Bloomington, IN Public Works team creates a bollard housing lifting tool

Improving potentially dangerous tasks with tool development.

Bollards are short vertical cast-iron posts covered by heavy brightly colored housings that prevent motorized traffic from entering an area. They are very heavy and difficult to maneuver. Consequently, PW staff set about creating a prototype tool that would grab the bollard housing unit and more easily allow it to be lifted and placed atop the concrete post. saving the crews responsible for installing the housing sleeves time, frustration, and potential injury.

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Bloomington, IN

Municipality in Indiana

United States

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Bloomington, IN

United States