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GLASTONBURY 2002
THE YEAR OF THE FENCE

This year's Glastonbury Festival has been hailed a huge success after Eve Trakway's Super Fortress Fence kept the gatecrashers out, helped to cut crime and secured the future of the festival.


At a press conference on 22nd May 2002, the message from Festival Organiser, Michael Eavis was simply "Don't come without a ticket!" After the failure of a number of control procedures in 2000, it was decided by Glastonbury Festivals to take the year off and reappraise their approach to the problems. Emphasis had to be put on the fact that the Festival has always been portrayed as a celebration of life and diversity of music so organisers did not want the fence to crush the spirit of the Festival.
The solution was to improve overall security and eventually Eavis, along with Mendip Council and Avon & Somerset Police decided on a 3.6 metre high aluminium fence. In order to meet all specifications, Eve Trakway requested the expertise of Stephen Christian, Project Manager at sister company Jackson Civil Engineering. Christian was responsible for the 'buildability' of the fence and was involved from the beginning bringing in detailed design ideas and ensuring all elements were available in order to install the fence on time.
Early May then saw the first signs that the famous festival was going ahead as work started on the country's most talked about perimeter fence. The fence was successfully completed and handed over to the Festival organisers on 20th June - a week before the Festival started.
The security element was of paramount importance to the success of this year's festival. The fence standing at 3.6 metres high and 6.9 km long did not have any nuts and bolts, so it couldn't be taken apart; a roadway attached to the outside meant it couldn't be tunnelled under and there were overhangs which prevented climbing. The investment made by Michael Eavis just proved too much for one disappointed visitor who was reported on Radio One as saying "I've been trying to get over this fence for 12 hours - I've given up, I'm going home!"
Eve Trakway also supplied mesh type fencing which made a second internal barrier around the site, heavy duty panels for all internal access roads and 600 metres of Pitstop front of stage barriers were installed around the Pyramid, Other and the Jazz World Stages.
Eve Trakway was also approached by Tiger Productions to supply 2100sqm of its pedestrian flooring, Terraplas, which was installed around one of the Dance Tents at the Festival.