From a commercial perspective, businesses associated with the automated gate sector should be in for an improved year in 202 With interest rates stabilising, there is less financial uncertainty. Whilst inflation is still an issue, it is likely to drop to 2.5% by the second half of 2024, and consequentially interest rates are also likely […]Read More

Gate Safe, the leading charity which campaigns for improved standards in automated gate safety, has revealed research findings that highlight the most commonly found errors responsible for creating an intrinsically unsafe swing gate. Following surveys on 49 gates, Gate Safe is keen to draw attention to the frequently seen design errors which play a part […]Read More

Whilst most of the construction industry has adopted robust working practices for reducing the risk of service strikes, it seems fencing installation is often lagging behind, with contractors often leaving their safety to chance. For the last 30 years, my career as a utility surveyor has been the locating, surveying and mapping of subterranean utilities and infrastructure. With […]Read More

The charity Gate Safe has recently completed an audit of 86 automated swing gates to assess a critical safety issue. Gate Safe undertook the audit as part of its Gate Safety by Design campaign, aiming to improve design and installation practices within the industry. The gates in question were surveyed on request by gate owners […]Read More

A recent news article, relating to a case in the US where a seven-year-old boy lost his life due to a falling gate has caught the attention of the Gate Safe team. First and foremost, it marked yet another tragic death which could have been prevented had the correct safety protocol beenadhered to. But what […]Read More

Fencing accounted for 25 percent of all reported incidents of workers operating too close to high-pressure oil, gas and chemical pipelines in 2022, making it the UK’s most common danger activity. Overall, there were 316 incidents reported last year, of which 79 of them were fencing-related, according to Linewatch, a leading pipeline safety and awareness group. […]Read More

During 2023, Gate Safe will be focusing heavily on the importance of gate safety by design. Whilst the need to incorporate the relevant combination of safety features (photocells, light curtains or laser scanners, and pressure edges) remains a priority, the charity wants to draw attention to the importance of an intrinsically safe design to mitigate […]Read More

Fencing contractor Elliott, who went viral in June 2022 when his post knocker hit an underground gas pipeline on a farm in Derbyshire, has joined forces with safe digging experts LSBUD and Linewatch on a new safety awareness video. The safety campaign focuses on Elliott’s experience of striking the pipeline, it recounts the moments after […]Read More