Security needs are constantly changing with sites requiring robust and increasingly versatile and temporary solutions. Products fulfilling these specialised criteria have to be anticipated and developed ahead of market demand.
A recent need for more temporary high-security solutions has arisen. Currently solutions available include the ellipsoid shaped barriers made from Corus bi-steel and are mass filled with substances such as sand. These barriers successfully secure access points surrounding temporary events or provide a barrier which can be moved if needed.
Although fit for purpose, these barriers involve complex, logistical requirements often involving multiple transporting vehicles for both the temporary barriers and the substance to fill the barriers. Road closures are also more often than not enforced earlier than necessary due to the barriers’ logistical implications and cranes are needed to put the barriers into position.
The market requires a more flexible, temporary high-security solution to be deployed faster and more easily. The aptly named, ‘Barrier-in-a-Box,’ meets this criterion. The innovative product can be transported in a small container, in a light vehicle and can be deployed quickly and effectively providing high-class security, temporarily. This not only minimises logistical costs but it is also more practical when cordoning off areas within a busy city centre during high profile events.
The revolutionary barrier system can be deployed in just over seven minutes and as the barrier is dynamic, the mechanism can be positioned without being implemented until the crucial moment it is needed. This not only minimises traffic disruption and lengthy road closures but also allows the barriers to be removed quickly permitting entrances to be permeable by vehicles in a medical, fire or police emergency.
The Barrier-in-a-Box is constructed from a high-tech, synthetic fibre which is secured over bollards at both ends. The system works using a tension method with the rope and fibre structure being winched taut once positioned on top of bollards. Cutting edge technology means that this new product has successfully arrested a 7,500kg truck travelling at 30mph. The product has been tested when mounted over two ATG Access Westminster bollards but can also be utilised in conjunction with cylindrical, high-security bollards which is a successfully tested engineered solution.
Along with the pioneering surface-mounted bollard system which has been developed also for the temporary high-security market and installed in some well-known shopping centres, the Barrier-in-a-Box represents a new option for national-barrier stock. Both products provide greater flexibility in implementation and are far more pedestrian permeable than existing solutions.
Come and meet the company behind these innovative solutions at the Counter Terror exhibition (Stand F181). ATG Access will be exhibiting and launching another leading innovation at the show.
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