1 SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS www.asset-vrs.co.uk Asset Vehicle Restraint Systems is the leading supplier of steel temporary safety barriers in the UK.
The ‘Vehicle Restraint Systems’ division of the business was established in 1998 to provide temporary safety barriers to the highways sector. Asset VRS now provides a full installation service from strategically located depots around the UK and Ireland.
Asset’s Zoneguard® and Varioguard® range are complemented by M.A.S.S. temporary barriers for lower speed roads, Varioguard Single-Sided permanent system, static crash cushions and easy opening Works Safety Gates for concrete barriers. The product range also includes Vecu-Stop®, Sologuard® and REBLOC Concrete Barriers.
Tested and approved to BS EN 1317-2. All components offer unique energy absorbing features and are quick to install.
Asset’s success is built upon providing cost-effective solutions to client requirements, backed up by professionally qualified engineers. Delivering a reputation and service that is unrivalled.
Zoneguard, A14, Jct 31, Cambridge to Huntingdon Scheme
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SAFETY APPLICATIONS
ASSET VRS 2
Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4
Temporary Installation 6
ZONEGUARD® 8
VARIOGUARD® 12
WORKS SAFETY GATE 14
Concrete Mass Anchor 16
REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
2 SAFETY COMES FIRST - FREE SITE SURVEYS
Health and Safety
Innovative solutions to new safety applications. Asset VRS understand individual needs, working closely with main contractors and major traffic management companies throughout the country.
Asset undertake every type of installation employ professional Health & Safety staff. With the Work-At-Height Regulations in possible, from tunnel applications to All installers are trained and hold Sector force from April 2005, Asset increased narrow verges. With our extensive range Scheme 2(b) VRS tickets for installation safety measures by equipping our of barrier systems Asset has a solution and CSCS cards. vehicles with specialist safety frame fall for most applications. With many years of arrest equipment. All of these frames are experience, servicing thousands of sites As part of Asset’s continuous tested as required by LOLER regulations. across the UK, Asset is the leading expert improvement programme we are always in this market. updating and improving our systematic training regime. Asset is accredited to both Building Confidence and Builders Profile, and
REBLOC RB80SA, M23, Gatwick Spur
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Asset Drilling Rig ASSET VRS 2
The Asset Drilling Rig (ADR) was developed to assist with keeping personnel safe Health and Safety, from the dangers of works areas during barrier installation and give zero hand arm vibration during installation. Asset Drilling Rig 4
Alongside this main safety benefit, the The ADR also integrates a personnel ADR also ensures that drill holes are all unit which includes toilet facilities and Temporary Installation 6 at consistent depths ensuring any known additional storage for equipment or service ducts under the surface are not work wear. ZONEGUARD® 8 disturbed. Fitted with a powerful vacuum system the ADR also minimises debris left Alongside directional lighting, the unit on the road surface during drilling. Debris also carries an electricity generator and VARIOGUARD® 12 is collected as the unit travels along the air compressor unit to assist with all barrier and can be disposed of safely eventualities during product installation. at the works depot or designated WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 on-site areas.
