gate schedule and the acceptance criteria the finished line gets measured against.
3. Thrare Contracting assigns a qualified fence contractor whose file is already complete, and the trade firm agreement carries the acceptance criteria and the correction terms.
4. Thrare Contracting confirms which authority has jurisdiction over the parcel and who pulls and pays for the permit.
5. The trade firm submits a locate request to the Utilities Protection Center and waits the period Georgia law sets, before any auger touches the ground.
6. The trade firm stakes the line, sets posts to the specified depth and footing, then hangs panels, fabric and gates.
7. Thrare Contracting inspects against the written acceptance criteria, not against a photograph, and issues a punch list where the line misses.
8. Thrare Contracting closes the job out with corrected punch items, gate operation checked under load, and photographs filed with the closeout package.

What is included in a fencing price in Atlanta, and what is not?

Thrare Contracting prices a fencing scope with the included and excluded items written on the same page, because an exclusion found after mobilization is a change order and an exclusion found before signature is a decision.

Included in the base price:

• Mobilization, layout and staking of the fence line
• Submission of the locate request and the statutory wait before excavation
• Post hole excavation and footings to the specified depth and mix
• Fence material, fabric or panels, posts, rails and fittings as specified
• Gate leaves, hinges, latches and drop rods as specified
• Removal and haul-off of the existing fence and the excavation spoil
• Thrare Contracting's inspection against the acceptance criteria and the punch cycle
• Closeout photographs and the as-built gate schedule

Not included unless the scope document says so:

• Permit fees paid to the jurisdiction
• Rock excavation beyond the depth the price assumes
• Relocation of a utility facility marked inside the tolerance zone
• A boundary survey where the property line is disputed or unmarked
• Electrical service, conduit or a power drop to a gate operator
• Integration of a gate operator to an access control head end or a camera system
• Landscape or irrigation restoration beyond the fence line itself
• After-hours, weekend or phased work that the schedule in the proposal does not carry

Thrare Contracting's one published public sector performance figure is $198,000 in recycled aggregate supplied to Fulton County Public Works. That figure covers a materials scope rather than a fencing scope, and Thrare Contracting publishes no fencing production numbers, crew counts or year totals, because none have been verified for publication.

Why does a fence contractor have to call Georgia 811 before setting posts?

Setting fence posts with an auger is mechanized excavation, and Georgia law requires notice to the Utilities Protection Center before that work starts. Section 25-9-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, part of the Georgia Utility Facility Protection Act, states that no person shall commence, perform, or engage in blasting or in excavating with mechanized excavating equipment on any tract or parcel of land in any county in this state unless and until the person planning the blasting or excavating has given 48 hours' notice by submitting a locate request to the UPC, beginning the next business day after such notice is provided, excluding hours during days other than business days.

Georgia 811, the Utilities Protection Center for the state, instructs excavators in its 2025 Excavator Manual to wait the required amount of time, which the manual states as at least 3 business days, and to read the effective date printed on the locate request. The same manual defines business days as Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with the exception of major holidays.

Georgia 811 also publishes a tolerance zone of 18 inches on either side of the outer edge of a marked utility facility, inside which the excavator must exercise reasonable care through hand digging, pot holing or soft digging. A normal locate request lives 30 calendar days after its effective date, per the same manual.

The schedule consequence is direct, and a buyer in Atlanta plans around it: a fence line cannot be augered on the day the work is released. Thrare Contracting builds the locate wait into the schedule in the proposal rather than absorbing it as a delay later.

What does Georgia require for the barrier around a public pool?

Georgia Department of Public Health Rule 511-3-5-.18(11) requires all outdoor swimming pools and spas to be enclosed by a barrier to prevent entry to the pool area when the pool is closed. The rule sets the top of the barrier at least forty eight inches above grade measured on the side of the barrier which faces away from the swimming pool, a maximum vertical clearance of four inches between a solid surface and the bottom of the barrier, and a maximum of two inches over non-solid surfaces for a barrier constructed after the chapter was adopted.

The rule also governs what the barrier is made of. Openings in the barrier shall not allow passage of a four inch diameter sphere. Where horizontal and vertical members are less than forty-five inches apart at the tops of the horizontal members, the horizontal members shall sit on the pool side of the fence and spacing between vertical members shall not exceed one and three-fourths inches. Maximum mesh size for chain link is one and three-fourths inches unless slats fastened at the top or the bottom reduce the openings to that dimension.

Access gates carry their own requirements under the same rule. Pedestrian access gates shall be self-closing and have a self-latching device, barrier gates in facilities constructed after the chapter was adopted shall open away from the pool, and a mechanism controlled by an access card reader, key entry device or keypad shall be located on the outside of the access gate.

The rule reaches the pools a multifamily and institutional owner actually operates. Rule 511-3-5-.01 defines a public swimming pool to include municipal, school, hotel and motel pools, and pools and spas operated by or serving camps, churches, day care centers, institutions, parks, state agencies, condominiums, mobile home parks, recreational vehicle parks, associations and health clubs. A pool barrier scope in Atlanta gets specified against that rule before a trade firm is assigned.

Who pulls the fence permit in Atlanta?

Thrare Contracting confirms which authority has jurisdiction over the parcel before a fencing scope is priced, because a parcel inside the Atlanta city limits and a parcel in unincorporated Fulton County are permitted by different offices. Permit responsibility and who pays the fee are written into the scope document rather than assumed.

Four items decide whether a fence design survives review: height limits by zoning district and by yard or frontage, setbacks from property lines, easements and rights of way, sight distance at driveways and intersections, and any overlay or design district standard that applies to the parcel. Thrare Contracting resolves those four before the material is ordered, because a fence corrected after installation is paid for twice.

What does Thrare Contracting need from you before a fencing scope in Atlanta is priced?

Thrare Contracting needs eight things to price a fencing scope, and a complete set turns a site walk into a number rather than a conversation.

• The site address, the parcel and the entity that owns it
• A site plan or survey showing the intended fence line
• Whether the property line is established, marked or disputed
• The fence type, height and finish the owner or the site standard requires
• Gate locations, gate widths, and whether any gate is powered
• Site access and working hour restrictions, including whether the area stays in use
• Whether the work is publicly funded and subject to prevailing wage, certified payroll or diversity participation reporting
• The acceptance date the schedule has to hit

Which credentials does Thrare Contracting hold for public fencing work in Atlanta?

Thrare Contracting holds DBE, MBE and SDB certification and is registered in SAM.gov under UEI Z4WKS4UE8NJ6 and CAGE code 9JAV8. Those credentials qualify Thrare Contracting for diversity participation requirements on publicly funded work and satisfy the federal registration requirement for a prime or subcontract award. Thrare Contracting does not hold HUBZone, 8(a) or SOC 2, and does not represent otherwise.

Thrare Contracting is the trading name of Rare Earth Ltd, at 8735 Dunwoody Pl, Ste R, Atlanta, GA 30350. Related pages cover government contracting services, commercial property programs, and the DBE and MBE certifications in more detail.