Case Studies in Security

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A peaceful resolution – Former Kodak building, Reading

Road Plate Hire - Kodak building barriers

Using: Articulated Units c/w HIAB (Lorry Loading Cranes) Just as the large site formerly home to Kodak was being prepared for demolition in order to be redeveloped, an armada of marauding caravans arrived and occupied the recently cleared out areas. Quick action was required before too much of the accompanying mess was generated. It was…

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TVCB – A solid response

TVCB - A solid response

Using: TVCB (Temporary Vehicle Control Barrier) There is no faster way to deploy a very real physical barrier than with 2 and a half tonnes of reinforced concrete in the form of a TVCB. That’s what the intruders at a communal field in Sayers Common in Sussex found out when we delivered two within half…

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Barriers and blockers – Various sites U.K

Road Plate Hire - Road plates with SALLY sockets and bevelled edges

Using: Heavy duty – SERIES 38 – Steel C/W Bevelled Edge and SALLY In a programme of security upgrades a client had a series of sites whose vehicle access security was handled by automated or manned barriers. This is due unfortunately, to a world full of hostile actors, which as the headlines will show, have…

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DDK Machine Movers – X Ray machines on Mezzanine – U.K Airport

Road Plate Hire - Xray machine installation

Augmented and heightened security requirements in border entry points such as ports and airports has subjected facilities maintenance crews and the infrastructure and buildings they look after to a host of new challenges. In this case, a high level pedestrian walkway had to be navigated with some relatively heavy X-Ray machines. The corrugated and perforated…

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Police Station – London U.K

Road Plate Hire - Police Station Welfare Unit Installation

Using: Secure Site Store – 20ft x 8ft ISO/Container Lifting Lug (Preston Shoe) The price of London office/storage space meant our client used their imagination and opted to turn an otherwise wasted outdoor area into the site for a couple 20 foot ISO stores for some long term storage. Access to the chosen drop zone…

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Heathrow Road Access

Henfield - Heathrow Road Access

Using: FE45 – 3.6 x 3.0 x 45 mm An underground fuel line junction required repairs on a section that ran underneath a roadway used by heavy trucks in LHR. The 2.50 m (8 foot) square hole was to be left open for a period of weeks whilst an engineered solution was manufactured. Because it…

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