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How to Prevent Traffic Accidents during Your Roadworks

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Road safety is a top priority when construction is being carried out along streets and highways. Rules and regulations have been put in place to prevent accidents on and off the construction sites. However, there are little slip-ups that can lead to bigger problems when left unchecked.

Ensuring People’s Safety during Roadworks

When a street or a portion of the highway is being repaired, it will seldom be closed down. This is because to do so would cause disruptions to daily life which can, in turn, affect business operations. In order to avoid this problem, construction workers place temporary barriers around the roadwork area and set up a portable traffic light or multiple message signage to warn motorists and pedestrians of the proper safety precautions to be observed.

These signs preceding the construction site are able to communicate road conditions to not only protect motorists and pedestrians but construction workers as well. Having said that, there are some roadwork signs that have deteriorated in quality over time. It could be that they have become too dirty or the words have faded to the point of being incomprehensible, or even, it could be they have not been placed well. Any of these situations compromise the efficacy of safety signs.

This is because minor damage to these signs can lead to accidents that range from over speeding in a high-risk zone to vehicle collisions between a motorist and the site. While the overall number of road-related deaths in 2018 fell by 4 per cent, the number of driver and pedestrian deaths is still higher than that of the previous year. Although the number has significantly lowered for work-related fatalities in construction, these numbers can still be lowered with the right equipment.

As a trusted name in traffic management solutions, TranEx Group has a variety of road construction signs for sale so that you can warn motorists and pedestrians of your roadwork and ensure the safety of your construction crew.

Using the Rights Signs for Safety

We make sure that all necessary safety equipment is available so that projects can be completed as planned with little to no unnecessary downtime. This means we stock a full range of standard corflute signage, we can always offer fast turnaround times. However we also provide for more specialised requirements.

Our TRAFFICOP provides extra delineation but is incredibly quick to set up. It is designed to to fit over a T-Top Bollard and is excellent for when you need lane closures over a short period of time.

If projects require specific requirement, our inhouse manufacturing can take care of it. We can provide custom corflute signage designed to your specifications.

For over 35 years, we have been working closely with the road and civil industry in order to provide them with the equipment that helps them successfully complete their projects while maintaining optimal safety in the workplace. We will work closely with you to ensure that you receive the best solutions for your requirements.

To learn more about our traffic management solutions, call us on 1300 137 754 to book an appointment. For any inquiries, you can fill up this form: https://tranexgroup.com.au//contact/.

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Why You Must Choose TranEx Group for Your Company’s Roadwork Requirements

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When it comes to efficient roadwork solutions, TranEx Group is a name you can trust. For more than 35 years, our company has provided industry-leading products and services for the roadwork and civil construction industries. We have developed an excellent reputation with our clients, offering them specialised services.

We provide robust and efficient solutions for your road safety requirements

Installing a speed radar improves safety and speed compliance around school zones and areas with high foot traffic. A speed radar also ensures safety in venues with lower or changing speed limits, such as roadwork and road maintenance sites. Our company supplies advanced speed warning signage to help educate motorists and measure and analyse their driving behaviour.

Our Metis 3002 is an effective solution for minimising vehicle speed. Its integrated City Connect platform allows you to create and test speed configurations and analyse collected data at a glance. The screen displays the maximum recorded speed and traffic volume in both directions, as well as the number of light and heavy vehicles on the road.

The unit is robust and reliable, with a crimped aluminium-zinc sheet and triple-edge aluminium frame. The display is protected by a 3mm transparent, heat-formed polycarbonate sheet. The Metis 3002 may be mounted on a standard signpost for permanent installations, or a wheelbarrow trolley for roadwork applications.

The Metis 500, on the other hand, is a cost-effective alternative to the Metis 3002. Despite its small size, it can record traffic data of up to 400,000 vehicles in both directions and display vehicle speed in real time. Customised mounting options are available for the Metis 500.

We also supply Barrow lights that are portable and easy to use for traffic needs. The traffic lights work on synchronisation, eliminating dropouts and distance constraints. Our Barrow lights can be adapted to every site configuration. Its mast is completely retractable inside the light head, saving storage space. Barrow lights can be loaded easily onto a ute or trailer, and programmed and wheeled into position according to your traffic management plan.

Our proven track record makes us a reliable partner for success

Eastern Tree Services, one of Australia’s largest vegetation management companies, has utilised our Barrow lights to simplify their operations and minimise traffic control risk. Since implementing Barrow lights on their sites, traffic control costs have gone down, and their efficiency has doubled.

