CM Gates & Barriers
Plan Your R&M, OPEX & Future Security Investment

Complete Site Survey: Electric Gates, Barriers & Auto Doors

  • Free
  • No Obligation
  • Written Report Included
  • Confidential
Trusted by over 1,000 clients

What Do We Assess?

Reliability

Identify ageing assets, recurring faults and equipment at risk of failure.

Security

Spot weaknesses in gates, barriers, access control and site entrances.

Safety

Identify hazards, damaged safety equipment and unsafe operation.

Compliance

Highlight concerns around servicing, safety testing and documentation.
Why Have a Full Site Survey?

Plan Ahead with Clearer Priorities

Get expert insight into the current condition of your gates, barriers, access control and perimeter-security assets, with practical recommendations to help you plan maintenance, reduce unexpected failures and make better budgeting decisions.

  • Plan your R&M, OPEX and CAPEX
  • Reduce the risk of unexpected failures
  • Prioritise essential works
  • Keep your site safe, secure and compliant

If you manage several sites, a full site survey helps you build a clearer picture of your perimeter-security assets across the wider estate.

We can assess gates, barriers, access control and other entrance systems using a consistent approach, helping you compare priorities, identify recurring faults and plan maintenance more effectively.

If you have inherited a site, are dealing with recurring faults or are unsure whether previous works were completed properly, a survey gives you an expert second opinion.

We regularly assess poorly installed, unreliable or ageing systems and provide practical recommendations based on what is actually there today.

A survey helps turn reactive repairs into planned maintenance.

By identifying safety concerns, reliability issues, ageing assets and likely future works, you can prioritise spend more effectively and build a clearer case for R&M, OPEX or CAPEX budgets.

Any information you share with us, along with your site details, survey findings and recommendations, will be treated confidentially.

We understand that perimeter security information can be sensitive, particularly for commercial, industrial and higher-risk sites.

One Survey For All Your Perimeter Assets

Electric Gates

Automatic Barriers

Automatic Bollards

Turnstiles & Speedlanes

Roller Shutters

Automatic Doors

Access Control & ANPR

What you Receive

A Clear Report to Help Plan Your R&M, OPEX & CAPEX

— with no obligation to proceed with any works

Immediate Attention

Critical issues that need addressing to keep your site safe & operational

Short-term Works

Recommended works to improve performance and reduce risks

Future Investment

Longer-term improvements to support your wider site strategy

Maintain & monitor

Assets in good condition, with advise on ongoing maintenance

Frequently Asked Questions

The report can help you identify and separate urgent issues from work that can be planned later. That gives facilities teams better visibility of likely repairs, servicing requirements, ageing assets and potential replacements, making it easier to prioritise R&M spend and plan future OPEX or CAPEX.

Yes. We regularly work with gates, barriers and access systems installed by other contractors and across a range of manufacturers.
You do not need to be an existing CM customer.

Yes. The survey and written report are free, with no obligation to proceed with any recommended work.


We genuinely want to help facilities and estates teams make better-informed decisions around safety, security, reliability and compliance. If we can help identify risks earlier, improve maintenance planning and make sites across Scotland safer and more secure, that benefits everyone.

Yes. The service is particularly useful for facilities and estates teams managing multiple properties and assets.
We can apply a consistent approach across your sites, helping you compare priorities, identify recurring problems and plan maintenance or future investment more effectively.

Depending on your site, we can review automated gates, barriers, bollards, access control, ANPR, automatic doors, turnstiles, speedlanes, roller shutters and pedestrian access.


We also look at the wider operation of the entrance, including safety, condition, reliability, access arrangements and any recurring issues.

Yes. You’ll receive a written report summarising what we found, any areas of concern and our recommended next steps.
Where appropriate, we can also help separate findings into immediate attention, short-term works, future investment and assets that can simply be maintained and monitored.

Yes. We can highlight visible safety concerns, maintenance issues, missing information and areas that may require further testing, remedial work or specialist assessment.
The survey is intended to help you understand your current position; it should not be confused with a formal certification or statutory inspection where one is specifically required.

That is a very common reason to request a survey.
We can assess what is currently installed, its condition and any obvious issues, giving you a clearer baseline even where servicing records, documentation or previous contractor information is incomplete.

Yes. Site information, photographs, asset details and survey findings are treated confidentially and used for the purpose of carrying out the survey and preparing your report.

Why CM Gates & Barriers

30+

30+ Years of combined expertise

1,000+

1,000+ Happy Clients

2,000+

2,000+ Properties Secured

Designed & Engineered In-House
Your gate and access system is designed around the site or property, with engineering, automation and safety considered from the start.
Dedicated Project Manager
One point of expert contact coordinates your installation from planning and fabrication through to handover.
In-house Fabrication, Civils & Installation
Gates, groundworks, automation and electrical installation managed by our expert team, reducing delays and coordination between contractors.
Dedicated Service Manager & Aftercare
Ongoing support doesn't end at handover. Our service team manages servicing, repairs and maintenance throughout the life of your system.
Qualified, Compliant & Documented
Qualified engineers, recognised accreditations and the safety, testing and handover documentation your site requires.

What Our Clients Say

Great & professional service!
They arrived on time, sorted the fault and carried out the service as agreed.

Fire Scotland

I would highly recommend this company.

Craig himself installed our gate some years ago, and terrible weather on the day didn’t deter him from finishing the job and making sure everything was working perfectly before he left. The whole team at CM gates are professional, friendly and very responsive if any issues arise.

John Brown

We’re over the moon with the gate. It’s fantastic!

G Lindsay

I have used the services of CM for 4 years now and have always found them to be very knowledgeable and helpful when attending.

They didn’t make or fit the gates originally but the company which did were very poor at the after service and totally unreliable.

I am so glad that I found CM and they have during the time have suggested and implemented changes to better the operation of the gates while they are prompt and organised when calling them out.

Brown Ferguson

I wish we had found CM Gates sooner!

CM Gates are very helpful, professional, knowledgeable and all-round very good at what they do. I would highly recommend them.

We have had bad luck in the past finding a reliable company to install, fix and service our electric main and pedestrian gates and so are very pleased to have found CM. We are now on their annual maintenance contract which gives great peace of mind. I wish we had found them sooner.

Alexandra Orr

Highly professional and superb customer services! 

We were not able to be there when the job was done and when we came home the job was completed and they then phoned to tell us what they had done and answered the questions we had and many months later no challenges .

Alexander Quinn

Here on top of the hill the weather can be a bit tricky, that said our gates, installed and maintained by CM Gates & Barriers cope really well!

Philip Cox

Many thanks to Calum for the work done today to get the Bedlormie gate up and running. Its good to know that ‘small customers’ are still much appreciated!

M Thompson

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CM GATES & BARRIERS LTD is registered as a limited company in Scotland under company number SC591844

Registered Address: 4 Polbeth Industrial Estate, Polbeth, West Calder, Scotland, EH55 8TJ

​We have many happy customers across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston, Dunfermline, Hamilton, Cumbernauld, Kirkcaldy, Inverness, Perth, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Coatbridge, Greenock, Glenrothes, Stirling, Airdrie, Falkirk, Irvine, Dumfries, Motherwell, Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Wishaw, Bearsden, Newton Mearns, Clydebank, Elgin, Renfrew, Bishopbriggs, Bathgate, Arbroath, Kirkintilloch, Musselburgh, Dumbarton, Bellshill, Peterhead, St Andrews, Bonnyrigg, Barrhead, Blantyre, Penicuik, Grangemouth, Kilwinning, Broxburn, Johnstone, Larkhall or Erskine. Call us today for a free quote.

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