Stairwell hatch

Safety decking is beneficial in a construction project for a multitude of reasons. Its primary function is to safeguard the well-being of construction workers, mitigating the risks associated with working at heights. Here are several key reasons why safety decking is beneficial:

• First and foremost, safety decking provides a secure platform for workers to perform tasks at elevated levels. This reduces the likelihood of accidents, such as falls from heights, which can result in severe injuries or fatalities. By creating a stable working surface, safety decking minimizes these risks, ensuring that workers can focus on their tasks with confidence.
• Furthermore, safety decking enhances overall productivity on construction sites. With a reliable and safe platform in place, workers can efficiently carry out their duties, saving time and resources. This translates into cost savings for construction projects and helps meet deadlines more effectively.
• In addition to protecting workers and improving efficiency, safety decking also minimizes damage to the building being constructed. It acts as a buffer, preventing tools, materials, or debris from falling to lower levels, thereby reducing the potential for structural damage and ensuring the quality of the final product.

G&M Safe Deck’s unique design allows a tube or scaffold to be built through any part of the panels making is flexible and quick to install on site.

Yes, we can manufacture the Safe Deck panel components in any colour to meet your requirements. We can also brand the panels with your company logo and contact details for buying customers, enabling you to promote your company whilst on site. Simply discuss your colour and branding requirements with a member of our sales team.

G&M Safe Deck has been designed to be lightweight as well as strong. A full size panel weighs 10.43 kg.

The G&M Safe Deck System has a proven life expectancy of at least 10 years. This has been proven by testing panels taken from our contracting stock that are 10 years old. The testing was successful and the old panels performed as well as a new one would. G&M Safe Deck is by far the most rigorously tested plastic system available on the market anywhere in the world.

G&M Safe Deck has undergone rigorous testing by Lucideon (formerly CERAM – a UKAS accredited testing (0013) and calibration. (0420) UK laboratory) and can be loaded to 2.0kN/m².

The safety decking panel has been successfully tested for:

• Uniformly distributed load (UDL) to serviceability load
• Soft body impact tests in accordance with ACR(M)001:2000 Test for Fragility of Roofing Assemblies
• Point loads over several test positions through a 100mm x 100mm spreader plate

For more information on G&M Safe Deck’s load testing methodology and data, download our product information sheet here <Link. To G&M Safe Deck – Product Range Testing Data & Information. PDF>.