When installed on the manufacturer’s guidelines, Edge Protection Systems offers a secure working environment for people working at height. Mesh barrier systems like APAC concrete edge protection systems have come to be a default for some builders, but others within the sector are still unaware of the innovative alternatives which are readily available to them and how they could save lives and radically enhance installation and maintenance period.

APAC Builders Equipment Ltd is pleased to have been providing innovative border protection alternatives to the Construction and Groundworks Industry for more than seven years.

What is it intended to do?

Temporary Edge Protection Systems are employed in building work primarily to stop people and materials from falling to lower levels of the operating platform.

An advantage protection system must include a principal guardrail and an intermediate guardrail or intermediate protection. All elements inside the machine ought to be made to prevent accidental removal or displacement of any part during usage.

Compliance In the UK, the Work at Height Regulations 2005 regulates the need for the prevention of falls from height. These regulations make clear the requirement for choosing collective steps like border protection in the taste of personal fall protection steps.

Additional to the lawful requirements set out in the Work at Height Regulations 2005, all border protection systems must comply with the British and European Standard for Temporary Edge Protection Systems called BS EN 13374:2013+A1 2018.

This standard specifies the prerequisites for installing border protection on horizontal and inclined functioning surfaces and clearly sets out the prerequisites for fulfilling the 3 types of edge protection:

Class A: Edge protection for horizontal surfaces and slopes around ten degrees.
Class B: Edge protection for horizontal surfaces and slopes around 30 levels or with limits around 45 degrees.
Class C: Edge protection for steeply sloping surfaces around 45 degrees or with limits to 60 degrees.

Static load testing, non-dynamic loading, or large dynamic loading is necessary for each individual category of the system.

Even the Safedge System is strong but flexible and will offer protection for every single phase of the undertaking and not only meets but surpasses the requirements set out for Class A and Class B systems.

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