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Airport Barricade Features

This blog post is dedicated to understanding the different features/options that are available with an airport barricade.  There are four important decisions you need to make: height of the barricade, reflective sheeting, lights and flags.  A typical airport barricade is 10 x 96″ but there are also 24″ x 96″ models. Reflective sheeting is the […]

Jersey Barrier Options

When it comes to Jersey Barriers, it is important to know a few basic things.  First off, know that most of them are 42″ tall, 24″ wide and 72″ wide.  They can be called traffic barriers, road barricades, construction barriers and more.  There are water fill-able jersey barriers and there are concrete barriers. We are going to […]

Understanding Delineator Posts

What exactly are delineators posts?  They are similar to traffic cones except they are skinny and tall making them easier to be seen by cars.  Delineators are used to ‘channelize’ or direct traffic into a certain zone, or to keep it out of a certain zone in the case of a road construction site. There […]

Type 3 Barricades – What’s in a name?

Where did type 3 barricades get their name from?  Well, the number stands for the number of sheeted boards.  For example, a type 1 barricade has one board that is sheeted (though it could have two boards, since the second board isn’t sheeted it’s still considered a type 1). A type 2 barricade can look […]

Learning more about Traffic Drums

If looking for orange traffic drums for a road construction or parking lot project you may come up with a few questions before you decide on what you are going to purchase.  Some questions include: Do I need reflective sheeting, how heavy of a base should I get, do I need 4″ or 6″ bands? […]

What are Airport Barricades?

What are those orange/white 10 x 96″ barricades that commonly line runways when they are under construction?  Those are called airport barricades and they are used almost exclusively for airport construction.  They help warn airport employees about construction and have reflective tape to make them easier to be seen. Almost every time an airport barricade is […]