In Cambridge, the Babraham Research Campus hosts about 60 bioscience companies. Recently added laboratories and associated buidlings meant fencing and gates were required to secure these new areas. The brief was a secure compound which kept a welcoming feel, as fitted a science campus.
Jacksons Fencing were asked to propose fencing and access for the campus-wide expansion and in 2015 installed 54m of 2.5m high EuroGuard Combi (steel mesh and timber combination security fencing) and Tubular System 1 Chain Link fencing to house the critical air conditioning and power generation units.
The fencing firm says that the challenge was not the design, manufacture and delivery of the fencing and gates, but rather the need to plan the installation of the fence posts and fencing panels carefully to avoid the complex underground pipes, housing electrical and other essential services. The fencing company suggested housing the air conditioning and power generation units within a compound secured with EuroGuard Combi and to further sub-divide the internal area into bays using Tubular System 1 Chain Link as demarcation fencing.
The makers say that the EuroGuard Combi fencing combines welded mesh and timber in a security fence design with a flat facing surface free from hand or foot holds. The EuroGuard Combi has been tested to LPS 1175 SR1 (certification pending).
