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Green Gate Access Systems celebrates success of SOSEC solar powered range and continues business expansion

The SOSEC range meets the challenges of combining security with mobility, solar power, durability, and flexibility The future looks bright for Maidstone-based Green Gate Access Systems as the company powers up to meet significant demand for its SOSEC solar powered range of products launched last autumn. This revolutionary new approach to securing worksites has proved a hit with new and existing clients, including Keir Living and Taylor Wimpey, who have rolled the system out to 40 UK sites to date, and concrete product supplier, TARMAC who are planning a UK wide roll out this year. Growth potential Its adaptability has attracted interest from other sectors—with the highways market seen as having great growth potential. In readiness, Green Gate Access Systems and Kent based Highways Care have adapted the product for road and highways projects. The success to date has put the company back on the front foot after a year in which its offices in Bircholt Road, Maidstone suffered hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage following a fire at a neighbouring part of the site. The company is set to move to bigger premises nearby next month. This new start for the company—in a unit six times the size of their existing base—will help support future expansion with more space for production and storage, plus new training facilities and a product showroom. SOSEC solar powered range Neil Sampson, Managing Director, Green Gate Access Systems, said: “We have been delighted with the reception so far to the SOSEC concept – but believe there is so much more potential.” “We have been delighted with the reception so far to the SOSEC concept—but believe there is so much more potential” “Our belief from the start has been that the SOSEC mobile temporary security technology has the potential to be a game changer, and from the interest received it’s clear that the demands is there.” “2016 was our 10th year in business, a cause for celebration tempered by the fire which risked destroying everything we had built up. When things like this happen, you have to dig deep and get on with it and I was lucky to have a fantastic team in place to do just that. As it turned out, we enjoyed our most successful year to date and with our new offices and the successful launch of the SOSEC range of products the future is looking good, allowing us to plan for future expansion.” Public safety and work site security Green Gate Access Systems developed the SOSEC concept to answer a growing need to provide public safety and work site security where power provision is not practical, but security demands are high. The product meets the challenges of combining security with mobility, solar power, durability and flexibility, brought together in a single easy to deliver platform that can be adapted to suit work site demands. SOSEC’s solar power and power storage ability are unique, and allow the product to be used up to 900 times a day, all year round, even through a British winter. It can also be delivered as a battery only version for up to one month’s use in very temporary sites.

Green Gate Access Systems recognised for SOSEC range at Builder and Engineer Awards 2016

The SOSEC barrier and gate system can be delivered with a battery store for up to one month’s use Green Gate Access Systems did Kent proud at the home of Liverpool FC, after its SOSEC range of products were recognised as one of the year’s top innovations at the 2016 Builder and Engineer Awards. Now in its 13th year, the awards act as a platform to recognise some of the most innovative new products, the best projects, and well established companies and manufacturers in the UK construction industry. Mobile powered barrier and gate system SOSEC, the UK’s first mobile powered barrier and gate system, only launched in October, but is already creating a buzz with a successful trial by UK developers Kier Living and Tarmac Group, resulting in the product being rolled out to more than 30 sites. Interest is growing across the sector with Taylor Wimpey among the big developers considering take up of the product with trials set to begin later this month. This potential was recognised at the awards evening held at Anfield’s new main stand on 30th November with Green Gate Access Systems reaching the final four in the Product/Innovation of the Year category. Despite missing out on the award, Managing Director of Green Gate Access Systems, Neil Sampson, was drafted on stage to collect the award on behalf of Perpetual V2G and received a hearty handshake and congratulations from World Cup Winner, Sir Geoff Hurst MBE. Recognition of efforts Neil said: “It was an absolutely fantastic evening and I even received a handshake and congratulations from Sir Geoff Hurst MBE, we could not have asked for a nicer end to our 10th year in business. SOSEC is an innovative product in its field and since its release we have had an overwhelming response so it was great to see that potential recognised by the judging panel.” "Being shortlisted for this awardis testament to all of the hardwork the team here at Green Gate Access Systems do pushing SOSEC, so this is for them" “Being shortlisted for this award is testament to all of the hard work the team here at Green Gate Access Systems do pushing SOSEC, so this is for them. This is an exciting time for the company and have no doubt with this product, that the best is yet to come. Who knows, we may even lift the title next year!” The Product/Innovation of the Year award recognises those innovators and designers, working alongside the construction industry, that help companies do their jobs smarter, safer, more efficiently and more productively. Harnessing solar energy The judging panel praised SOSEC for its innovative and green approach to providing security and protecting the general public. The UK’s first mobile, solar powered barrier and gate system, unveiled for the first time at the Kent Construction Expo in October, is a revolutionary new approach to securing work sites. Harnessing the sun’s energy, SOSEC doesn’t need a power source and can easily be adapted and moved to be used wherever it’s needed. Owing to its flexibility, SOSEC has a wide number of applications including in the construction, retail, events, highways, emergency, and mining markets. Outside construction, its uses for temporary road works are being explored in a joint partnership with Detling, Kent based business Highway Care. Power storage ability The product’s solar power and power storage ability are unique and allow the barrier to operate up to 900 times a day even in an average British winter. SOSEC can also be delivered with a battery store for up to one month’s use. The awards are judged by an independent panel of industry leaders, and are organised by Building & Engineer Magazine—a leading sector title which circulates to 30,000 construction professionals. Save

