How much does barrier hire cost?
Cost is driven by the type and quantity of units, the length of the run, the hire duration, delivery and installation, and whether an access point needs manning. Pedestrian barriers around a short footway closure are inexpensive; a long separated frontage with ground protection and a manned access is a larger package. We quote per site in writing.
Do I need barriers or will cones do?
If pedestrians are being routed past a working space, you need barriers with tapping rails — cones provide no physical protection and nothing for a visually impaired person to detect. Cones are appropriate for vehicle delineation on shorter-duration and mobile works. We specify which the scheme requires rather than leaving it to the day.
Do you install the barriers or just deliver them?
We supply, deliver and install to the scheme drawing, and maintain the arrangement for the duration. Standalone supply is possible where you have competent crews, but continuity and positioning are where most non-compliance appears, so installation by us is the recommended route.
Can you control access into our compound from a live road?
Yes. That covers the access geometry and sight lines, the holding area so waiting vehicles stay off the carriageway, the pedestrian arrangement across the access, gates and signing, and marshalling or banksman support where movements are frequent or visibility is constrained.
How quickly can barriers be on site?
Equipment and crews are usually available at short notice, and with around 150 lorries, vans and cars, delivery across our coverage areas is routine. Where the arrangement occupies the highway, the constraint is the authority permit or licence lead time, which we handle and confirm in writing.
Do you provide ground protection for verges and footways?
Yes. Ground protection and trackway spread load and protect verges, footways, soft ground and surfaces above buried services. It typically costs a fraction of the reinstatement it prevents, and it also reduces mud carried onto the public highway.
Who resets the barriers when they get moved?
We do, as part of the scheme. Barrier lines get displaced by the public, deliveries and vehicles every week, so inspection and resetting are built into long-duration arrangements, with call-out cover for out-of-hours damage.
How long can I keep the equipment on hire?
From a few days to the full length of a long-term site access scheme. Longer hires include the maintenance regime needed to keep the arrangement as designed rather than as it has ended up.
Do you handle the permits for a footway closure with barriers?
Yes. Authority liaison is handled end to end, including permit applications, footway closure permissions and Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders where required, submitted with the scheme drawing.
Which areas do you supply barriers to?
Oxfordshire and Oxford as our heartland, plus London and all boroughs, the South East, Gatwick, the South West, Wales, the Midlands, the North and Scotland.
