Case Studies

The Brief: A client of ours in Eastbourne asked us to secure an old pumping stations that was derelict. They wanted a fast installation and in particular they wanted to prevent trespassers from scaling any barriers as the site is potentially hazardous.   The Solution: As the site is reasonably small, timber hoarding was good solution as it can be easily cut to size, it can be erected quickly and it also does not offer any footholds, thus making climbing difficult…

The Brief: A large national construction company approached SafeSite Facilities with the need to secure and make safe a busy building site located in Central London. As it was a very prominent site, the construction company needed the safety and security installations to look smart, whilst still performing their primary role. The Solution: After discussing numerous options at length and working out the best solution, SafeSite proposed a MASS barrier system, with the addition of mesh panels and end stops….

The Brief: A large construction company contacted SafeSite Facilities to help them secure a prestigious site in Chichester – the grounds of a burned down convent. The construction company are developing the old convent into a school and wanted the site to be completely secure. The Solution: Dug in timber hoarding was the best solution for this job, offering the right combination of security and speed of installation. As there were a lot of vehicles entering and exiting the site,…

Last November, SafeSite were contacted by a new Lidl distribution centre in Wednesbury, West Midlands. The brief: The busy nature of a distribution centre means plenty of heavy goods vehicles and lorries entering, manoeuvring, parking and exiting from the site as well as forklifts manoeuvring to assist with loading and unloading. As these essential tasks take place within a limited proximity to workers, pedestrians and visitors, the clients required a robust barrier system which would not only offer the maximum…

The Brief: One of our most regular customers is managing a site in Waltham Cross, East London, which is due to be vacant for over a year. They didn’t however want the site to look vacant as this can attract trespassers, vandals and thieves. They wanted the site securing, but for a cost equivalent to using timber site hoarding. The Solution: Closeboard fencing was the best option as this is an attractive fencing that gives the impression the site is occupied. If Heras fencing…

The Brief: Peterborough Council needed to secure two separate sites in the city. The first was a construction site and the second a site where ground works were being carried out. Both sites needed to be secured effectively to both protect the public and to prevent trespassers. The Solution: At the construction site SafeSite advised using a mix of free-standing timber hoarding, dug-in timber hoarding and dug-in hoarding gates to allow easy access to workmen and vehicles. At the ground works…

The Brief: Central London is very well known for issues with traffic, so when a Traffic Management company needed to set up a single road lane closure in the city centre, they knew that getting the right traffic barriers delivered, as well as unloaded at the busy city-centre construction area, could potentially be as big a problem as closing the lane itself. The Solution: Company approached SafeSite Facilities and hired 80m of the specialist MASS Barrier system with Site Guard…

The Brief: Our client, EC extensions contacted us in July 2012 to provide strong, temporary hoarding to two properties in Guildford in which they were carrying out basement conversions. The hoarding was required to provide protection to the passing public from machinery and flying debris as the basements were excavated, as well as securing the site against thieves and vandalism. The Solution: We recommended the erection of wooden hoarding around the perimeter of each property. The combination of our reinforced…

The Brief: The London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOCOG) contacted SafeSite Facilities to request a considerable number of suitable crowd control barriers and fencing to various London Olympic 2012 venues in order to create a safe, controlled environment for both pedestrians and cyclists. The delivery, erection and also removal of the barriers had to be completed within very specific time frames to comply with strict security across all Olympic sites. The Solution: We provided a combination of Concrete Barriers, Water…

The Brief: To provide substantial ballast to stabilise temporary lighting towers at the London 2012 Olympic Park in the form of concrete blocks. The concrete blocks must be delivered according to a specific schedule at the end of March, remain in situ throughout the Olympic Games and be removed in September when instructed. The Solution: Safe Site Facilities submitted a competitive quotation and work plan to deliver a total of 540 appropriately sized concrete blocks to the Olympic Park in…