Public Facing Fencing Systems

Best Practice - Consider at all locations

• Where Heras fencing or crowd barriers are used alongside areas accessible to the public, the following must be considered:
• Wherever possible use systems with high-visibility bases such as those seen in the images. These increase stability and remove the trip hazards associated with standard bases.
• Where there is a risk of vehicular impact, select systems that have been designed to provide protection from vehicles such as those with concrete blocks.
• Suitable lighting must be installed where required to illuminate the footpath or provide warning of their location to vehicles.
• Always obtain a temporary works design, and do not install any privacy screening, debris netting or large signs unless the design covers this.
• Ensure that inspections are undertaken and recorded weekly.
• The use of metal crowd barriers or chapter eight barriers is discouraged and should only be used following risk assessment of the specific requirements for the environment being worked in.