Concrete Mass Anchor 16
REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
ADR Product Test, Newport
4 SAFETY COMES FIRST - FREE SITE SURVEYS
ADR Product Test, Newport
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Temporary Installation ASSET VRS 2
It is essential, in these times of litigation, claims and court cases you are 100% Health and Safety, confident that your temporary barriers have been correctly installed. Asset Drilling Rig 4 With ample people trained to install both Foundation and Installer course, Lantra Zoneguard and Varioguard, Asset Awards Level 2 Diploma in work-based Temporary Installation 6 VRS provides an installation service Fencing. All lorry loader operators are also to every part of the UK using our own trained and accredited separately. installers and a nationwide network of ZONEGUARD® 8 specialist sub-contractors. It is also a mandatory requirement, that the companies employing these installers Asset VRS temporary system installers, are Quality Assured under the Sector VARIOGUARD® 12 in line with Sector Scheme 2(b), are Scheme, and have temporary safety required to have successfully completed barrier installation listed as part of the and kept refreshed the CITB Operative scope of their Quality Assurance. WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 touch Screen Test and the Lantra Awards Health & Safety Course as well as internal Asset can provide the option of full product specific training. In addition, training to install Zoneguard and Concrete Mass Anchor 16 permanent system installers are required Varioguard with the Works Access Gate. to have also successfully completed the REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
REBLOC RB80SA, M23, Gatwick Spur
6 BS EN 1317-2 TESTED AND APPROVED PRODUCTS
A14, Jct 33 , Cambridge to Huntingdon Scheme
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ® ZONEGUARD ASSET VRS 2
Zoneguard is the lowest deflecting portable steel highway barrier in the world. Health and Safety, Energy absorbing permanent and temporary steel barrier, Zoneguard barrier Asset Drilling Rig 4 stabilizes as vehicles drive onto the Zoneguard foot limiting barrier deflection.
Temporary Installation 6 Successfully tested to BS EN 1317 H1 Integral drainage channels are W3, N2 W2, N2 W5, N2 W6; Standards, incorporated into the foot section for ease accepted by Highways England, tested of handling and manoeuvrability with a ZONEGUARD® 8 to USA standard MASH and Federal fork lift. Highway Administration accepted to Test Level TL-3. Zoneguard portable barrier system is VARIOGUARD® 12 comprised of pressed and galvanized Easily transported, Zoneguard weighs steel panels assembled in 12 m or 4 m 93.5 kg per metre enabling up to 180 m to sections each being 800 mm high, WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 be efficiently transported on one vehicle. 700 mm wide and 160 mm wide at the top. The Zoneguard foot is 200 mm wide Rapidly installed Zoneguard can be easily on each side ensuring low centre of Concrete Mass Anchor 16 positioned and connects using Zoneguard gravity compared to other steel portable Speed Joints, at approximately 300 m barriers that do not have a foot section. per hour. REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
M6, Jct 15, Stoke-on-Trent
8 BS EN 1317-2 TESTED AND APPROVED PRODUCTS
Control Tower Road, Heathrow Airport, London
A406, Railway Bridge, London
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS ASSET VRS 2
Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4
Temporary Installation 6
ZONEGUARD® 8
VARIOGUARD® 12
WORKS SAFETY GATE 14
Concrete Mass Anchor 16
REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
TEMPORARY SteelStep Systems OR PERMANENT and SOLOGUARD® 24 ® ZONEGUARD System 4 M.A.S.S. 26
Permanent or Temporary Zoneguard can be used as emergency protection Crash Cushions for highway structures with up to 300 m installed in an hour, reducing risk to QUEST TM CEN 28 operators, drivers and workforce with fewer vehicle movements.
