Intellicone® IPAWS enables safer and more efficient road closures by:

Warning the workforce

instantly, in case of a forced entry at manned works access points

Alerting the workforce

in case access is needed by authorised non-works vehicles such as emergency vehicles, gritters and escorted vehicles

Enabling full closure points

to be alarmed and potentially unmanned

Allowing remote two-way communication

with residents and road users requiring access to site

Deterring errant vehicles

and capturing evidence

Intellicone® IPAWS is highly modular system and can be used for a wide range of temporary traffic management scenarios. The platform incorporates an intelligent rules engine, which manages how equipment behaves under different circumstances, such as when a road closure is being breached.

Electronically Alarmed Road Closures

Traditionally, full closure points are coned, with – in some cases, additional plastic barriers. TM operatives may be stationed behind the closure to keep watch.

When TM operatives are in position, this can often draw the attention of road users wanting to interrogate them about the diversion route or even challenge them over why the road is closed. Smart closure provides the tools to alarm the cone line and remove TM operatives from areas of potential confrontation (either by Intellicone® cone lamps with integral motion sensor OR using the Sentry Beam).

Opportunistic road users attempting access the closure will be confronted with an alarm which deters them from proceeding. Using this set up in conjunction with a warning sign (Site Alarmed, Follow Diversion) is even more effective. When road users do not take heed and proceed regardless, this will warn the workforce and TM operatives, ensuring they are prepared for a vehicle to enter the worksite and can get to a place of safety.

In addition to the ability to instantly warn the workforce, HRS offer a complementary camera, customer information terminal and remote controlled gate. This helps reduce the likelihood of incursions, remove personnel from harms way and and captures circumstantial evidence.

Works Access Safety

Works access points can be vulnerable to incursions by road users who do not want to follow a diversion route

Although airlocks have made a significant difference in reducing follow-ins and incursions by confused road users, they do not stop incursions by desperate or even violent people. Providing TM operatives with Red PSAs and Wireless Incursion Buttons has proven to be a very effective method of warning the workforce if all else fails. Moreover, there are numerous case studies where road users forcing entry have stopped when the alarm was raised. As a result, both TM operatives and the workforce feel safer.

“In my opinion, without the system in place to give everyone a clear and immediate warning of an incursion, there was a very real and serious potential for injury, or a fatality. By having a robust emergency plan in place and the correct equipment to underpin that plan, we were able to ensure the safety of everyone at work that evening.” –Traffic Safety and Control Officer, FM Conway

In addition to the incursion alarm, the Red PSA has a secondary blue alert function. This can be used to alert road workers of emergency vehicles, escorted vehicles and gritters. Many clients already use the system for these purposes and include this information as part of their site inductions. In the case of escorting vehicles through site, it can also reduce delays compared to traditional communication via mobile phone.

In addition to the ability to instantly warn the workforce, HRS offer a complementary camera and remote controlled gate. This helps support gate personnel and to capture circumstantial evidence.

Workforce Alarm

Before work starts, the workforce must be briefed on what they need to do in case of an alarm or alert

HRS provides example briefing sheets (toolbox talks). It is important that both day and night-time staff liaise with the client to ensure the workforce are briefed. There is no set way to deploy Blue Portable Site Alarms, as long as the workforce will be within sight and hearing distance of the alarm. In some cases, clients request these to be positioned every few hundred yards throughout the closure.

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