A mixed-use development in Nigeria has been secured by the British perimeter products. Crash-tested bi-folding speed gates with inlaid SR security-rated mesh panels have been installed at Nestoil Towers on Victoria island, Lagos, with crash-tested bollards and blockers.
Cova Security Gates from Crawley won the contract to supply and install from Nigerian construction company Julius Berger. The Nestoil Towers has office space, 3,500 sq m of residential space, multi-storey parking and Julius Berger’s new corporate head office. The building form was created using gentle curved surfaces of glass with horizontal tubular details which accentuate the sweeping effect of the curved façade. The arced curtain walls are further defined by a surround of solid white metal panels to complete the contemporary building.
Cova were tasked to provide secure vehicle and pedestrian access and to protect access from the gatehouse for staff entrances and exits around the main building. Cova supplied five crash-tested trackless bi-folding speed gates, one standard bi-folding gate, five rising arm barriers, four crash-rated bollards, a crash-tested shallow depth road blocker, a full-height double turnstile and a push button access control system that controlled the entire turnkey project. The gates were clad with Wolverhampton-based steel fencing manufacturer Zaun’s SR2-rated Super10 steel mesh to add to the security of the gates.
Cova’s design team mde each product bespoke to the client’s requirements for the project, because of the weight and material of the mesh, to ensure PAS68 test standards were met and foundation requirements, speed of opening and closing and power control were all as specified. All gates and turnstiles were finished in ‘Signal White’ to blend in with the design of the tower and fence line.
Cova filled three 40ft containers for shipping to Nigeria with all products tested before leaving the factory as part of its ISO9001 process and by Julius Berger-appointed auditors.
Installation was arduous, the installers report, but once completed, a Cova engineer provided training to Nestoil Towers security staff on how to operate the gates, blockers, barriers and turnstile daily so that they could correctly carry out protection in the event of a terrorist vehicle attack.
