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The hidden costs of temporary fencing hire: Is it really cheaper to rent a fence?

At first glance it can seem cheaper to rent a fence for your building site. Why would you want to buy a fence? You only need it for a few months. It would be ‘easier’ to just rent a fence… or would it? Let’s take a look at why this may not be the case.

Temporary Construction Fencing for Brisbane Work Sites

For Brisbane contractors that are working on construction projects, renovations, demolition or extensions, it’s critical to have a secure perimeter fence around your work site.

In general, a temporary construction fence that is correctly installed and locked is likely to address the risks for the majority of Brisbane work sites.

Trafix Waterfilled Barriers in Melbourne

Fortress Fencing has been supplying the West Gate Tunnel Project with consumables, barriers and temporary fencing throughout the life of the project, including the Trafix water filled barriers.

Here in the West Gate Tunnel’s West Zone, hundreds of water filled barriers are being utilized around the worksite to direct traffic along access roads and demarcate exclusion zones.

Melbourne Temporary Fencing: West Gate Tunnel

Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel is delivering an alternative to Melbourne’s busy West Gate Bridge. The project is a partnership between the Victorian Government and Transurban, and is being built by CPB Contractors and John Holland in a joint venture (CPBJH JV).

Introducing the Lo-Ro Water Filled Barrier

The Lo-Ro is a new water filled barrier on the local market, available from Fortress Fencing. This new road barrier has the best TL-2 deflection in its class in the local market, offering shorter clear zones and a shorter minimum length.

Temporary Fence Panels for Windsor Bridge Replacement

Due to the inability of the original bridge to manage this volume of traffic and its age, RMS has engaged Georgiou Group to build a replacement bridge featuring two lanes southbound and one northbound.

An affordable temporary fence was required and Fortress Fencing was able to assist.

West Gate Tunnel uses Deltabloc with Anti-Gawk Screens

The West Gate Tunnel project is a partnership between the Victorian Government and Transurban and is being built by a joint venture comprising CPB Contractors and John Holland (CPBJH JV).

The Deltabloc DB80 concrete barrier was the ideal solution for CPBJH JV.

Crowd Control Barriers for Parramatta Raceway

Parramatta Raceway needed a flexible and simple way to manage crowds at their ticket booths.

Parramatta Speedway used a series of Fortress Fencing galvanized steel crowd control barriers to channel visitors towards the ticket booths in an orderly manner.

Security Fencing for Lake Tekapo Power Scheme

The 190MW Tekapo hydro power scheme in New Zealand’s South Island consists of two power stations in neighboring lakes.

Fortress Fencing was able to supply a quantity of security fencing to cordon off the site works area and close the existing footpath / cycleway.