Green Gate Access Systems launches UK’s first mobile, solar powered barrier and gate system

SOSEC combines a five-metre automatic traffic barrier with optional drop skirt and LED lights to control vehicles, with a rugged, locked and self-closing gate for pedestrians The UK’s first mobile, solar powered barrier and gate system will be officially unveiled for the first time at the Construction Expo next month. Harnessing the sun’s energy, SOSEC is a revolutionary new approach to securing work sites; without the need for a power source it can be used anywhere and easily moved wherever it’s needed. Once delivered, it is quick and simple to install. SOSEC combines a five-metre automatic traffic barrier with optional drop skirt and LED lights to control vehicles, with a rugged, locked and self-closing gate for pedestrians. It can also be supplied as a gate or barrier on its own, depending on the site’s needs. Versatile applications Owing to its flexibility, SOSEC has a wide number of applications including in the construction, retail, events, highways, emergency and mining markets. The product’s solar power and power storage ability are unique and allow the barrier to operate up to 900 times a day even in an average British winter. SOSEC can also be delivered with a battery store for up to one month’s use. Sector leader Green Gate Access Systems, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, developed the SOSEC concept to answer a growing need to provide public safety and work site security where power provision is not practical, but security demands are high. Effective public demarcation solution Major tourist attraction Leeds Castle in Kent also chose SOSEC when they needed to quickly replace a 15-year-old security barrier that had failed The gate is already attracting interest from clients including Kier Living, who trialled SOSEC on their Berryfields site near Aylesbury before rolling it out to 22 further UK sites. Major tourist attraction Leeds Castle in Kent also chose SOSEC when they needed to quickly replace a 15-year-old security barrier that had failed. Rob Crossland, regional director of Kier Living said, “Providing effective public demarcation on our sites is a big problem and our duty of care and relationship with the Health & Safety Executive meant we were committed to solving it.” “We had tried a ‘shut the gate’ campaign for a year, with virtually no effect. I loved the idea of solar powered barriers and knew they worked. What I couldn’t find was anyone who had made the concept mobile, yet rugged and suitable for pedestrians and vehicles. The team at Green Gate Access Systems were clearly experts in their field. They not only got the idea, they got fully behind it and within weeks, we were looking at CAD drawings and our SOSEC barrier gate was well on the way to reality!”, explains Rob Crossland, regional director for Kier Living. Unveiling SOSEC at the Construction Expo Green Gate Access Systems will unveil SOSEC at the Construction Expo at the Kent Event Centre on Thursday, 6 October. The event is one of the leading events in the regional construction industry calendar. Last year more than 3,000 people attended, and it’s expected that number will grow again this year. SOSEC will be showcased at stand 164, near the refreshment area, and the Green Gate’s security experts will be available to discuss the new product and the company’s wider range of solar and mains powered gates, barriers and access control systems. Revolutionary approach to securing work sites Managing director Neil Sampson, who is also Powered Gate Chairman of the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), commented, “The SOSEC concept meets the challenges of combining security with mobility, solar power, durability and flexibility, brought together in a single easy to deliver and operate platform. The product is attracting a lot of interest already and we are looking forward to demonstrating its capabilities at the Construction Expo.” This is the latest first for the company, which prides itself on literally pushing back the barriers of its sector – from installing the country’s first lifting gate and the UK’s largest solar school gate in Broadstairs, to the country’s first solar O&O car park barriers at Warwick Hospital.

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