G4S's activities range from delivering cash to banks to creating security systems for buildings and fire protection systems for America's space agency, NASA. Many of these firms benefit from long experience of public-private partnerships, which were pioneered in Britain (and often have a poor reputation there) but have spread to other countries.

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The new Long Island City facility is being built from the ground up with state-of-the-art security systems, fire protection and climate controls.

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It also offers specialized application services, such as building automation control systems, fire protection, process cooling, electronic monitoring, and process piping, in addition to providing electrical and plumbing services.

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