Zaun's foundationless gates get MIRA PAS 68 rating
Zaun’s new PAS 68 MultiFence gate survived crash tests at the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) in Warwickshire and disabled a 2.5 tonne vehicle driven head on at the gate at 30 mph.
MIRA has been at the forefront of crash testing and research in safety development for over 50 years, working with vehicle makers and other manufacturers to test and certify to PAS 68 vehicle attack ratings, Euro NCAP, European, US and other worldwide safety standards.
The five-metre gates were mounted in the middle of a 2.7m line of MultiFence with no below ground foundations or permanent mountings. Design engineers at Zaun devised a cunning coupling mechanism to continue the PAS 68 cable system through the gates to the fencing on either side.
Integrated high security perimeter event overlay specialist Zaun developed its PAS 68 Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM) enhanced MultiFence especially to resist hostile vehicle and mob attacks at the London 2012 Olympics. MultiFence has just been granted a patent by the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Zaun delivered several thousand metres of HVM fencing to secure temporary Olyics venues including the beach volleyball at Horse Guards Parade, Wembley Stadium and Arena, Greenwich Park, the O2 Arena, the Royal Artillery Barracks, St James’s Park Newcastle, Coventry’s Ricoh Arena and the Weymouth sailing village. It also worked with Olympic Park contractor Skanska and stadium contractor BAM Nuttall to secure the 17km boundary of the main Olympic Park, with a further 1.5km of Zaun fencing providing a ‘ring-within-a-ring’ around the Olympic Stadium.
Zaun has delivered schemes for some of the highest profile events in the world. As well as the extensive use of its systems at London 2012, the UK manufacturer has supplied The English Football Association's training centre at St George's Park, Meydan Racecourse in Dubai and the 2013 G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.
Zaun installed over 7km of fencing in just 10 days – and removed it in six – as part of the £60 million security operation for the G8 summit at Lough Erne last summer.
