Updated: April 2025
Creating a safe, compliant, and adaptable work environment is essential for every industrial site. With so many moving parts on-site, it’s critical that your safety infrastructure keeps up — and modular steel safety barriers are one of the most effective ways to do just that.
Whether you're upgrading your existing safety setup or starting from scratch, modular systems offer unmatched flexibility, speed, and cost-efficiency. Here's how to plan, install, and adjust them with ease.
Why Modular Steel Safety Barriers?
Modular safety barrier systems like Webforge’s Monowills™ Link are designed for easy on-site installation and long-term durability. They’re strong, corrosion-resistant, and customizable — without the heavy cost or complexity of traditional systems.
No welding, no detailed site drawings, no downtime.
Step 1: Smart Planning for a Smooth Install
Before you get started, it’s important to know exactly where and how your barriers will be used. This guide focuses on pedestrian safety barriers, not traffic or vehicle-rated barriers, which require different specs.
Here’s what to plan:
- Layout and coverage: Walk your site to identify where barriers are needed.
- Determine Barrier Type: Use our Barrier Selector Tool to match the right barrier to the right application.
- Stanchion Mounting: Determine the type of stanchion mounting required.
- Add-ons: Consider optional extras like kick plates, balustrade panels or handrails for enhanced safety and compliance.
Step 2: Installing Your Barrier System
Once delivered, you can get straight to work — no hot work or welding required.
Quick 7-Step Installation (Example: Monowills™ Link System)
- Secure the first post.
- Slide stanchions into place on the top rail and insert it into the post.
- Add the middle rail and align the next post.
- Position and fix base plates.
- Continue connecting rails and posts.
- Insert and secure the final stanchion.
- Tighten all grub screws to lock in place.
That's it. Strong, secure, and site-ready in record time.
Step 3: Adjust As You Go
Industrial sites are always evolving. With modular systems, your barriers can evolve too.
The Monowills™ Link system features adjustable galvanised steel components that easily adapt to site changes — without compromising on strength. With a tensile strength over 350MPa, they’re built for high-stress environments.
Plus, stainless steel grub screws resist corrosion and tampering, while optional rear-side screws offer even more security.
Get Started Today
If you’re looking for an efficient and reliable way to improve on-site safety, modular steel safety barriers are the way forward. Whether it’s new construction or retrofitting an existing site, they make protection easier than ever.
Contact the Webforge team today to find the perfect fit for your project.