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PSSA
Member News
ISSUE 11 April 2016
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NEWS
Townscape safeguards Birmingham
New Street
Perimeter protection specialist, Townscape
Products, is helping to safeguard more
than 170,000 daily passengers at the newly
refurbished Birmingham New Street station.
Townscape has installed 20 of its bespoke
PAS 68 Counter Terror (CT) Blocks and three
SS PAS 68 planters, designed to stop vehicle-
based attacks, as part of the £750 million
transformation of Birmingham New Street.
Townscape was appointed to develop a
tailored perimeter security solution which
would not only protect the building from
hostile vehicle attacks, but also create a high
quality urban landscape at the base of the
transport hub.
Jonathan Goss, managing director of
Townscape said: “The newly renovated station
sees more than 170,000 passengers in transit
a day and will attract thousands more visitors
with the new shopping complex, so a robust
hostile vehicle mitigation (HMV) system was
needed to defend the busy hub.
‘‘In 2003 the old Birmingham New Street was
voted the ugliest building in Britain. To help
discredit that we were determined to provide
perimeter protection which was aesthetically
pleasing and blend in with the modernisation
of the newly designed station, whilst also
providing an open but secure perimeter.
“We worked to develop and install three
stainless steel SS PAS 68 planters around the
front of the building and 20 granite clad PAS 68
CT Blocks around the taxi rank, which tied into
the new look of the station. The CT blocks were
topped with granite and anti-skater studs, for a
high quality, anti-vandalism finish.”
The 100mm low profile foundation
required by CT Blocks made the installation
easy and with no disruption to underground
infrastructure. Townscape took its leading HMV
product, the CT Block, and gave it additional
purposes as security seating for this special
project. Visitors to the new station will enjoy
a public plaza, unaware that the seating and
landscaping has been creatively designed to
provide the utmost protection.
One of the leading HVM systems on the
market, CT Blocks are manufactured at
Townscape’s Sutton-in-Ashfield factory. Each
weigh in at 2.2 tonnes and are made using a
special mix of aggregates designed for ultimate
strength. The CT Blocks only require minimal
groundwork due to their low profile foundation,
making them cost effective to install without
compromising security. The blocks are
positioned where a building is vulnerable
to vehicular incursion and meet the PAS 68
standard for vehicle immobilisation.
Townscape’s integrated HVM range, which
includes blocks, bollards, barriers and planters
has been designed to give an aesthetically
pleasing solution, fitting into the landscape
surroundings. For more information on
Townscape’s integrated PAS 68 hostile vehicle
Security & Counter
Terror Expo
PSSA will be exhibiting at Security
& Counter Terror on 19 – 20 April
at Olympia, London.
Please come and visit us on
Stand J81.