Hoarding Design Spec

[Nick Connell]

Does anyone know where on the web you can find design specs for site hoarding?

 

Thanks, Nick

[aspenarb]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have done a fair bit of this, its normally asked for as a follow on when we clear trees and scrub around sites. We normally use 6x6 posts @ 3mtr spacing`s dug in about a meter and secured with a weak concrete mix, add rear braces on every other post where you can .Two 6x2 rails with 18mm cheap shuttering ply on the front of them , add a continuous 3x2 batten to the very top and bottom face of the ply to stop them warping, this also hides the top of the sheet if you need to step up or down. All gets screwed so it can be retrieved and reused , the posts when pulled out later will clean up as the weak mix breaks of the posts. We are doing one at the moment , I will post up some pics.

 

Bob

Edited April 8, 2016 by aspenarb
fat fingers

[Mark Bolam]

Is that pic in Wiltshire Bob?

[aspenarb]

Is that pic in Wiltshire Bob?

 

Sadly Mark Twas a fundraising venue I attended in Scotland. Very poor turnout by the locals, cant for the life of me think why

 

Going back to my room now:sneaky2:

 

Bob

[Nick Connell]

Thanks guys, I found a pdf on the temporary works page which lays down the spec of the design for different heights, ground conditions, wind conditions, crowd loading etc etc. Under CDM regs you have to be able to justify the spec apparently. It turns out building a temporary fence around a building site is more involved than building the final fence!

[Stock]

Thanks guys, I found a pdf on the temporary works page which lays down the spec of the design for different heights, ground conditions, wind conditions, crowd loading etc etc. Under CDM regs you have to be able to justify the spec apparently. It turns out building a temporary fence around a building site is more involved than building the final fence!

 

Ahh go on there now give us a link........................

[Nick Connell]

https://www.twforum.org.uk/media/42844/hoarding_guide_april_14_revision_final.pdf

[daltontrees]

Thanks guys, I found a pdf on the temporary works page which lays down the spec of the design for different heights, ground conditions, wind conditions, crowd loading etc etc. Under CDM regs you have to be able to justify the spec apparently. It turns out building a temporary fence around a building site is more involved than building the final fence!

 

There was a Courth of Session case a few years ago where someone got really badly hurt when a car swerved and hit him, the driver said he swerved because a sheet of ply flew off a hoarding in a strong wind right in front of him (which it did). The court had to consider whehte the hoarding had been adequately designed and built (which it was) or else the owner of the site would have been found partly responsible for the injury.

 

The details of the case are irrelevant but it highlights the risk of skimping on the spec.But if anyone wants to know, the driver was found to have greatly understated the speed he was doing, and if he hadn't been speeding he could have avoided injuring the pedestrian.

[aspenarb]

The government really does believe the pen is mightier than the idiot. Nothing will stop contractors backing into it or service layers knocking out a panel to gain access. A thousand and one things can compromise the structural integrity of something like hoarding. Then take a look at what is considered an acceptable temporary alternative to hoarding " Hera's fencing ". What a joke, sneeze on that stuff and it falls over. I have seen nets tied to it in a poor attempt at dust suppression only to see a gust of wind take the whole lot across a field. There cant be many folk that have not seen that gear laying flat on the floor:thumbdown:

 

Bob