Issue 50

EVENTS
Underneath the Stars Festival,
South Yorkshire
Product: 100-340 Tufftrack panels
Supplier: All Weather Access, 01371 700510,
info@all-weatheraccess.co.uk,
www.all-weatheraccess.co.uk
Details: For the past four years, All Weather Access
has supplied Underneath the Stars Festival with
trackway.
The quirky annual festival celebrating music, arts
and culture always promises a fantastic weekend for
visitors. Unfortunately, due to a rainy week in 2019,
the area the festival is held in suffered tremendous
ground damage, causing many logistical problems.
As the festival relied on a one-way access route
throughout the grounds, organisers were in
desperate need of a temporary roadway to ensure
that vehicles were not getting stuck in the mud!
After a site visit, it was established that the event
would need a heavy form of ground protection,
known as Tufftrak. This heavy-duty ground
protection is not only a strong durable product, with
a loading capacity of 150 tonnes per square meter,
but is also designed for temporary roadways and
working areas, ideal for heavy plant and machinery.
The 100 panels of Tufftrak were then installed by All
Weather Access’s expert team.
The panels would turn out to be key in allowing
all vehicles to successfully flow through the track,
ensuring the roadway system worked properly with
no stuck vehicles. Not only did this solve the festival
organiser’s problem, but the client loved the service
so much the team has been invited back each year,
and this year is supplying 340 panels.
PRODUCT SNAPSHOT
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01548 859879
info@firstbasegroundscrews.co.uk
www.firstbasegroundscrews.co.uk
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