Zoneguard System 4 is fitted with Speciality components are also Crash Cushions protective steel mesh fencing and has available for tight curves, bridge QUADGUARDTM CEN 30 been tested to BS EN 1317-2 for use on expansion joints and where access UK highways, for both temporary and through barriers is required. permanent installations. Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Test with Zoneguard Minimum Dynamic Permanent Installation and Logistics 34 Pinned Every 12 m Deflection of: Deflection of:
TB32 Yes 100 mm 100 mm Quality and Environment 36
TB42 Yes ≤120 mm -
10 BS EN 1317 TESTED AND APPROVED PRODUCTS
M5, Jct 22, Weston-super-Mare
Westminster Bridge, London
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY ® VARIOGUARD ASSET VRS 2
Safety first from Asset VRS. Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4 Varioguard is fully tested to BS EN 1317 Ireland, small installations to many performance levels. Different working kilometres can be serviced. Emergency Temporary Installation 6 width classes are available, dependent on call-outs to any part of the UK are the anchorage configuration. routinely responded to within hours. ZONEGUARD® 8 When used as a temporary safety barrier Asset’s concrete block anchor system Varioguard is usually anchored at each allows Varioguard and Zoneguard barriers end with four 500 mm long anchor pins to be installed quickly and simply without VARIOGUARD® 12 into pre-drilled holes. the need for road surface preparation. Ideal for use on bridge decks and With a huge rental pool of Varioguard protected road surfaces. WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 located at depots around the UK and
Concrete Mass Anchor 16
REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
M5, Jct 17, Bristol
12 SAFETY COMES FIRST
M5, Jct 4-3
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY
WORKS SAFETY GATE ASSET VRS 2
With increased focus on worker safety across the UK road network, Asset VRS, Health and Safety, in partnership with Balfour Beatty – Vinci JV, have developed the Works Safety Asset Drilling Rig 4 Gate (WSG) to greatly reduce the danger faced by road workers when adjacent to works access points. Temporary Installation 6 Developed for both the approved The highly visible red and white powder Varioguard and Zoneguard temporary coated sections of the WSG clearly ZONEGUARD® 8 vehicle restraint systems, the Asset WSG define the access points within the further raises the bar when considering works presenting clear delineation for the safety of road workers and the works vehicle drivers. The Asset WSG is VARIOGUARD® 12 travelling public at the necessary works part of the unrivalled suite of products access points required within major road on offer from Asset VRS and are available work schemes. in a multitude of lengths from 48 m WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 to 168 m for any planned or existing A typical 48 m length WSG installed at works throughout the Highways a works access point, can be opened England network. Concrete Mass Anchor 16 manually by removing the securing pins at 8 m centres and separating the WSG into The Asset WSG is unique in the fact manually manageable lengths, or via a that existing road worker professionals REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 towing hitch to a vehicle thus opening the can be trained by Asset VRS instructors area up and providing access to works to operate the system safely and when Concrete Barrier System 22 vehicles and subsequently closing using necessary, which means that access to the same methodology maintaining a the work site can be arranged at short secure and safe environment at all times notice in a controlled and extremely SteelStep Systems during the works. safe manner. and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
14 SAFETY COMES FIRST
M48, Severn Bridge
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Concrete Mass Anchor ASSET VRS 2
Ideal for use on structures where pinning cannot be facilitated. Safety first from Health and Safety, Asset VRS. Asset Drilling Rig 4 Terminating lengths of Zoneguard or bridges, fly-overs and road surfaces Varioguard with the Concrete Mass where potential underground services Temporary Installation 6 Anchor System removes the need for the or utilities do not allow pinning holes to barrier to be pinned to the road deck. be drilled. ZONEGUARD® 8 This allows both the Zoneguard and Varioguard products to be utilised on VARIOGUARD® 12
WORKS SAFETY GATE 14
Concrete Mass Anchor 16
REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
Westminster Bridge, London
16 BS EN 1317 TESTED AND APPROVED PRODUCTS
Working together with
Rebloc RB80SA, M23, Jct 9a, Gatwick Airport London
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY Working together with REBLOC Concrete Barriers ASSET VRS 2
Sister company to Asset VRS, Hardstaff Barriers are the leading supplier of Health and Safety, approved concrete road safety barriers. Asset Drilling Rig 4
