Hebei Jinbiao manufactured and supplied modular temporary fencing for a critical infrastructure project in Canada in 2024. The site ran a long construction programme, so the fence had to stand for months at a time, be moved as the works advanced, and survive a Canadian winter doing it.
Our scope was the manufacture and supply of panels, feet and gate assemblies to the project specification. Installation, ballast and site supervision were outside it.

Three things separate a Canadian site from most others, and all three bear on how the panels are built.
It is largely a rental product. Much of the temporary fence in Canada is not bought outright but rented from a yard that delivers, sets up and collects, then sends the same panels out again. That changes what matters: panels are lifted, stacked, trucked and knocked about for years, so the frame, the welded joints and the zinc coating take far more abuse than a permanent fence ever would. A panel that goes out straight and comes back bent is a loss to the fleet.
Winter is the design case. Feet sit on ground that freezes and thaws, ballast blocks freeze in place, and a wind-loaded panel braced by a snow bank pulls harder on its feet than the same panel in summer. A site that runs through winter needs feet and bracing sized for that condition rather than for the mild-weather case.
Compliance sits with the site. Provincial occupational health and safety rules require construction sites to be enclosed, and the term a Canadian buyer will often use is hoarding or site hoarding rather than temporary fence. The fence has to satisfy the site's own safety plan, so the specification normally comes from the contractor rather than from a catalogue.
Each panel is a welded frame with an anti-climb mesh infill and bound edges, standing on flat feet that let consecutive panels interlock into a continuous run. Height on this project is 2.1 m, high enough to put the top rail beyond an easy handhold and to read as a barrier rather than a marker.
Panel size is worth checking against the fleet. Canadian rental yards most often run 6 ft x 10 ft modules, while this project was supplied at a 2.1 m panel height, so module size is quoted against the specification rather than assumed from the market default.
Galvanising is carried out after fabrication, so cut ends and welds are covered. On a rental asset that is the difference between a panel going back out for a fifth season and one being scrapped in year three.
It is a self-supporting fence panel on feet, joined end to end to enclose a site without digging posts or pouring concrete. In Canada it is used mainly for construction site enclosure, for phased works that move across a site, and for events and crowd lines. Because it needs no ground works, it can be installed on asphalt, decking or frozen ground, and taken away without leaving a hole.
The common module in Canadian rental fleets is 6 ft x 10 ft, roughly 1.83 m x 3.05 m. This project was supplied at 2.1 m panel height instead, which is why the height on this page does not match the market default. We manufacture to whichever module the specification or the rental fleet calls for, so confirm the figure before the order is placed rather than after.
By the feet and the ballast, not by the panels. Flat feet carry concrete or steel blocks, and the load path runs from the mesh, through the frame, into the feet and then into the ballast. Corners, gate posts and the two ends of a run take the highest load, so those are where extra ballast or bracing belongs. A long unbroken straight run with light feet is the arrangement that fails first in a winter storm.
The panel is not designed as a snow-bearing structure, but on a winter site it collects drift and gets braced by ploughed snow, which is a wind load in practice. The practical answer is to keep the base of the run clear when snow is cleared, and to specify heavier feet where the fence will stand through a full winter rather than a summer programme.
Hot-dip galvanising after fabrication, so the zinc covers cut ends and welds rather than sitting only on the outside of the tube. De-icing salt and grit are the aggressive agents on a Canadian site, and they attack exactly the places a pre-galvanised tube leaves bare. Where a darker or coloured finish is wanted, a powder coating over the galvanised core adds a second layer, but it will chip at the feet and joints under repeated handling.
Yes, and that is the point of the product. What ends the life of a panel is not age but damage: bent frames from being dropped, deformed feet, cut or stretched mesh, and coating worn through where the panel meets the ground. Panels that are stacked flat, lifted rather than dragged, and stored off wet ground stay in service far longer.
Gate leaves are pre-assembled on the same frame as the panels, with hinges and an integrated locking point, and they span the opening the site needs for vehicles or plant. Because a gate leaf is heavier and takes more wind than a panel, it needs its own ballast or bracing at both posts. Tell us the clear opening and the vehicle type and we will size the leaf.
Panels are nested and bundled, feet are packed separately, and the consignment travels by sea container, packed by section so the site can work along the boundary in sequence. Port of discharge is normally Vancouver or Montreal depending on the destination. Panels and feet are bulky rather than heavy, so the container is filled by volume, and the sea leg is the longer part of the schedule.
Send the total run length, panel height and module size, gate openings, the coating you want, and the destination port, and we will come back with a panel and feet schedule and price. Jinbiao has manufactured fencing for infrastructure projects since 1990.