Context

Over 2,000 delegates from six continents around the world, including 53 world leaders, were protected by FenceSafe temporary event fencing from CLD Fencing Systems at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in April 2018.

Deployed by Live Barriers, a division of A-Plant, the FenceSafe system was designed to protect members of the public, residents and those attending or working at the events held in the Commonwealth Village.

Products supplied

Work began in early 2018 to supply an event temporary fencing system that would offer all the safety and security of a permanent fencing system but with zero ground strike. Due to the security nature of the event, the chosen system needed to be approved for use by the Metropolitan Police before it could be installed on site.

Through CLD Fencing Systems' partnership with Live Barriers, the FenceSafe temporary event system was put forward as a solution to the problem. Live Barriers and CLD have previously worked together on a number of projects; including Glastonbury and Connect for HS2 where the temporary fencing has been used to great success.

Almost 1000m of FenceSafe was installed around The Green Park and The Mall before the event, with temporary vehicle and pedestrian gates, including turnstiles were also supplied. Semi-permeable screens were attached to the system to offer privacy inside the Commonwealth Village and at security points.

FenceSafe is a revolution in event temporary fencing, offering increased safety, security and sustainability across its entire range of rigid mesh fencing systems. These systems include profiled, twin-wire and 358 anti-climb mesh systems. Alongside these a full range of temporary swing and cantilever gate solutions is also available.