AFADs
Automated Flagger Assistance Devices (AFADs)
AWP Safety is always searching for technology enhancements that better serve our customers and keep us at the forefront of the traffic control industry. For some projects, our teams leverage Automated Flagger Assistance Devices or AFADs.
AFADs are automated machines with an 8-foot gate arm, and traffic lights, controlled by our certified and trained flaggers via roadside tablet.
AFAD Setup
AFADs In Action
Managing Via Tablet
Benefits of AFADS
- Promote Safety – Smart Technology allows one Protector to safely control multiple AFADs, out of harm’s way; better compliance received from motorists; and alarms trigger immediately if a vehicle breaches the workzone.
- Improve Traffic Flow – Google/Waze technology diverts 25% of traffic around the workzone entirely
- Stay on Schedule – Fewer AWP Protectors are needed to cover each workzone, translating to greater service availability, despite today’s labor challenges.
- Cost Effective – Over the long term, AFADs can drive down your project costs by keeping you on or ahead of schedule and by reducing the chance of costly accidents.
- Reduce Liability– Built-in cameras provide video surveillance.
Features
- Operate on a secure local area network (LAN), so AFADs work anytime, anywhere
- The light head provides high visibility compared to flagger paddles
- 360º Night Vision Cameras record 80 hours of video
- Gate arm links to onboard intrusion alarms
- 60+ Hour Batteries offer reliability on the work site
- Durable construction stands up to all types of work terrain and weather
AFADs ARE:
COST EFFECTIVE – over the long term, AFADs can drive down your project costs by keeping you on or ahead of schedule and by reducing the chance of costly accidents.
RELIABLE – durable equipment is operated by Protectors who show up on time.
EFFICIENT – AFADs support our crews, increasing our availability and allowing our trained Protectors to cover more daily workzones.
SAFE – Missouri DOT found that motorists were more responsive to AFADs, and that 78% of drivers prefer AFADs over human flaggers.*
*Source: Evaluation of Automated Flagger Devices, MoDOT, 2017
” I feel the Automated Flaggers really enhance the safety of the work zone, keep protectors out of harm’s way, and motorists are more engaged when driving through a work zone.”
Mario Gutierrez, General Foreman | MasTec, North Carolina
Interested in Using AFADs?
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