To alleviate construction related delays, there has been an increase in night-time highway construction projects. If you find yourself working nights, you’ll be facing a different set of challenges than you would during daylight hours. One of those challenges is obviously, lighting.
Proper lighting must be provided to illuminate the work area; but at the same time night-time lighting needs to minimize glare, not interfere with the vision of oncoming motorists and it should uniformly illuminate the work area.
Your options in lighting equipment to meet that tall order include ground mounted towers, equipment mounted luminaires and trailer mounted towers. However, choosing the proper lighting vehicle is only the first step in letting there be light.
According to Khaled El-Rayes and Khalied Hyari, authors of Automated DSS for Ligting design of Nighttime Operations in Highway Construction Projects, other considerations for meeting requirements of sufficient lighting include, lamp lumen output, mounting height, lighting towers positioning, aiming angle of luminaires and lighting tower rotations.
Remember, working at night on a highway can put you and your crew in harms way. So before you begin any night-time construction, contact the Department of Transportation to identify lighting requirements or guidelines for your specific area.
If you’re considering equipment rental for your construction site, talk to your rental agency for advice about the proper lighting for their equipment. Or talk with experts on Boston Equipment Rental and Worcester Equipment Rental.
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1 MarkSpizer // May 3, 2010 at 5:44 am
great post as usual!