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
Gate Safe has added Propertymark, an acknowledged professional body for the property sector, to its extensive list of opinion former supporters. Propertymark, which as the organisation for property agents across sales, lettings, commercial, auctioneers, and inventories, has a membership of nearly 17,500. It provides guidance, advice and research, as well as a programme of workshops, […]Read More
PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS AND YOUR REPUTATION Installers may find themselves in a situation where a customer confides that they are contemplating purchasing an automated gate kit to transform a manual gate into an automated installation. Currently, anyone can buy a kit to transform a regular manual gate into a potentially dangerous machine. Protect your business […]Read More
The charity Gate Safe has expressed concern that the current cost of living crisis has the potential to significantly impact the safety of automated gates and barriers in the UK. Regardless of the government’s recent Energy Price Guarantee announcement, households are still facing rising energy bills and an average increase in the cost of food […]Read More
The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced its support for the new Common Assessment Standard, created by a representative organisation for the construction industry, Build UK. As a member of Build UK, DHF has contributed to its formation. The new Common Assessment Standard, which has been endorsed by the Construction Leadership Council, means that […]Read More
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