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Anti climb fencing installed to prevent children playing on building site

It is alleged that children are risking their lives by playing on three dangerous building sites on Trowbridge estate in Wiltshire.

The estates’ Building Site Manager along with the police have been warning parents a fatal accident could happen if the youngsters continue to climb and jump from scaffolding.

Mr Smith, from a Westbury-based property maintenance firm stated: “We use fall arrests which are like giant bean bags and the children are climbing on scaffolding before leaping off into them as if it is some kind of game.They don’t realise just how these sites can be extremely dangerous places.”

The builders have now erected more anti climb fencing to help prevent children entering the site.

May 3, 2012 at 2:14 am | Anti Climb Fencing |
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Property firm fined for lack of site fencing

A property firm has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for putting its workers at risk after allowing them to work in an excavation without safety measures.

HSE inspectors made an unannounced visit to the site on Trafford Road, Alderley Edge in August 2010 where Huntmere were developing a luxury five bedroom mansion.

The HSE inspectors issued an immediate Prohibition Notice, ordering two workers to leave the excavation until the site had been made safe.

Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court heard no barriers or site fencing had been erected to keep vehicles away from the edge, or prevent workers being injured in a fall.

Structural support was not provided to the sides of the excavation pit, which were partly made of soft clay, and the sides had not been sufficiently battered back to a safe angle.

Track marks showed a digger had been driven along the rim of the excavation, which increased the risk of it collapsing or the vehicle falling into the pit with the lack of fencing.

Huntsmere pleaded guilty to breaching regulations by failing to prevent workers being put in danger. The company was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £3,837 in prosecution costs.

April 13, 2012 at 4:56 am | Site Fencing |
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Metal fence hire – pensioner damages council-owned fence boundary

A pensioner has been handed a criminal record for cutting down a metal fence which divided a Shropshire town.

Great-grandfather Derek Baddeley used an angle grinder to remove the 6ft metal fencing that was blocking a public right of way.

The caution describes how Mr Baddeley ‘without lawful excuse, damaged a fence to the value of £500 belonging to Sam Walton’. Mr Baddeley today said he was ‘not happy at all’ to have ended up with a criminal record at the age of 65, adding that by removing the fence with two others he probably saved taxpayers money in potential legal costs.

He said: “I don’t feel like a criminal, but I suppose as long as the right of way remains open, it has been worth it. I was extremely concerned as to just how much the situation was costing council taxpayers.

“We knew from the outset that the barrier was illegal and it took seven months to prove the point, but the barrier was still there despite a council report being published saying they’d decided it should be removed.”

Constable Martin Powell, of Market Drayton police, said: “Police will continue to monitor the situation in Grosvenor Road.”

The row over the fence started last August when it mysteriously appeared overnight and separated Grosvenor Road from the Fairfields Estate.

Opponents said it hindered people’s access to the town centre, but supporters said it was needed to tackle anti-social behaviour. At one stage the fence was adorned with barbed wire and anti-climb paint. A Shropshire Council report prompted by Market Drayton Town Council recommends recording Grosvenor Road and a footpath into Fairfields Estate as a public bridleway.

April 9, 2012 at 3:54 am | Fence Hire |
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Even Spiderman struggles with our Anti Climb Fencing

When you’re trying to keep out a web slinging hero from your evil lair then nothing will stop him in his wall climbing tracks than our anti climb fencing!

If only Dr Octopus and the Green Goblin had known about this fantastic invention which we stock at Top Fence Hire then maybe a few of their evil plans may have succeed.

February 28, 2012 at 1:55 pm | Anti Climb Fencing |
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Protecting equipment with Site Fencing

When you have several expensive pieces of kit on site you can’t be too care full, if you want to avoid costly insurance premiums and the down time involved with kit being replaced you need to ensure you hire in some site fencing to keep everything secure.

February 25, 2012 at 6:25 am | Site Fencing |
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