Chapter 8 Plastic Firmus Barriers

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Plastic Firmus Barriers are the most common barrier used to guard temporary road works and other work areas.

The barriers create a barrier between pedestrians and the works areas, and highlight potential hazards to drivers and road users.

Chapter 8 Firmus Barrier Constuction

The hollow plastic construction makes them light, and easy to setup and move around a work site.

The barriers are free-standing on their own fold out feet blocks, and interlock to create a continuous barrier that can be arranged to weave around any shape of workspace.

For transport and storage, the barriers stack very well, allowing even small works vehicles to carry the barriers to worksites on a job-by-job basis.

Chapter 8 Regulation Compliance

Chapter 8 refers to a UK Highways Agency document called ‘Traffic Signs Manual’.

Chapter 8 is the chapter titled ‘Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations’.

The document offers guidance and considerations for planning and executing temporay road works in UK roads.

In relation to temporary roadworks barriers, it provides general instructions on suitable barriers, the properties that makes them suitable, and how they shoud be employed to ensure both pedestrian and workers safety while the temporary roadworks are being carried out. Following this instruction is what separates a Chapter 8 compliant pedestrian barrier, from a standard crowd control barrier.