Method Statement

Crowd Control

2.3m or 2.5m GT Barrier

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John Trainor SHEQ Team - Site quality and Products Manager

15th May 2013

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Visual Method Statement: GT-Barrier - MS-GT - Issue 1 0

Contents

1. Technical Product Information2. Arrival at site3. Installation4. Recovery

Visual Method Statement: GT-Barrier - MS-GT - Issue 1 1

Technical Product Information

Available with ... FIXED FEET

Weight 9kg to 19kg

Length 2.3m to 2.59m

Width 48cm (at base/feet)

Height 1 m ( excluding feet)

Construction Steel tube with vertical infill bars.

Colour Steel / White / Green

Application Benefit

Demarcation Control flow of people / filling crowds.

Double Line Sterile zone (low security).

Stacking

Component Description

Banded FIXED - 50 barriers

IMPORTANT: Barriers must be returned stacked and banded correctly.

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Arrival at site

Access/ egress to all sites must be by a pre-planned route or by the client's instruction.

All certification / qualification for the vehicle and crew are available for inspection.

Before any activity on site, a site-specific risk assessment will be prepared, all live personnel will be made aware of the content/ signed in to it.

Whilst on site hazard lights / roof beacons will be active.

All reversing will be under the supervision of a trained banksman.

All Forklift truck drivers hold certificates to operate the type of machine used on site All reversing will be under the supervision of a trained banksman.

Please note: This is a generic visual method statement of how LIVE install / Recover GT Barriers. A site-specific method statement is only produced following a site visit.

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Installation

Barriers loaded onto a flat bed vehicle for installation, the same process is followed when using a forklift truck with 2m extension forks.

Method 1 The installation crew lift the barriers off in pairs

The second barrier is connected to the first

Crew removing the banding prior to installation this applies to all types of vehicles

At the start of the section of barriers the first crew member places the barriers along the line of demarcation.

The installation process is repeated until com lete

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Method 2 The banding is removed as in option 1 prior to installation

Any crewmember working on the rear of the vehicle is connected to the delta rings with a fixed length lanyard.

An anchor strap is fitted to the vehicle unless delta rings are fitted to ensure safe working at heiQhts

The barriers will passed to the crew on the ground one at a time and the vehicle will move down the line of barriers at crawling pace.

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Every other barrier will come off the vehicle upside-down.

The crewmembers join the barriers as they place them in the line. This is repeated until the barrier line is complete

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Recovery

Method 1 Two barriers are unclipped and one turned over and placed along side the other

The barriers are placed on the bed of the 7.5 tonne vehicle with the barrier the correct way

round trapping the upside down one

The two barriers are lifted as a pair with the upside-down one furthest away from the crewmember

This process is repeated until the vehicle is fully loaded or all barriers recovered

Method 2 The barriers are picked up one at Two crewmembers on the back of the vehicle a time by the crew working on the ground will be attached to the delta rings or anchor

straps depending on the vehicle type.

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The crewmembers working on the ground will Before the vehicle moves from the site or a pass the barriers one at a time onto the rear second set of barriers is stacked, the barriers of the vehicle these will be stacked with the must be banded. feet alternating top and bottom.

The barriers can be stockpiled on good level Banded barriers should be moved with a round to a maximum of four hi h suitable forklift truck

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