Projects based in County Kildare and County Galway, Ireland, have benefited from two innovative solutions which have recently become part of the Groundforce range of products.
Coir Infrastructure used the Groundforce Dual Access Platform for safe access and egress to a water treatment plant and Breffni Group facilitated the safe movement of Road Plates by choosing the Road Plate with LiftSafe.
These two new offerings represent a significant design boost to similar products already established within the industry, so let’s begin by taking a deep dive into what’s new and discover how they positively impacted safety and efficiency.
Dual Access Platform
As the name suggests, the Dual Access Platform provides access to both sides of a structure or excavation. This ‘up and over’ solution makes the platform ideal for projects such as the one used by Coir Infrastructure in County Galway where access was required over an elevated concrete structure.
Also able to accommodate walls and pile caps, the platform has a robust mounting system for clamping walls up to 600mm wide, with the option to bolt into the wall for additional security: a central, self-closing gate completes the safety rich nature of this popular product.
The symmetrical design of the Dual Access Platform means that Tuffsteel Ladders can be mounted both left and right within the hoop. In addition, Groundforce are the only company with the ability to fit a StepSafe Stairway to either or both sides of the platform. The StepSafe, which can also be used with Groundforce’s Premier LadderSafe, delivers increased stability and safety to enable a confident ascent and descent, essential for added reassurance when negotiating high elevations.
Road Plate with LiftSafe
With a strong focus on improving safety in the workplace, Groundforce has introduced a new lifting system for handling Road Plates which provides a much safer and efficient method of lifting and relocating.
Designed with operator safety in mind, a lifting cassette is fixed centrally into the plate to allow a balanced lift using a single-leg chain. This fully eliminates the need to use a conventional four-leg chain, but more importantly means the Road Plate can be lifted and manoeuvred with a greatly reduced risk of hand injury and finger trapping.
With the four corner holes still available if required, this adapted Road Plate was widely used by the Breffni Group in County Kildare who saw first-hand the gains in efficiency and safety that this fresh innovation brought.
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