Access Products & Solutions

Manufactured from corrosion resistant polyester or phenolic Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites, our Bondstrand™ FRP access products can be used as individual products or together as integral solutions. Products include handrails, ladders and gates, grating and flooring, platforms, stairs and walkways, and all provide the ideal corrosion resistant solution for marine, offshore or chemical and industrial applications. Specifically designed for strength, durability and longevity, their high performance makes them ideally suited as an alternative to traditional materials and suitable for both green-field and brown-field applications.

Overall Benefits:

• Lightweight; providing significant weight savings compared to conventional metallic materials
• Option of polyester or superior phenolic FRP (phenolic provides enhanced fire integrity and ensures negligible smoke and toxicity emissions)
• Structural profiles undergo first article testing and fully meet BS EN 10204:2004 Inspection Certificate Type 3.1
• Phenolic FRP provides levels of fire integrity and ensures negligible smoke and toxicity emissions
• Specifically designed for strength, durability and longevity
• Highly corrosion resistant providing long term integrity with minimal maintenance
• Pre-fabricated and tested off-site for quick installation
• Complex sites can be surveyed by our Engineering Services team using 3D laser surveying equipment to ensure that all interfaces between the access structures and the existing site are captured and designed for.

Handrails:

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Ladders and Gates:

• Ideal for provision of vertical access to all types of platforms and walkways
• Ladders include gritted rungs for maximum safety and durability offshore
• Safety cages can be provided as required
• Safety gates are available in half or full height, with intermediate bars to suit
• Self-closing gates as standard, latches included where specified
• Retro-fit designs available to replace existing steel handrails or ladders
• Bespoke manufacture to suit client specifications

Grating and Flooring:

• Open mesh grating or solid floor products, available in polyester or phenolic FRP
• Pultruded gratings are much stronger than moulded FRP grating allowing them to carry higher loads with significantly less deflection, maintaining robustness and impact resistance
• Proven over 40 years use offshore
• Phenolic pultruded grating meets ASTM F3059 standard for FRP gratings offshore
• Lloyds, Bureau Veritas (BV), Det Norsk Veritas (DNV) and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Approvals
• Higher load capacity than equivalent steel grating
• Proven wheel load and impact capability
• Ideal for field fabrication – no edge banding required or hot work
• Lightweight – typically 1/3 the weight of steel equivalent
• Designed to withstand harsh, corrosive environments
• Ideal replacement for aluminium or steel gratings
• Stair treads typically feature a colour contrasting nosing bar for additional safety
• Stair treads gritted with anti-slip finish to the same standard as the FRP grating. Consistency in this reduces the risk of slips, trips and falls

Platforms, Stairs and Walkways:

• Custom designed and built to fit any project or structural configuration, ranging from low level platforms through to mobile stair towers
• Lightweight, strong and durable
• Highly corrosion resistant
• Virtually any size or configuration can be produced
• Novel connection systems and joint design allow us to select optimum profiles for specific requirements
• Provision of design calculations and Certificates of Conformity for materials used
• Platform can be integrated with FRP stairs, ladders etc as required
• Complex sites can be surveyed by our Engineering Services team using 3D laser surveying equipment to ensure that all interfaces between the access structures and the existing site are captured and designed for