Factory Bird Control

A factory bird job is a schedule of items done inside one shutdown window. The specification is the easy part — getting the takeoff complete before procurement closes is what decides whether it works.

At a Glance

What Makes a Factory Different

Warehouses are mostly one large volume with repeating bays. A factory is a set of very different zones sharing a roof: a production hall with process equipment under it, a packing area with hygiene requirements, a raw material store, a utilities bay with cable trays and pipe racks, and an office block bolted to the side.

Each zone has different constraints. You cannot drill above a food line. You cannot scaffold over live process equipment. You may not be allowed hot work near solvent storage. The bird problem may be identical across all of them and the solution still has to differ.

There is no second visit

The shutdown window is fixed and usually short. Under-ordering does not delay the job proportionally — it postpones the untreated zones to the next shutdown, which may be six months out. Build the takeoff completely, then add contingency.

Building the Takeoff

  1. Zone the plant. Production, packing, stores, utilities, external canopies. Quantify each separately — they will be procured and scheduled differently.
  2. Count structural members per zone: purlins, truss chords, beam tops, crane gantry rails.
  3. Add the services — cable trays, pipe racks, light fittings and duct tops are all perches. See cable tray jobs.
  4. Measure openings for netting in square metres: gable vents, louvres, shutter heads, roof monitor sides.
  5. Record the constraints per zone — hygiene, hot work, live equipment, access method.
  6. Add 10% contingency. On a fixed shutdown this is not padding, it is insurance.

Specifying by Zone

Zone Main constraint Usual specification
Production hall Live equipment below, limited access Spike members; net the roof monitor sides
Packing and food-contact areas Hygiene and audit requirements Stainless only; documented and cleanable
Raw material stores Stock contamination Spike members, close entry points
Utilities and pipe racks Continuous horizontal perches Spike tray and rack top edges
External canopies and loading bays Weather exposure, open sides Stainless spikes; strip curtains at shutters
Chemical or wash-down areas Corrosion Stainless; never powder-coated mild steel

What Procurement Needs From You

Factory purchasing does not order "some bird spikes". It orders a line-item schedule with quantities, materials and a delivery date tied to the shutdown. To produce that we need:

With those, we return a full schedule per zone that can go straight into a purchase order.

Why Choose SpikeZone

Manufacturer since 2015

Direct from our Delhi works at project rates, supplied across India.

We build the schedule

Send drawings and we return quantities per zone, ready for a purchase order.

Correct material per zone

Stainless where the environment demands it, heavy-duty mild steel where it does not.

Shutdown-aware despatch

Delivery timed to land before the window, not in the middle of it.

Industrial references

DMRC, PowerGrid, Berger and GAIL are among the organisations using our products.

Honest scoping

If closing two entry points solves 80% of it, we will tell you that before quoting the whole roof.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is a factory job quantified?

Member lengths per zone plus opening areas for netting, with services like cable trays and pipe racks counted separately.

Can it be done without a shutdown?

Partly. External canopies and stores can often be done live; anything over process equipment usually cannot.

Which material for a food plant?

Stainless, and nothing else in contact zones. It is cleanable and it is what auditors expect to see.

Is bird control an audit requirement?

Bird activity over production or stock is a standard finding in food and pharma audits, and treatment records are commonly requested.

Do you supply to contractors and EPCs?

Yes, direct at project rates, with the takeoff prepared against your drawings.

What contingency should we allow?

About 10% on running length. On a fixed shutdown, running short is far more expensive than a small surplus.

How far ahead should we order?

Far enough that stock lands before the shutdown starts. Tell us the dates and we will work back from them.

Send Drawings and Your Shutdown Dates

We will return a zone-by-zone schedule with quantities, materials and a despatch plan that lands before the window opens — free, and ready for procurement.