Common Industries We Serve

Specialized fencing can be embraced across many industries. Below are just some of the industries we work with regularly. This list is always expanding as we provide solutions across a variety of industries.

Mines

Landfills

Sawmills

Recycling Centers

Sporting Venues

Construction Sites

Agriculture

Residential

Mining Wind

Control

Many mines store the mined product, waste product or even subsidiary product in stock piles. Wind can be hazardous to these stock piles. Products such as coal dust and sulphur dust can be the reason for huge clean-up costs, environmental shut downs and neighbour complaints.

Wind & Sun Protection offers wind fences that drastically reduce the effects of wind on stock piles and job sites. Our free-standing wind fences have been installed at various mine sites and train loading areas with great results and satisfaction. They have been installed both surrounding stock piles as well as on location where trucks are loading and unloading material.

Landfill and

Recycling

Fences

Litter fences are a crucial component of any landfill. As such, landfills have 3 main types of protection.

  • Installing wind fences at landfill sites and recycling centers across Alberta is our forte. Enabling recyclers to unload their vehicles while remaining protected from the wind not only makes their experience better, but more importantly, reduces debris both on site and for nearby neighbours. Our wind fences reduce the wind which means less recycling is airborne.
  • Litter catching fences are a reactive measure to catch any airborne litter. By installing a wind fence on the prevailing wind side and a debris catch and control fence on the opposite side, material can be contained within the immediate recycling or landfill areas.
  • Our portable wind fence panels are one of our more popular products. Used for a variety of applications including for landfills and at welding sites, our portable wind screen panels are stable and strong enough to stand on their own while still effectively preventing debris from blowing. Having a wind fence or portable panels can prevent temporary landfill shutdowns due to excessive wind and can be moved as close to the working area as needed.

Ideally, all three of these solutions work together to mitigate the impact that wind has on landfills.

Construction

Protection

In most land development cases, the construction site is located right next to existing homes and subdivisions. When large equipment is digging or hauling soil and gravel, a lot of dust is created and dispersed with the wind. This can cause huge issues for surrounding property owners. Installing a wind fence along the development area drastically reduces these issues.

New road construction shares similar issues with land development. Our wind fences can be installed on a temporary basis for such jobs, and can even be leased on a year to year basis for those longer and larger projects. Neighbouring homeowner and landowner satisfaction can be crucial to a job and a wind fence may be the best solution

Agriculture

Fences

Our wind fences are hugely popular among farm and acreage owners. The fact that our fences are see-through makes them ideal for enjoying beautiful scenery and views without the wind and without visual obstruction. Unlike traditional wood fences, our farm wind fences can be built to allocate for uneven ground or rolling landscapes while maintaining a standard consistent height.

Wind damage to property can be a major issue for exposed property owners in high wind locations. Having a wind fence can minimize potential wind damage to your home and outbuildings by reducing the risk of shingles and siding being blown off.

A properly configured wind fence can also assist in vegetation growth by facilitating a less stressful growing environment for plants. For instance, shelter belts of trees and shrubs reach mature height in half the time when planted in coordination with a wind fence.

Larger farms and agricultural lots benefit from wind fences by installing them around grain handing facilities. The reduction in wind cuts down spoilage dramatically when loading and unloading trucks.

Facilities with truck scales find that having a wind fence helps to eliminate trucks from rocking on the scale giving a quicker (and more accurate) weight reading.

Animal shelters and hay storages can also be outfitted with wind screens to help stop direct wind while still enabling proper airflow for health or drying purposes.

If you own a farm, ranch or acreage the uses for our wind fences is limitless regardless of the location, direction or type of land use.