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other ways:
• No time spent building rebar cages
• Post hole foundations are 18 inches shallower
than cable-based anchor posts, and require
less concrete
• Installing a single beam, connected by one
nut and one bolt on each post, versus multiple
runs of cable
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crash test standards, led to the XL-501 Post and
Beam Fence being specified to protect a Saudi
Aramco facility, the world’s largest oil and gas
company.
The Saudi Aramco crew installed the post and
beam fence at a rate of 1,000 meters per week
with a relatively small crew—this is a process
that is two to three times faster than installing a
cable-based fence system.
“Installation of the XL-501 Post and Beam Fence
saved us a tremendous amount of time, at least
50 percent versus other fence systems,” says
Peter Saroufim at BRC Industrial (Saudi) LTD, in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
(Photo provided by Ross Technology)
This simplicity in installation, coupled with high
“There is less excavation and less concrete to
use. The whole process is much simpler, and
you’re left with a product that does an exception-
al job of protecting a perimeter and will not need
any maintenance once it’s installed.”
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