Scaffold sheeting
Can obstruct ground-level space and access
Vulnerable to severe wind damage
Gaps and structural issues require on-site fixes
Flexiscreen® protects programme momentum
Time-sensitive programmes don’t pause for weather or dust. Lose momentum and delays compound fast. Schedules drift. Costs rise. Stakeholders worry.
Flexiscreen® from Westgate Global protects critical work when conditions turn. Offering a 99%+ effective seal without the need for scaffolding, Flexiscreen® keeps projects, pours and internal works moving, and programmes on track.
Superior protection for mission critical projects
Weathering and dust protection is often treated as a temporary line item: low priority and, ideally, low-cost. But on a large-scale build, it can have an unexpectedly huge impact – for better or worse.
How weathering and dust protection is often treated
How weathering and dust protection is often treated
- A temporary, low priority measure
- On-site team is made responsible for it
- Options are viewed as essentially identical
- Lowest-cost option often wins
- Failure risk is pushed elsewhere
What weathering and dust protection actually impacts
What weathering and dust protection actually impacts
- Programme certainty
- Parallel work enabled
- Knock-on delays and cost
- Risk and scrutiny
- Site flow and access
Three ways Flexiscreen® protects momentum
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Keeps pours and internal works moving in adverse conditions
2
Reduces the cost and impact of weather-related risk
3
Maintains open access routes, so the work keeps flowing
Watch: Shielding programmes from adverse conditions
A quick look at how Flexiscreen® helps builds keep moving – no matter what.
What’s your role in a build?
Different roles worry about different failure aspects of a build. Which issues take precedent for you?
Three pressure points
– Deprioritising weathering and dust protection as ‘temporary’
– Assuming performance without evidence
– Leaving accountability unclear when scrutiny lands
Three quick wins
– Identify what happens if protection fails, and who owns the knock-on impact
– Ask for evidence of weather- and dust-tight performance, not vague reassurance
– Push for clear end-to-end accountability (design, engineering, installation, assurance)
- Flexiscreen® delivers an over 99% weather- and dust-tight seal
- It’s engineered for phased works (relocate, reconfigure, extend)
- It’s backed by Westgate Global’s Tier 1 delivery proof
Three pressure points
– Underestimating how quickly disruption spreads across parallel workstreams
– Losing pours and internal works to adverse conditions
– Protection that can’t adapt when sequencing changes
Three quick wins
– Identify the workstreams that must keep moving in parallel, then protect those first
– Stress-test: what happens if conditions turn for a week?
– Favour solutions that can adapt as sequencing shifts
- Flexiscreen® keeps pours and internal works moving in adverse conditions
- It’s purpose-designed for programmes where critical work runs in parallel
- It can be relocated, reconfigured or extended during phased works
Three pressure points
– Protection that creates bottlenecks and blocks movement
– ‘Temporary’ setups that need constant fixing
– Losing usable floor space when and where you can’t spare it
Three quick wins
– Make logistics flow part of the protection plan, not an afterthought
– Stress-test the potential impact of scaffolding on workstreams
– Keep the protection plan modular so it can shift with phased works, not fight them
- Flexiscreen® is suspended from the existing structure (no additional framework)
- It seals around penetrations, allowing for continuous logistics access
- It can be relocated, reconfigured or extended during phased works
Flexiscreen® vs common alternatives
| Scaffold sheeting | Scaffold wrap | Flexiscreen® |
|---|---|---|
| Can obstruct ground-level space and access | Performance lives or dies on installation quality | Tailored, suspended system using minimal floor space and secure access route |
| Vulnerable to severe wind damage | Prone to wear and tear, weakening seal | Engineered to site-specific wind levels |
| Gaps and structural issues require on-site fixes | Regular on-site touch-ups required | Over 99% weather- and dust-tight seal |
Scaffold wrap
Performance lives or dies on installation quality
Prone to wear and tear, weakening seal
Regular on-site touch-ups required
Flexiscreen®
Tailored, suspended system using minimal floor space and secure access route
Engineered to site-specific wind levels
Over 99% weather- and dust-tight seal
The ethos behind the solution
The ethos behind the solution
Flexiscreen® is brought to you by Westgate Global, specialists in protecting momentum in complex, high-risk environments. Westgate Global offers end-to-end ownership, live-site discipline and systems designed to keep critical work moving safely and compliantly.
With Westgate Global, you are guaranteed:
- One accountable team from first brief to final sign-off, joining the dots early so risks don’t land late.
- 360-degree protection: systems, testing and accreditations built to protect people, assets, operations and reputations in live environments.
- Modular systems that adapt when access changes or scopes shift – so programmes stay on course.
Westgate Global has delivered effective Flexiscreen® solutions for brands such as BMW, AESC and Jaguar Land Rover.
