Ensuring access is safely provided onto your construction site is important. With various hazards which pose a risk to those who find themselves onsite, controlling access to pedestrians, workers and vehicles on construction sites is vital to ensure both safety and efficiency of work, and the Dofygate 3 provides the best construction site traffic management option for you. This guide provides you with the information you need to choose the perfect solution for your construction site vehicle gates.

Understanding Construction Site Gates

There are a number of options available to you to manage your site access when it comes to construction site gates.

However, the Dofygate 3 stands out from the competition as the most suitable option for your construction site needs, due to the many different features and functions which make it both reliable and easy to use for different areas.

Construction Site Gates & Barriers

Steel or Timber Hoarding

Steel or timber hoarding is typically used to surround a construction site, and can make easy access complicated. The Dofygate 3 can act as a more suitable option, providing the security you need for your construction site while remaining fully automated which steel or timber hoarding cannot offer. The Dofygate 3 is more than a barrier – it can raise and lower automatically with no manual lifting required saving you time and effort in the long term.

Vehicle Gates

These are available in a range of various sizes, and can be made from weather-resistant galvanised steel. The Dofygate 3 provides a solar-powered, remote-controlled alternative, and is easy to install without requiring external power. The keypad, fob, or telephone entry options means you can manage access to your construction site easily.

Construction Site Gates & Barriers

Importance of Construction Site Gates

A construction site gate allows site visitors and contractors to access your site safely and with ease.

Site access control on a construction site means you can easily regulate who can enter and exit the site, as well as where they can access specifically. Vehicles and pedestrians are both required to be protected from site risks such as large machinery, heavy objects, ditches, etc. This is an important part of construction site traffic management to ensure safety, security, and efficiency across the site and can help your business remain compliant with legislation.

Construction Site Vehicle & Security Access Control Gates

Construction site vehicle gates should be able to integrate seamlessly with your current security systems, providing an enhanced layer of security while maintaining that ease of access for your contractors and construction site workers.

The Dofygate 3 acts as the ideal construction site security gate to establish a safe route across your site, which prevents putting your workers at risk. Our traffic management solution, the Dofygate 3, is an electric barrier system suitable for building sites and is a simple and effective solution.

Construction Site Gates & Barriers
Construction Site Gates & Barriers

Why Choose the Dofygate 3 as your Construction Gate Solution

Choosing a construction gate solution can come down to a number of factors, such as pricing, convenience, and the overall safety and compliance of the product itself.

The Dofygate 3 meets all HSE safety standards for Powered Gates, to ensure that your powered gates are safe to use on-site. These standards are written to ensure that your gate is designed to eliminate specific hazards, ensuring the gate is stable and strong enough to withstand dynamic forces, and takes into consideration the overall behaviour of the system itself.

Dofygate Ltd were named Barrier Solutions Company of the Month, for our innovative solar powered solutions to powered gates which have revolutionised industry operations across the country.

The Dofygate 3 also proudly displays a CE marking, which appears on products traded on the extended Single Market in the European Economic Area (EEA). These products have been assessed to meet high safety, health, and environmental protection standards.

Access Control Systems for Construction Site Gates

The Dofygate 3 provides the perfect solution for your access control needs. The Dofygate 3 is remote controlled as standard, but can be customised with a variety of opening methods, without any need for your security personnel to handle the gate manually providing a safer solution. This includes keypad or fob entry, telephone entry, or our unique Dual Height 4G Intercom System with automatic opening on exit.

Temporary & Mobile Construction Site Gates

For construction sites which require a more temporary option, the Dofygate 3 is designed with mobility in mind. Its compact design and lightweight structure means your gate can be easily moved around to different post fixing points or via a mobile wheeled base.

It is self-contained, with no trailing cables or wires, so you can just lock the arm in place before moving the gate across the site.

Solar Powered Construction Gate & Barrier

Finding a power source for your construction gate and barrier can often be challenging, which is why the Dofygate 3 provides a solar-powered solution with many cost saving benefits to appreciate. The product was designed starting with the solar panel, with every element added after.

This solar powered construction gate can last all year on a solar charged battery, however in very dull months there may be a need to charge the battery 1-2 times. The solar powered design means there are no wires, and everything is kept within the unit itself. Overall, not needing to be connected to electricity can reduce your overall costs.

Construction Site Gates & Barriers

Purchase the Dofygate 3 Construction Gate

Dofygate to Purchase

Designed with the traffic demand and management of construction sites in mind, the Dofygate 3 is available for purchase. Request a price for your Dofygate 3 so you can ensure your construction site ingress and egress is safely and securely managed, providing you with the peace of mind you need.

Dofygate to Hire

A perfect way to trial the Dofygate 3 solution or use for a short-term project, we provide a hire service so you can understand and get to know this unique traffic management system first-hand. Request a hire price for the Dofygate 3, and find out how this can enhance your access management.

Case Studies

Dofygate is supplied under the brand Sentrigate by Hardstaff Barriers, which transformed traffic management during an expansion of Oxford Station. It allowed seamless operations and safety for commuters and construction crews.

Dofygate transformed construction site safety and efficiency for Biffa, by providing a reusable solution which can be adapted to different areas or redeployed to other depots as needed. 

Dofygate 3 – in Action

FAQs about Construction Site Gates

Barricades such as hoarding, cones and barriers are used to safely reroute traffic and minimise congestion which can prevent accidents on- or near-site. These help in directing all types of traffic. The Dofygate 3 is a solar powered, automatic arm barrier solution for your construction site to provide ease of access control and makes sure that traffic is being directed where you want it to go.
The 3 types of barricades, used for rerouting traffic or road closures, each have their own distinct advantages and are designed for a specific purpose.

Type 1 & type 2 barricades are typically lightweight, portable barricades and use a collapsible A-frame design with two sides hinged at the top. The number of reflective panels used on the barricade determines whether they are a type 1 or type 2, with type 1 barricades having a single reflective panel, and type 2 having two. These barricades are best for public works projects and ideal for parks and low-speed roads.

A type 3 barricade, such as the Dofygate 3, has three reflective panels and are made of studier, stronger materials and are much larger than a type 1 or 2 barricade. These are designed for longer-use, such as protecting construction sites.

By creating segregated traffic through points, as well as designated pedestrian walkways with clear barriers and signage, you can safely manage traffic on your construction site. By using the Dofygate 3 across your construction site, you can utilise all features to make sure your traffic is managed safely and efficiently.
A construction site is home to many potential health and safety hazards, and so you want to make sure you have good traffic management across your construction site so that your heavy machinery and equipment is kept safe and secure.

Good traffic management includes keeping people away from machinery, so controlling the flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic is key. Minimising movement across your site is ideal, and ensuring that only required vehicles are on site makes a difference. Consider whether your workers’ vehicles need to be on site, or whether they are best directed to a designated worker car parking space, and make sure to use a one-way system where possible.

The Dofygate 3 makes traffic management easy, and you can control the flow of site traffic from all areas across your construction site with our wireless control options including keypad & RFID fob entry, telephone opening, intercom, push button and automatic opening and closing.

Conclusion

The Dofygate 3 provides the ultimate solution for safe ingress and egress management to your construction site. By hiring or purchasing a Dofygate 3 as your construction site gate, you can ensure access is managed to a high standard.

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