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Fall protection specialist Kee
Safety has recently supplied its Kee Walk® roof safety
equipment to the biggest airport terminal in Spain, offering
full protection for those accessing and working on the
uniquely designed sloping roof. |
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The expansion at Madrid Barajas
Airport will establish this major European transport hub as
a 21st century facility. Able to handle up to 35 million
passengers annually, the new, state of the art terminal,
designed by Richard Rogers Partnership and Estudio Lamela,
will deliver an improved passenger experience, creating an
attractive and peaceful environment for travellers and
employees. |
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“We were delighted to be
contracted for this internationally prestigious project”
explains Jeff Rowley, Product Manager at Kee Safety. “The
roof is undulating, so needed a solution which was flexible
enough to cope with an array of different slope angles
whilst complying with the latest EN standards. |
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On the contractors side they
needed confidence that the six month timescale from order
placement to completion was achievable. Kee Walk® was ideal;
a modular system, no bespoke parts and each section
delivered to site fully assembled to provide a level,
anti-slip walking surface that is lightweight and does not
penetrate or damage the roof.” |
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Kee Walk® is the only system of
its type which complies fully with the harmonised European
Standard EN 516:2006 (Prefabricated Accessories for Roofing
– Installations for roof access – Walkways, treads and
steps) which became mandatory in January 2006. It exceeds
the deflection criteria and slip resistance requirements of
this standard and achieves almost double the friction
requirement of BS 4592 in both wet and dry conditions.
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Kee Safety Ltd is the UK
division of Kee Safety International, a global safety
company with offices in Canada, China, France, Germany,
Poland, UAE and USA. The Kee Safety International business
is divided into four sectors; Safety Components, Safety
Systems, Safe Access Solutions and Safe Fixings. Safety
Components incorporates the top-selling Kee Klamp® fittings,
the corrosion-resistant Kee Lite® range and DDA compliant
Kee Access® fittings typically used in handrailing and other
tubular structure applications. Safety Systems incorporates
a number of collective and personal fall protection
solutions, including KeeGuard® roof edge fall protection,
Kee Dome® skylight guardrail, Kee Walk® rooftop walkway
system and the Kee Anchor® portable deadweight man anchor
system. Safe Access Solutions covers the industrial flooring
and hand railing systems provided by the group’s British
Standard Gratings business. Finally, in Safe Fixings the
company offers the versatile BeamClamp® and BoxBolt®
steelwork fixing solutions widely used in curtain walling
and other secondary steelwork applications. |
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