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Paraform GatesRapid City · South Dakota

Design · Fabrication · Installation

Custom Driveway Gates

Your entrance is the first thing anyone sees. We design it in CAD so you can approve every detail, fabricate it in steel, and install it with the automation and access control that fit how you live or work.

Modern corten steel driveway gate with stone masonry pillars

Residential

An Entrance as Unique as Your Property

Whether it’s a graceful arched estate gate, a modern cedar-and-steel design, or wildlife artwork cut into the panel, we build gates that complement your home in the hills — not off-the-shelf panels forced to fit.

  • Swing and slide configurations for any driveway grade
  • Custom plasma-cut artwork: wildlife, brands, ranch names
  • Wood-and-steel hybrid and modern horizontal designs
  • Automated openers with battery backup and solar options
  • Matching walk gates, fence returns, and pillar hardware

Commercial

Security That Works Every Day

For businesses, storage facilities, and secure sites, uptime matters as much as looks. We build heavy-duty security gates and pair them with commercial-grade operators and access control that handle high cycle counts and South Dakota winters.

  • Heavy-duty slide and swing security gates
  • Commercial operators rated for frequent daily cycles
  • Keypads, card readers, RFID, and telephone entry systems
  • Perimeter fencing tie-ins and crash-rated options on request
Commercial security slide gate at a storage facility
Automated barrier arm at an RV park exit

Traffic Control

Barrier Arms

When you need to control vehicles rather than build a wall, an automated barrier arm is the fast, economical answer. We install and service barrier arms for parking areas, RV parks and campgrounds, storage facilities, and employee entrances — standalone or tied into the same access control as your gates.

  • Entry and exit lane control for commercial properties
  • Keypad, remote, RFID, and telephone-entry activation
  • Free-exit and safety loop configurations
  • Pairs with perimeter fencing and slide gates for full site security

Vehicle Control

Bollards & Impact Protection

Where traffic needs a hard stop instead of a gate, steel bollards protect what's behind them — storefronts, fuel islands, equipment, walkways, and gate operators themselves. We supply and install fixed and removable bollards, alone or as part of a full entrance package.

  • Fixed, removable, and lockable steel pipe bollards
  • Storefront, drive-thru, and pedestrian protection
  • Concrete-set installation done right the first time
  • Combines with barrier arms and slide gates for complete site control
Steel bollards and barrier arm protecting a commercial entrance lane
Timber ranch entrance archway with steel gate

Ranch & Acreage

Ranch Entrances & Overhead Signs

From timber archways with your ranch name to wagon-wheel accents and long-span pipe gates, we build entrances that mark your place from the highway — and pair them with cattle guards so you never have to stop and open a gate again.

  • Overhead entrance signs and timber archways
  • Long-span gates for wide ranch approaches
  • Custom-cut lettering, brands, and silhouettes
  • Solar-powered automation for off-grid entrances

Stone & Masonry

Masoned Columns & Entrance Pillars

Stone columns turn a gate into an entrance. We design the steel and the masonry together — embeds, hinge posts, conduit, and lighting planned before the first stone is laid — so the finished pillar carries the gate for decades, not seasons.

Ranch gate hung on stone masonry columns
Arched driveway gate with stone pillars and lantern caps

Access Control

Open It Your Way

Every automated gate we install can be operated the way that fits you — and upgraded later as your needs change.

Remotes & Clickers

Simple, reliable transmitters for family vehicles — the everyday workhorse of gate access.

Keypads

Wired and wireless keypads with guest and vendor codes you control.

RFID & Card Readers

Hands-free entry for residents and staff; great for shared drives and commercial sites.

Telephone & Smartphone Entry

Screen visitors and buzz them in from anywhere — see who’s at the gate without leaving the couch.

Process

How a Gate Project Works

1. Site Visit & Consult

We look at your entrance, talk through style, automation, and budget, and check power options at the site.

2. CAD Design

You get a scaled drawing of your gate to approve — revisions happen on screen, not after the steel is cut.

3. Post Install & Final Measure

Posts or pillars go in first. Once they're set, we take final measurements off the actual opening — so the gate is built to reality, not to an estimate.

4. Gate Fabrication

We cut, weld, and finish your gate in-house to those final measurements, including custom artwork and coating prep.

5. Final Installation

The gate is hung and aligned, operators and safety devices installed, access control programmed, and everything walked through with you.

Free Estimates

Ready to Start Your Project?

Tell us about your gate, fence, or cattle guard project and we'll get back to you with options and honest pricing.