Willow Place Shopping Centre

Pigeon Netting

Case Study No 003
 
Client. Westgrove Facility Management
 
Overview. Our client asked us to install Pigeon netting above an underground car park.
  
Industry. Retail
 
Project Name. Willow Place Shopping Centre
 
Project Location. Corby, England
 
Brief / Challenge. Pigeons are roosting on the metal beams above a covered car park. This area could not be used due to public health concerns resulting in a of revenue to the client.  
 
Survey Finding. 
The existing netting is old, there are several large portions of the net missing with over a dozen rips in the netting allowing Pigeons to gain access. The steel wire supporting the netting is broken in several areas and beyond repair. There where over 30 pigeons roosting in the girders on the day of our inspection with large patches of the car park area covered in droppings.
 
The service we delivered. 
A MEWP or boom lift was required to gain access to the girders our, engineers or IPAL certificated and trained to use all forms of MEWPs. In lines with our PPE and RAMs all our engineers wore safety helmets, safety harnesses and protective eye wear. We first installed a grid of 2mm stainless steel wire under the girders. The wire was secured using girder clamps and tensioned by barrel strainers four rolls of 50mm pigeon netting measuring 5meters by 10meters was then attached to the wire using hog rings. 2meter net zips were installed under each car park light suspended from the girders ensuring that the maintenance team could change a light bulb without cutting the net.
A bio clean was then carried out removing the pigeon droppings from the parking bays and foot paths.