With over 20 years of experience in the supply and installation of temporary concrete safety barriers Hardstaff Barriers, alongside Asset VRS, have the knowledge, expertise Temporary Installation 6 and capabilities to consult, deliver and deploy on highways projects. ZONEGUARD® 8
REBLOC RB80SA REBLOC RB60H VARIOGUARD® 12 Designed and tested to BS EN 1317-2 the The RB60H and RB80S by Rebloc are Rebloc RB80SA slim system width of temporary concrete barrier systems 300 mm and the low working width W1 consisting of 12 m long units. RB60H WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 are important determinants, if little space provides N2/W4 containment while the is available. Each element is anchored RB80S provides H1/W4 containment. with only four anchor pins, which can be Both systems have been designed and Concrete Mass Anchor 16 easily installed and removed allowing tested in accordance with BS EN 1317-2. for an installation rate of up to 200 m Both RB60H and RB80S utilise Rebloc’s REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 per hour. innovative coupling system that ensures Thanks to the unique interlocking ease of installation while maximising coupling on the RB80SA’s 12 m long unit, safety. The systems are adaptive, Concrete Barrier System 22 there are no loose parts, which prevent transitioning into various standard and unauthorized removal of pieces and terminal elements. protects fully against targeted vandalism. SteelStep Systems The long length and low unit weight of and SOLOGUARD® 24 The RB80SA has large contact areas with the systems allow for 132–144 m to be integrated elastomer pads which result in carried on a standard 44 tonne HGV. a low surface pressure. Other models also available. M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions REBLOC RB80S QUEST TM CEN 28 As RB80SA without anchor pins. Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
18 BS EN 1317 TESTED AND APPROVED PRODUCTS
Working together with
Rebloc RB84XEAL, A1, Leeming
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY Working together with REBLOC Concrete Barriers ASSET VRS 2
Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4 REBLOC RB84XEAL REBLOC RB80A The Rebloc RB84XEAL is a unique The RB80A by Rebloc is a permanent temporary to permanent concrete vehicle single-sided concrete barrier system Temporary Installation 6 restraint system. consisting of 8-metre long units anchored to the carriageway. The system can be used free-standing ZONEGUARD® 8 along temporary works, then can be repositioned and embedded 40mm into the asphalt or concrete to create a REBLOC RB80H VARIOGUARD® 12 permanent central reserve barrier. The RB80H is a permanent double-sided Tested to BS EN 1317 the RB84XEAL concrete barrier consisting of 8-metre WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 provides H2/W1 containment when long free-standing units. RB80A provides permanently installed. H2/W1 containment while the RB80H provides H2/W5. Both systems are The RB84XEAL is suitable for long and Concrete Mass Anchor 16 designed and tested in accordance with short sections and is also available with BS EN 1317-2. integrated drainage channels. The RB80A and RB80H are innovatively REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 designed, combining years of research and development to produce this highly Concrete Barrier System 22 effective and market-leading system. REBLOC RB140SFS Utilising Rebloc’s innovative coupling Permanent pre-cast concrete vehicle system ensures ease of installation SteelStep Systems restraint systems are ideally used for and maximises safety. The systems and SOLOGUARD® 24 long lasting protection on the central are adaptive, transitioning into various reservation and along the verge. The standard and terminal elements. RB140SFS achieves the highest M.A.S.S. 26 containment level of H4a offering the best possible protection and restrains an impact of a 30 tonne truck driving Crash Cushions at 65km/h (TB71 in accordance with REBLOC NB100/D QUEST TM CEN 28 BS EN 1317-2). The Rebloc NB100/D is a free-standing integrated noise barrier system consists The integrated, innovative coupling does of 8-metre long concrete VRS barriers Crash Cushions not contain any loose parts enhancing topped by noise deflecting barrier units of QUADGUARDTM CEN 30 safety and installation speed. The easy equal length. installation, which does not depend on weather conditions, reduces the risk The concrete VRS barrier provides of works over running helping meet H2/W4 containment and is designed and Crash Cushions deadlines and budgets. tested in accordance with VECU-STOP® 32 BS EN 1317-2. The integrated noise Thanks to the interlocking construction, barrier achieves an airborne sound there are no loose parts, which prevent insulation rating of D4 in accordance Installation and Logistics 34 unauthorized removal of pieces and with BS EN 1793-6. This system has protects fully against vandalism. the additional benefit of a significantly reduced working footprint over Quality and Environment 36 other systems.