The George Town Council has also invested in our Barrow lights. The equipment has helped them save a significant amount of operational costs and free up staff members for other work. Despite using the lights in a windy place, the George Town Council has had no issue with these items blowing over.

Partner with TranEx Group for your road safety needs

TranEx Group is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for traffic control management.  We manufacturer road signage and supplies designed to manage complex roadwork projects. We are committed to delivering quality products and services that exceed the standards of the industry and our competitors. Our drive for excellence has made us a reliable partner to government departments and civil construction firms across Australia.

Let us help you with your roadwork and civil construction needs. Contact us on 1300 137 754 today for enquiries.

Happy Holidays – Closing Dates 2017

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Happy Holidays

To everything there is a season…

May your workdays and holidays be merry and bright.

Closing from: 2:00PM Friday 22nd December 2017
Reopening: 6:30AM Monday 8th January 2018

Sincerely,
The TranEx Team
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Anzac Day Special

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All 600×600 corflute signs are only $20 each! TODAY ONLY

Symbolic Worker (Diamond Grade Reflective) Road Work Ahead (Class1) 600 x 600 Corflute 100 km/h Speed Sign (Class1) - CorflutePrepare To Stop (Class1) 600 x 600 CorfluteNo Right Turn (Class1) 600 x 600 Corflute

Tomorrow is ANZAC day and to remember those who’ve served and those serving, TranEx is running a special promotion for today only. Use the follwoing promo code to recieve your discount online, on the phone, email, fax, etc.

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With the technology advances of today, believe it or not, the purpose of a humble sign or symbol has not changed. Take for example the symbols that were used throughout WWII and the road signs of today. In WWII students at Oslo University started wearing paperclips on their lapels as a symbol of resistance, unity, national pride and a clever way of displaying their rejection of the Nazi ideology. A symbol may have only a small significance until it gives a person hope and saves a life.

Today in Australia we use an orange sign with a black symbolic worker symbol as a way of notifying the public of workers on the road, to slow traffic and prevent a tragedy. A sign may have only a small significance until it saves a life. Road Signs Save Lives.

The smallest things can mean powerful things, like resistance against the most powerful force in the world.

Lest we forget.

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Secure your construction site and prevent a tragedy!

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We can talk about road safety in an impersonal way as statistics and trends, or analysing data by age, gender cause or crash type. Or we can try to understand the grief of losing a child, parent, a loved one in a car crash. It will change your life forever. The reality is that most injuries and deaths on our roads are preventable.

This is a reminder to all construction site managers to ensure that locations are adequately secured during the summer holiday period.

Tasmanina Occupational Health and Safety laws require construction sites to have adequate site security, which includes appropriate fencing and delineation throughout roadworks. Over the past five years, more than 40 infringement notices have been issued in relation to unauthorised persons accessing construction sites. Don’t add your site to the long list past offenders.

Our Risk Assessment can help identify and address the risks that an unsecured construction site can pose to road users and members of the public. Including:

  1. Fencing requirements
  2. Electrical power is off while sites are unattended
  3. Access to elevated floors, scaffolding and ladders are blocked
  4. Plant, equipment, tools, chemicals and dangerous goods are securely stored;
  5. Water drums are emptied
  6. Excavation areas such as pits, trenches and pier holes are covered
  7. Appropriate signage is erected with contact telephone numbers
  8. Site security is provided.

More information on construction site security call 1300 13 77 54

HOW LONG IS 2

Time Waits for No One

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Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.

Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course?

Each of us has such a bank. It’s name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against “tomorrow.”

You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!

The clock is running!! Make the most of today

  • To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
  • To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask the mother of a premature child.
  • To realise the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
  • To realise the value of ONE DAY, ask a Project Manager who’s paying liquidated damages for every day past the PC date.
  • To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
  • To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who just missed a train.
  • To realise the value of ONE SECOND, ask someone who just avoided an accident.
  • To realise the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.

 

Treasure every moment that you have! And remember time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why its called the present.

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Murchison Hwy Project

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Trafficops and Barrow Lights on the Murchison…The TranEx invented and trade marked ‘Trafficop’ chevron signs make lane closures quicker and safer to set up , especially when combined with the TranEx Barrow Light , Tasmania’s preferred portable traffic light.

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Midland Hwy Upgrade Project

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A drive down (or up depending on your perspective) shows a great range of Tas Roads supplies signs, cones bollards etc. Our same day delivery service and sign manufacturing ability continues to make Tas Roads the preferred supplier of roading products to this project.

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