Maintaining site safety at COVID-19 drive through testing centres
Photo credit: Garic
As part of the Government’s national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has opened a series of 50 regional drive-through sites across the country providing coronavirus testing facilities for frontline workers.
Plant and welfare specialists Garic, working in collaboration with safety specialists SafeSite Facilities, have created the design for vehicle and pedestrian traffic management at these sites, including centres at Cardiff City Stadium and at Twickenham rugby stadium.
A carefully designed combination of SafeSite WonderWall Barriers, self-weighted traffic cones, zebra crossings and speed bumps have been installed at each of the testing facilities to help control traffic flow in and out of the centres.
The WonderWall safety barriers, which are compliant with national traffic works safety standards, are being used to create traffic lanes in and out of each testing point, and to mark out safe washing and change zones for nurses.
Andy Archer, Sales Manager, SafeSite Facilities commented: “We’re incredibly proud to have played a part in helping to set up these critical COVID-19 testing facilities, and that our safety configuration and choice of barrier system has since become the benchmark for how other NHS testing sites are being set up. Like all businesses, we’ve had to take measures to protect our staff and customers from coronavirus yet, despite these challenges, within 24 hours of receiving the initial enquiry, we had an eight-man team mobilised and on-site installing the traffic management systems in Cardiff and Twickenham. With portable testing likely to be rolled out even further over the coming weeks, we would like to reassure our existing customers, and new ones, that we are well stocked and ready to support this crucial public health demand.”
Garic has provided additional welfare facilities for the COVID-19 testing centres including flushing toilets, urinals, and hand dryers amongst other items.
