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Vehicle Barrier Installation in London
Arm barriers for car parks, depots and industrial entrances, specified for the number of vehicles that really use the entrance.
Vehicle Barriers Sized to the Traffic
A barrier on a busy car park can cycle a thousand times a week. A barrier on a quiet yard might do twenty. They are not the same machine, and a standard duty barrier on a busy entrance wears out far sooner than it should.
We ask how many movements a day the entrance really sees, then specify from that. Intensive duty units, the right boom length, and control that suits how people arrive, whether that is a fob in a regular's pocket, a keypad for contractors or a loop that lets anything leave without stopping.
We install new barriers and replace failed ones from any manufacturer. The base, the ducting and the loop cutting are all ours.
What that includes
- Intensive duty barriers for high traffic car parks and depots
- Standard duty barriers for yards and low volume entrances
- Boom lengths, skirts and articulated booms for restricted headroom
- Safety photocells and loops so the arm never drops on a vehicle
- Free exit loops, fobs, keypads and intercom control
- Traffic lights and full height turnstile integration where needed
- Foundations, ducting and loop cutting by our own team
- Replacement of failed barriers from any manufacturer
On site
How a Vehicle Barrier Installation Runs
The same five stages every time, with the programme written down before anybody starts digging.
Book a site visit- Stage one
Site visit and survey
We come out and look at the ground, the power, the drainage, the traffic and the risk, and take measurements on site instead of guessing from a photograph.
- Stage two
Design and written quote
A drawing and an itemised quotation naming the exact equipment, so you can compare it like for like with anyone else you have asked.
- Stage three
Civils and groundworks
Excavation, drainage, ducting and foundations, carried out by our own team to the programme we agreed.
- Stage four
Installation and commissioning
Fit, wire, set the force limits, prove the safety devices and test the whole system before anybody signs it off.
- Stage five
Handover and aftercare
The paperwork, and a walkthrough for whoever uses it every day.
Common questions
Questions About Vehicle Barriers
How do I know which duty rating I need
Count the vehicles. A rough movement count over a normal week is all we need to specify the right one. Under specifying is the usual cause of early failure, and over specifying just costs you money you did not need to spend.
Can you replace a barrier without redoing the base
Sometimes. If the existing foundation is sound and the new unit has a compatible footprint we will reuse it, which saves the excavation and the reinstatement. We check that on the survey.
Do you cut the induction loops
Yes. Loop cutting, sealing and the detector setup are part of the installation, and we test the detection with a real vehicle before we hand it over.
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Tell us about the site and we will tell you what it needs
Send a photograph and a postcode and we will come back to you with what the site needs.