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Working together with
Multibloc, Transition, Maxibloc, M6, Jct 13, Stafford
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Working together with Concrete Barrier System ASSET VRS 2
These Concrete Barriers, also know as TVCB and THVCB, have been tried Health and Safety, and tested; with decades of successful service across a broad spectrum of applications, these concrete security barriers have a multitude of uses and Asset Drilling Rig 4 applications including Road Way Delineators, Perimeter Security, Farm and Field security as well as Hostile Vehicle Mitigation. Temporary Installation 6
ZONEGUARD® 8 MULTIBLOC MAXIBLOC The Multibloc system is a tried and The Maxibloc THVCB is tested and VARIOGUARD® 12 tested product that has seen decades approved to BS EN 1317-2, providing of successful service across a broad H4a/W5 containment when surface spectrum of applications. mounted and H4a/W2 when recessed. WORKS SAFETY GATE 14
Multibloc TVCBs are BS EN 1317-2 Maxibloc’s principal design feature is to Concrete Mass Anchor 16 approved and are designed to deflect deflect HGVs from bridge supports and an errant vehicle away from local other vulnerable structures, providing very hazards within or immediately adjacent effective temporary parapet protection REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 to the highway. during works.
Multibloc is ideal for use as roadway Maxibloc is also ideal for use as roadway Concrete Barrier System 22 delineators for both large and small delineators for construction sites or depot construction projects. The added areas, especially in locations with high option of using mounted fence systems volumes of heavy goods vehicles and SteelStep Systems and gates allows for the prevention of haulage traffic. and SOLOGUARD® 24 unauthorised site access while also enhancing safety for workers and the With the added option of using mounted general public alike. fence systems and gates, Maxibloc also M.A.S.S. 26 allows for the prevention of unauthorised site access. Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
Colin Street, Nottingham
22 THE SAFER SOLUTION TO AID NETWORK RESILIENCE
A533, Mersey Gateway Bridge A720, Dreghorn, Edinburgh
A3, Hinehead Tunnel
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS
PERMANENT
SteelStep Systems ASSET VRS 2
The SteelStep System is employed at emergency crossing points in step profile Health and Safety, concrete central reserve barriers. Asset Drilling Rig 4
The system consists of a rapid opening SteelStep System can also be used on Temporary Installation 6 and closing, bi-directional gate. With bridge decks, where conventional slip its extremely low deflection and high form concrete cannot be used due to containment capability, SteelStep System its weight. Anchored every 5.4m, the ZONEGUARD® 8 is the ideal system for emergency access system’s performance is equivalent to points between central reservation concrete and is cost-effective. concrete step barrier systems. VARIOGUARD® 12 Asset can undertake installation of this The system enables easy opening in product, or alternatively can train our different configurations. By removing customers in safe installation under WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 locking pins at either end of the barrier, Highways England Sector Scheme 2(b). the SteelStep System can either pivot from each end or be relocated Concrete Mass Anchor 16 laterally, thus exposing the full opening. Maintenance training in use of the system is provided by Asset’s in-house REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 training facility. Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
PERMANENT M.A.S.S. 26 SOLOGUARD® Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28 Asset VRS’s Sologuard is a safety barrier for carriageway crossover points allowing opening and closing by two operators in just a few minutes. Crash Cushions Sologuard is instantly moveable, allowing Maintenance Crossing Points to lengths QUADGUARDTM CEN 30 the flow of traffic to be altered quickly of 150 m and Emergency Crossing Points and safely by simply removing 4 with 24 m lengths can be accommodated. securing pins and winding down 4 sets Crash Cushions of hidden wheels. In the protection of crossover and VECU-STOP® 32 contraflow situations Sologuard can easily Many emergency crossing points be moved; so when crossovers have to be on motorways and trunk roads have frequently opened and closed, the system Installation and Logistics 34 Sologuard installed. Maintenance can simply be raised off the road using a crossing points at tunnels and bridges special jacking device and wheeled into around the UK are also protected with its new position. When space is limited, Quality and Environment 36 this system. road markings can be applied close to the Sologuard base. High quality reflectors Sologuard is part of the Varioguard range fixed onto the posts provide the additional of products and can be fitted into existing visibility needed for safe guidance at safety fences using transition units. night, or in wet or foggy conditions.
