Filling time: when to use water filled barriers
- Written by: NewsServices.com
Every company should prioritise employee safety. When choosing equipment for temporary work zones, sporting events, construction sites and worksites, it’s vital that the equipment is of a high standard and made with quality materials.
Water filled barriers hire has proven to be an incredibly safe and practical solution for companies across Australia. They provide optimal safety and offer a wide application range, including:
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* Crowd control
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* Providing heavy-duty barriers for temporary work zones, worksites and sectioning pedestrian traffic
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* Determining highway divisions & exits
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* Event safety
Why are water filled barriers safe & practical
Water filled barriers are made from high quality, heavy-duty and UV-stabilised polythene. These barriers are recyclable, environmentally-friendly and are light and easily shifted, whilst providing obvious guidance for staff, crowds and pedestrians alike. Plastic barriers can be placed, locked together and filled with water once they are positioned, providing a much faster setup time to older options like Jersey barriers.
Why are they a safe option?
Water filled barriers are produced to absorb impact as opposed to deflecting it back outward. Furthermore, their ability to absorb impact makes them so much more than just a bright-coloured, highly-visible barrier (although this is another benefit).
Companies that didn’t use water filled barriers would often go for water barrels or witches hats. These roadside safety methods represent their own specific hazards. They provide little protection against moving vehicles (especially that of witches hats). Although both of these options provide some benefits, they do not stand up to the strength and absorbing material of the water filled barrier, whose length and interlocking ability make them able to take on larger objects in a safer, more practical manner.
What’s more, both water filled barrels and witches cones are easy to steal and tamper with, as opposed to water filled barriers, which are designed to stay in place without being easily vandalised.
Visual safety
Water filled barriers are incredibly easy to see. Therefore, their bright colouration and high-visibility make them a much safer option for motorists as well as large crowds. A driver is much more likely to see, say, the fluro orange of a water filled barrier than the drab grey of a Jersey barrier, and this is especially so at times of low light. Drivers, therefore, have more time to think about their decisions on the road and merge safely.
They are cost-efficient
As roadside worksites come with reduced speed limits, water filled barriers are much safer as well as cost-efficient. Most sporting events, concerts, festivals, expos and more utilise water filled barriers as they are a cost-effective, highly practical and visible method of crowd and vehicle control.
They are highly modular
As water filled barriers come in individual components, they are highly modular and incredibly versatile for a range of different sites. Say you’re a government railworks provider and you need to provide ample visibility around a whole train station’s perimeter? Then hiring a large number of water filled barriers is a great idea.
Building a small structure but still need to control the road around the site? Then a smaller number of water barriers would be perfect. The versatility of these barriers is perfect for a huge range of projects and events, making them one of the safest and most modular pieces of safety equipment a company could possibly utilise.
If you’ve been wondering which worksite barriers are right for your project, maybe it’s time to consider the safe, strong and sustainable water filled barrier.
