- Sustainable Site Solutions
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Every year, winter brings a familiar set of challenges to construction and infrastructure projects. Shorter days can reduce visibility, heavy rainfall can affect site access, and colder temperatures can make welfare facilities less comfortable for those working on site.
While the weather itself can’t be controlled, how prepared your site is can make a significant difference to productivity, safety and day to day operations throughout the winter months. Reviewing your site setup before conditions deteriorate can help reduce disruption, maintain safe working conditions and keep projects moving.
01 / 07
As daylight hours reduce, visibility becomes more of a challenge.
Whether it’s early starts, late finishes or poor weather conditions, making sure people can see clearly is an important part of keeping sites safe and productive.
Reviewing your lighting setup now can help identify any areas that may become difficult to work in once daylight becomes limited.
Not sure if your current lighting setup will be enough once the clocks change?
Hybrid Tower Light
Halo
Eco Tower Light
02 / 07
Winter weather rarely stays outside.
Wet clothing, muddy PPE and damp equipment quickly find their way into welfare facilities, making it harder for people to stay comfortable throughout the working day.
Providing somewhere warm and practical to dry clothing and PPE can help improve welfare on site and ensure teams start each shift ready to work.
Drying Rooms
Solar Dryer Eco
2+1+Dryer 24 Eco Welfare Cabin
03 / 07
Heavy rain and increased site traffic can quickly turn access routes into muddy areas that are difficult to manage.
That doesn’t just affect your site. Mud and debris carried onto public roads can create additional problems and complaints if left unmanaged.
Planning how vehicles enter, move around and leave site can help reduce disruption throughout the wetter months.
Wheel Washes
04 / 07
As evenings become darker and daylight hours reduce, security can become a bigger concern.
Longer periods of darkness and fewer people on site outside working hours make winter a good time to review whether existing security measures are still suitable.
A proactive approach to site security can provide peace of mind and help reduce the risk of unwanted activity during the winter months.
CCTV, Fire & Security
05 / 07
A few puddles are one thing. Standing water across site is another.
Waterlogged working areas can affect productivity, create access issues and make day to day operations more difficult if not managed quickly.
Having a plan for dealing with excess water before persistent rainfall arrives can help keep projects moving when conditions become more challenging.
Surface Water Management
06 / 07
Keeping vehicles moving safely around site becomes more challenging during winter. Persistent rain, softer ground conditions and increased traffic can all put additional pressure on access routes.
Planning ahead before winter arrives can help maintain reliable site access, reduce disruption and minimise the mud and debris carried off site by vehicles.
Enviro Wheel Wash 24
All wheel washes
07 / 07
When temperatures drop, keeping spaces warm becomes just as important as keeping them dry.
Whether you’re heating welfare facilities, workspaces, drying areas or temporary buildings, having the right heating in place can help maintain comfortable working conditions throughout the winter months.
Planning ahead also helps avoid last minute decisions when temperatures suddenly change.
Heating and Welfare Solutions
Self-contained, robust, and designed with sustainability in mind, Garic’s range of static and mobile welfare units are the cornerstone of any site plan.
Garic’s intelligent online site planning tool helps you deliver successful projects by quickly and reliably planning all of the equipment your site will need, from welfare units and wheel washers, to power generators and lighting.
Add products to your Hire List and submit it, call us on 0330 094 8060, or fill in the form on this page and the team will come back to you.
Yes. Our Site Planning and Layout Service and our online Site Planner help you plan every piece of equipment your site needs, from welfare units and wheel washers to power and lighting.
Most come from our own fleet and some are supplied through our partners. Where a product has its own page we link straight to it; the rest are covered on the relevant solution page. Our team can advise on and arrange both.
For a moderate amount of traffic we recommend the Enviro Bath 12. For sites with stricter environmental needs, the Enviro Wheel Wash 14. The Enviro Wheel Wash 24 recycles its water and its elevated setup is quick to install and remove on short term sites.
Our self contained drying rooms, including the Solar Dryer Eco and the 2+1+Dryer 24 Eco Welfare Cabin, give your team somewhere warm to dry clothing and PPE so they start each shift ready to work.
Our Hybrid Tower Light and Eco Tower Light use LED floodlights for instant, bright light, and the AMOS Safety System lowers the mast automatically if the unit is moved. Halo attaches to a unit and runs from its power, giving 110,000 lumens of 360 degree, low flare light without taking up extra space.
Before conditions deteriorate. Reviewing lighting, welfare, access and drainage early gives you more choice on what is available and avoids last minute decisions when the weather turns.
Whether you need a single solution or support across multiple areas of your site, preparing early gives you more options and fewer problems to solve later. We’ll help you get everything in place so you’re ready for the months ahead.
Get in touch with the team today and let’s get your site winter ready.