24 FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS
Heathrow Airport, London
M.A.S.S. 1, A40, Abbey Way, High Wycombe Hinkley Point C
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY M.A.S.S. ASSET VRS 2
MULTI APPLICATIONAL SAFETY SYSTEM Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4 M.A.S.S. is specially designed to self stabilise when an errant vehicle drives on to the base units of the system, helping to protect the workforce and Temporary Installation 6 vehicle occupant.
The high visibility base units are not fixed easy to assemble due to its unique plug- ZONEGUARD® 8 to the road; anchorage is achieved at the in section. Maximum safety is achieved terminal points with a steel buffer filled together with a minimum of traffic-flow ® with sandbags. No coring or drilling into disruption during assembly. VARIOGUARD 12 the road is necessary. The steel M.A.S.S. base unit provides the The relatively light weight and favourable foundation for M.A.S.S. 1 and the four WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 shape of M.A.S.S. makes storing, additional guard elements. These guard transporting and handling straightforward. elements can be interchanged without Concrete Mass Anchor 16 160–200 metres of M.A.S.S. can be having to replace or purchase new base delivered to site, pallet packed on a single units. M.A.S.S 1 is tested to T2/W5. vehicle. M.A.S.S. is extremely quick and REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18
Concrete Barrier System 22 • M.A.S.S. 1 • PEDESTRIAN GUARD A highly visible safety solution and This is a low-level fence addition to ensures a stable secure connection. compliment the M.A.S.S. 1 vehicle SteelStep Systems It is the core of the system and its restraint system which provides a and SOLOGUARD® 24 versatility allows it to be used in many simple solution to improve applications throughout Europe. pedestrian safety. M.A.S.S. 1 has been fully tested to M.A.S.S. 26 T2/W5 providing protection to • VISIRAIL GUARD workforce, vehicle occupants, as This is a high visibility pedestrian Crash Cushions well as pedestrians. rail that combines the benefits of TM Pedestrian Guard with a high visibility QUEST CEN 28 • SCREENGUARD steel security rail complying with This is a hoarding panel for use on work Chapter 8 of the ‘Traffic Sign Manual’. sites where privacy is required. The high Crash Cushions steel screen offers security combined A better way of working safely QUADGUARDTM CEN 30 with easy assembly in a range of • Increased Pedestrian Safety environments and situations. • Anti-Vandalism Design Crash Cushions • High Visibility • SITEGUARD VECU-STOP® 32 • Accommodates 90° Bends This is an anti-climb, galvanized mesh fencing. M.A.S.S. Siteguard offers • Anti-Climb Fencing high security for the site, workers and • Wind Resistant Installation and Logistics 34 equipment. Gates are also available. • Simple Assembly
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26 PROVIDING ENHANCED SAFETY TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
A4, Forfar, Fife
A38, Bodmin
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS PROVIDING ENHANCED SAFETY TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CRASH CUSHIONS ASSET VRS 2 TM QUEST CEN Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4 The Quest™ CEN system from Asset VRS has been successfully tested using BS EN 1317-3 criteria for 110 km/h and below. Temporary Installation 6
Consisting of a series of W-beam fender Transition options ® panels supported by diaphragms, the Several transition panels are available for ZONEGUARD 8 Quest™ CEN features an innovative the Quest™ CEN system including: integrated front trigger mechanism. • Transition to W-Beam ® During impacts, this mechanism releases VARIOGUARD 12 • Transition to Concrete Median Barrier the support frame assembly to absorb the energy of the impact. The system is System features and benefits designed to telescope rearward during WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 head-on impacts to absorb the energy • Re-directive, bi-directional of impact and to redirect vehicles during crash cushion Concrete Mass Anchor 16 side angle impacts. • All systems fully compliant with BS EN 1317-3 Fast and easy installation • Low-cost crash cushion REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 The Quest™ CEN system is designed • Systems available for 3 speed levels for fast and easy installation. The free- (110 km/h, 100 km/h and 80 km/h) standing backup is only 610 mm wide and • Lightweight (498 kg for 80 km/h system Concrete Barrier System 22 the system can be lifted, transported and to 660 kg for 110 km/h system) dropped into place, fully assembled. Only • Open framework with galvanised 15 anchors are required for installation. steel components SteelStep Systems ® • Compact design (can be lifted, and SOLOGUARD 24 The Quest™ CEN system is also transported and dropped into place accepted for use as BS EN 1317 fully assembled) compliant by the Highways England for M.A.S.S. 26 use as a double sided P4 terminal for crash barriers. Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
