The campaign group and charity Gate Safe has launched its Gate Safe Visualiser. It’s an interactive tool designed to help anyone looking to specify a safe automated gate.
The Visualiser has been in development for 10 months and aims to improve understanding of how to install a safe powered gate. A detailed infographic takes the specifier (architect, electrician, home owner or anyone involved in deciding to install such a device) through a list of questions, supported by a series of visual prompts detailing what to take into consideration to enable a safe and legally compliant installation.
Gate Safe organisers say that they have always adopted a practical ‘plain English’ approach to explaining automated gate safety.
The Visualiser is accessible via the Gate Safe website. As for initial industry feedback, ECA Training, Health and Safety Manager John Corcoran said: “The ECA has been working with Gate Safe for around four years and were one of the first organisations to endorse their safety-first approach. We strongly support initiatives like this which are aimed at improving safety and security in the sector.”
Gate Safe founder Richard Jackson says, “Gate Safe has always tried to demystify the technical jargon which, features in most of the guidance pertaining to automated gate safety. By ‘talking’ in pictures and providing a step by step guide as to how to deliver a safe gate we hope that we can put an end to the installation of hazardous gates and address the fact that currently more than 70 per cent of gates in the field are capable of causing serious injury – or death. Five years on since our original launch in 2010 we continue to look at new ways of sharing the knowledge required to fully understand what constitutes a safe and legally compliant installation.”
The Visualiser can be accessed via this link: www.visualiser.gate-safe.org.
