According to the old axiom, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
These simple words exemplify why it is essential to structurally test your lighting columns.
Preventive structural testing is crucial for ensuring the safety and longevity of lighting columns. The updated GN22 AToMS document, which replaced TR22, highlights the importance of planned inspections and testing for ongoing planned maintenance regime’s. Furthermore, it encourages asset owners to adopt preventive measures by following the risk management guidance in GN22, which in turn will assist in optimizing available funds and support decision-making regarding maintenance priorities.
Lighting columns are subject to all environments and as a result are prone to issues like corrosion and foundation failure and these problems can lead to structural failure, posing risks to public safety and infrastructure. Attachments that exceed design limits can also overload the columns, increasing the risk of premature failure and therefore, essential the correct structural test methods are applied without assumption.
For nearly 30 years, Roch has been at the forefront of the Street Lighting Sector promoting and providing structural testing of lighting columns. Guidance documents like GN22 and PLG 06 help Asset Managers develop policies to manage the full lifecycle of their lighting assets and are vital for organizations such as National Highways, County Councils, Local Authorities, Town Councils, and Parish Councils.
Structural integrity testing of lighting columns and/or vertically mounted systems consists of an inspection process in accordance with GN22 and EN40 standards. roch ndt services offers the most comprehensive structural testing process available in the UK, including:
Consistent structural testing is vital in ensuring public safety and avoiding both unnecessary litigation and costly subsequent repair. It just takes one faulty column to endanger a life or to cause additional damage. Structural testing can alert you to potential hazards and prevent disaster before it happens.
Unlike conventional structural testing providers, roch ndt services offers state-of-the-art technology and the highest inspection standards to help you ensure the safety of your vertically mounted systems – thus preventing structural failure and its possible life-threatening consequences.
roch ndt services provides comprehensive testing and analysis of a wide range of supportive and lighting columns, including those used for street lighting, masts, signalling equipment, traffic signs, and more – including all vertically mounted systems, regardless of their nature and type.
roch ndt services provides professional testing of vertically mounted systems for a wide range of industries, including:
We also calculate additional loadings, such as:
Roch Lighting Solutions offer a superior range of high quality lighting products to suit the specific requirements of the rail sector, including:
Tel: 01844 211069
Email: info@rochtest.com
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Roch Ndt Services,
The Sanderum Centre,
30A Upper High Street
Thame, Oxon, OX9 3ER
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