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28 PROVIDING ENHANCED SAFETY TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
A38, Bodmin
Control Tower Road, Heathrow Airport, London
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS PROVIDING ENHANCED SAFETY TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
ASSET VRS 2
Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4
Temporary Installation 6
ZONEGUARD® 8
VARIOGUARD® 12
WORKS SAFETY GATE 14
PERMANENT Concrete Mass Anchor 16
CRASH CUSHIONS REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 QUADGUARDTM CEN Concrete Barrier System 22
The QuadGuard™ CEN system from Asset VRS is designed to protect motorists SteelStep Systems in vehicles up to 1,500 kg, from roadside hazards as narrow as 610 mm and as and SOLOGUARD® 24 wide as 2,285 mm.
The QuadGuard™ CEN system has been Highways England for use as a double M.A.S.S. 26 tested in Europe as a re-directive crash sided P4 terminal for crash barriers. cushion to the maximum 110 km/h using BS EN 1317-3 criteria. To fully comply System features and benefits Crash Cushions with the definition of a System Type • Re-directive, bi-directional QUEST TM CEN 28 tested crash cushion, the QuadGuard™ crash cushion CEN has been further tested at 110 km/h, • All systems fully compliant with and below. BS EN 1317-3 Crash Cushions • Systems available in 5 widths (from QUADGUARDTM CEN 30 Quick and easy refurbishment 61 cm to 2.3 m) During head-on impacts at speeds up • Systems available for 4 speed levels to 110 km/h, the QuadGuard™ CEN (110 km/h, 100 km/h, 80 km/h and Crash Cushions system telescopes rearward, crushing the 50 km/h) VECU-STOP® 32 cartridges and effectively dissipating the • Quick and easy, on-site refurbishment energy of the errant vehicle. During angle • Replaceable energy- impacts at angles up to 15˚, the vehicles absorbing cartridges Installation and Logistics 34 are safely redirected back into the original • QuadBeam panels and diaphragms travel path. After a design impact, the provide smooth redirection during QuadGuard™ CEN system can be quickly side impacts Quality and Environment 36 and easily refurbished by a two man • Up to 95% re-usability after impact team. The majority of the components are • Variety of transitions available reusable after a design impact. • Also available on a steel plate for temporary protection at road-works QuadGuard™ CEN is also accepted for use as BS EN 1317 compliant by the
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M9 and M876, Falkirk
M6, Jct 4, Coventry
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CRASH CUSHIONS ASSET VRS 2 ® VECU-STOP Health and Safety, Asset Drilling Rig 4 The progressive concept of Asset Vecu-Stop crash cushion system is based on more than forty years of experience in designing road restraint systems. Temporary Installation 6
The full “family” of tests, as detailed in BS All components are made of steel and ZONEGUARD® 8 EN 1317 part 3, has been successfully may be completely recycled. completed and approved. BS EN 1317 ® approved to performance class 110 km/h. The usual method of anchorage is to VARIOGUARD 12 Vecu-Stop models can accommodate install a pre-fabricated steel former, then many different layouts, whether parallel or fill it with concrete. Threaded anchorages tapered in design. welded to the reinforcing bars enable the WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 Vecu-Stop crash cushion to be bolted All models of the Vecu-Stop crash straight into place on the reinforced Concrete Mass Anchor 16 cushion system consists of hollow concrete foundation. cylinders arranged in rows. They are highly effective energy and impact Vecu-Stop crash cushions are also REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 absorbing elements which are guided by available for use on approach ends a steel wire rope system. Once installed, of Varioguard when space is limited, the system elements of the or when the approach flare cannot be Concrete Barrier System 22 Vecu-Stop crash cushion do not require accommodated due to site constraints. any maintenance. SteelStep Systems Full corrosion protection is provided by a and SOLOGUARD® 24 hot dipped galvanised finish.
