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How waste, infrastructure, events and farming teams use Dofygate to separate people from vehicles.
Veolia: safer household waste sites
High-traffic Household Waste Recycling Sites, such as Brighton, where the public and staff share space with moving vehicles.
Three Dofygates manage site traffic. Slim, space-efficient units with rapid, no-cable installation.
A safer, more controlled environment for staff and public, with trusted reliability and responsive support.
“We have 3 Dofygate barriers and find them incredibly useful in the HWRS sector. Their slim design, easy installation and most importantly, reliability — backed by great support — make them ideal for our needs.”Jordan Leaney, HWRS Manager, Veolia
Biffa: yard safety without the groundworks
No power near the gateway, vehicle and contractor access to control, and a need for something safer and more flexible than fixed barriers.
Mobile, solar Dofygates operated by the weighbridge operator, relocatable as operations change and written into the fire response plan.
80–90 vehicle movements a day managed seamlessly, lower injury and damage risk, and the cost of permanent infrastructure avoided.
Oxford Station: 15 buses an hour, one marshal
With Botley Road closed at the rail bridge, the project had to pass 15 buses an hour plus construction traffic while keeping the public safe.
Four automatic solar barriers at the Botley Road / Cripley Road junction, procured by Kier through Sunbelt Rentals and run by one traffic marshal from a safe position.
Better traffic flow, lower accident risk, and a rapid daily set-up that left no obstruction. Live from 11 April 2023.
Pig and poultry farms: biosecurity that enforces itself
Manual gates made strict biosecurity hard to enforce, leaving units exposed to disease with severe welfare and financial consequences.
Automatic Dofygates at access points, integrated with wheel-wash systems: the vehicle is held until the wash reaches pressure, then the barrier opens.
Controlled access, lower disease-transmission risk, less manual effort, and a record of vehicle disinfection.
Tracsis: event traffic at Bolesworth International
Separating horseboxes from cars, protecting staff from intimidating drivers, and replacing heavy manual drop-arm barriers.
Lightweight Dofygates on wheeled bases, operated remotely so staff stand clear of traffic — and anyone on the team can run them.
Smoother arrival for visitors, a safer and more confident team, and barriers repositioned quickly as the event changed.
“A simple and straightforward operation.”Alison Thorpe, Traffic Manager at Bolesworth, CTM
Ecogen Recycling: seven barriers and counting
A new Hampshire site, opened in March 2020, needed access and pedestrian control to match a safety-first culture.
Dofygates on entrances and exits, tuned over time with barriers in tight corners and warning beacons.
Independent H&S advisers praised the set-up as a model of good traffic management. Seven barriers on site, with more planned.
“One of the big things that is a USP for us is that clutch — if there is a collision, we are not dealing with large repair costs. Very minimal maintenance issues and if there is an issue, it is easy to fix.”Toby Mottram, Operations Manager, Ecogen Recycling Ltd
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