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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2016
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT & SITE SAFETY
A free standing design without floor
fixings or bracing for impact, Titan
Eco Fencing features a patented
counterweight design that is a zero
trip hazard for pedestrians. Each
counterweight is 13kg on average and
is designed to be stackable so weight
can be added and removed as required
according to wind rating requirements.
The HIEA was presented to Titan
Hoarding Systems’ General Manager and
owner, Greg Bloom at a Queensland HRIA
meeting on 15 June.
According to Greg, the new Titan Eco
Fencing system came about as a direct
result of the success of the company’s
Hoarding Systems which Titan developed
over five years after continued frustration
with traditional hoarding.
Traditional hoardings in indoor sites like
shopping centres offered little in the way
of structural tie down points unless the
hoarding was bolted to the floor or the
plasterboard ceilings, Greg said.
“The construction industry had been
doing hoardings the same way for the
past 100 years and they were dangerous.
Because unless the hoarding was
connected to a bulkhead or fixture they
were usually connected to plasterboard
and plasterboard is not a strong
anchoring point,” Greg said.
“And of course every time you pulled
down the hoardings you had to fix the
plasterboard and it was always a bone of
contention with the client; to fix it quickly
and cleanly.
“With Titan Hoarding System, we can
Structurally engineered Eco Fencing wins Best New Product
This year at the Hire Industry Excellence Awards (HIEA), Titan Hoarding Systems won
Best New Product in the Events category for its Titan Eco Fencing – a structural engineer
certified, zero trip hazard system which is a durable and stable platform that is easy to
assemble, modify or remove.
build the hoarding, put it in, pull
it out and you’d never know it
was there. It is counter weighted,
engineering certified and can be
built by anybody. It is perfect for the
hire industry because it is a system
that is engineer certified, not the
installation,” Greg said.
“We have trained and registered
installers across the country who
can train installers erecting our
fencing but the system is so simple
anybody can install it and still gain
engineering certification.
“Titan Eco Fencing is only for hire. It
was initially developed for our own
use. Our construction business (Eagle
Rock Construction) has been erecting
hoardings for the past 15 years. We were
always fixing plasterboard ceilings,
getting the hoardings in place and
determining how we could make them
structurally sound. I wanted something
that was going to eradicate those
problems and provide a total solution.
And we got it right first up; you could say
we were a ‘five year overnight success’.
“The Eco Fence is our newest product
and we used the technology and
methodology from our counterweighted
hoarding system to design the temporary
fencing. It originated when a client
asked me two years ago if we could do
something like the counter weighted
hoarding in fencing.
“Our Eco Fencing grew from there
and we originally designed it for us to
install our own temp fencing with our
own counterweights on it but in the
process of patenting it I decided maybe
I should broaden that patent to take into
consideration every other (temp fencing)
system in the country.
“So our fencing system can use ACF’s
weights, 1300’s or anyone’s temp
fencing base. We simply retrofit theirs to
increase the strength and wind rating
exponentially. Other fencing suppliers
can take our complete system or change
it up so they use our base, their own
fence panels and weights and still end
up with an engineered certified system,”
Greg said.
Titan Eco temporary fencing is impact
rated, engineer certified to AS 4687, can
feature tamper evident seals, has two
points of secure contact, is quick and
easy to assemble, modify or remove,
plus, OH&S, QA and site specific
engineers certification and specification
documentation is provided for every site.
Contact: 07 3326 6200 or visit website:
www.t-h-s.com.au
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Greg Bloom (centre) with business partners in Titan Eco
Fencing, won Best New Product - Events in this year's Hire
Industry Excellence Awatrds