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
M6, Jct 13, Stafford
32 FULL SAFETY SERVICE
Zoneguard, A14, Installation
Rebloc RB80SA, M23, Gatwick Spur, Installation
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Installation and Logistics ASSET VRS 2
All products are stored in Asset VRS’s main depot, located in the docks Health and Safety, area at Newport, South Wales. However, Asset has established a core of Asset Drilling Rig 4 strategically located storage and operational facilities throughout the UK and Ireland, based in Newport (South Wales), Southampton, Sevenoaks Temporary Installation 6 (Kent), Nottingham, Wigan, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin.
® Asset’s products are usually installed by Asset offers a Varioguard 24 hour call out ZONEGUARD 8 in-house trained installers, with the service for emergency requirements, exception of M.A.S.S., which is quick and often following a road traffic accident ® easy to assemble in-situ. All products which has caused damage to a bridge VARIOGUARD 12 have National Highways Sector Scheme parapet. Our crews are always on standby 2(b) training schemes to which installers and can react to any location in the UK WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 are all accredited. within hours.
Within Asset’s continuous improvement Asset has access to 12 specialist arctic Concrete Mass Anchor 16 programme, ‘in-house’ installation cab mounted lorry loaders and up to 20 training is provided through Lantra additional arctic cabs for trailer haulage. registered schemes. All trailers are equipped with fall protection REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 safety frames to facilitate safe working at height. Concrete Barrier System 22
Glasgow SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26 Belfast Wigan
Crash Cushions • QUEST TM CEN 28 Nottingham Crash Cushions • QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
• Crash Cushions • • VECU-STOP® 32
Sevenoaks, Kent Installation and Logistics 34 • • Dublin Quality and Environment 36 •
Newport Southampton
Storage and operational facilities locations
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Rebloc RB80SA, M23, Gatwick Spur, Installation
Zoneguard System 4, Control Tower Road, Heathrow Airport, London
SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS Quality and Environment ASSET VRS 2
Currently Asset VRS has accreditation to BS EN 9001:2015 Quality Management Health and Safety, Systems, BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupation Health and Safety Management and Asset Drilling Rig 4 BS EN 14001:2015, Environmental Management. Asset continues to strive towards becoming a sustainable organisation and will continue to implement sustainable development to enable the company to become a more Temporary Installation 6 successful business. As a business Asset recognise the importance of the environment, not just as a physical ZONEGUARD® 8 entity but with regards to job specific pollution, i.e. noise and vibration. These forms of pollution are monitored on a regular basis and are reflected in comprehensive method ® statements and risk analysis. VARIOGUARD 12 As part of Asset’s standard process route, regular audits are carried out on installations and uplift removals of our Sector Scheme 2(b) accredited installation teams. The WORKS SAFETY GATE 14 feedback from these audits include the identification of both good and best practices which are then fed back into product specific training courses provided by Asset’s technical and training team. Concrete Mass Anchor 16 Our comprehensive training of installers and staff includes environmental awareness, and we continually strive to ensure that we exceed our legal and moral REBLOC Concrete Barriers 18 environmental obligations.
Concrete Barrier System 22
SteelStep Systems and SOLOGUARD® 24
M.A.S.S. 26
Crash Cushions QUEST TM CEN 28
Crash Cushions QUADGUARDTM CEN 30
Crash Cushions VECU-STOP® 32
Installation and Logistics 34
Quality and Environment 36
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