We’ve put together a useful list of frequently used industry terms and phrases in the field of temporary fencing and temporary barriers.

Heras Fencing/Herras Fencing/Heres Fencing/Harris Fencing

Heras fencing (and the variations above) is a common use generic term for welded wire mesh temporary fence panels. This term originated due to Heras being widely regarded as the first manufacturer and supplier of temporary fence panels.

Today Heras is a customer of ZND, employing ZND temporary fence panels throughout their UK operations.

Welded Wire Mesh

Welded wire mesh is the mesh-type used on all ZND panels and most temporary fence panels in the UK and EU.

Welded wire mesh, or weldmesh, is a joined grid consisting of a series of parallel longitudinal wires welded to cross wires. At ZND this is manufactured in-house.

Stabilisers

A temporary fence stabiliser is attached to fence panels using a standard fence coupler. The fence stabiliser stands at an angle of 60 degrees from the panels to the ground where a base plate can either be anchored into the ground using stakes.

Stillages

A temporary fencing stillage is a storage unit designed to provide effective stacking, storage and easy transportation of industry-sized temporary mesh fencing panels.

Pedestrian Barriers

Pedestrian barriers are a cost-effective temporary barrier to help with crowd control, direct pedestrian traffic and keep people out of unwanted areas. They are common for use in all crowd management situations, from road works to events.

There is a wide variety of designs available, though by far the most common is the SmartWeld Barrier, and as such the term ‘pedestrian barrier’ is interchangeable with ‘event barriers’ or simply ‘barriers’.

SmartWeld

SmartWeld technology was developed by ZND to manufacture stronger and safer demarcation equipment.

SmartWeld uses resistance welding. This is where we join two pieces of steel together, then run a large amount of electricity through them to melt them together. This creates an extremely strong joint, and unlike traditional welding, there is no added steel.