Walkways

When it comes to pitting d² Dura products against suppliers of traditional materials such as steel or concrete, the benefits are easy to define. The products offer a combination of future-proof fire resistance, anti- corrosion, chemical resistance and anti-slip gritted surfaces. These features help to reduce contractors’ build and through-life maintenance costs, whilst ensuring that end customers benefit from enhanced safety and accessibility.

GRP has become the material of choice for structural walkways, and therefore must be strong and rigid enough to support the weight of persons moving across it. Dura Composites is the best-known supplier of walkway grating under the brand name Dura Grating and has redefined what customers should expect from their structural walkway grating. Compared to other GRP grating, d² Dura Grating delivers the lowest embodied carbon, best performance-to-weight ratio, best fire-rating and best anti-slip durability in the industry, for maximum safety and efficiency.

The first step is to clearly define the purpose of the walkway, including a full understanding of whether it’s for pedestrian traffic, maintenance access, or other specific uses. It’s critical at the design stage to determine the expected load capacity e.g. people, equipment and planned vehicular movement. Our in-house engineering team can support your design considerations with modelling and finite element analysis as well as providing load and deflection data to aid product choice.

We can help ensure your design adheres to safety standards and any specific requirements for walkways. Standards are used to establish consistent protocols that can be universally understood. Standard for BS 4592 ‘Flooring, Treads & Handrails for Industrial use’ states that any opening in the walkway surface should prevent the passage of a 35mm diameter sphere except where the grating is above a place where people are working as opposed to occasionally passing, then the openings should prevent a 20mm diameter sphere from passing through. With small mesh hole sizes throughout the d² Dura Grating walkway range, we’re able to meet 20mm and 35mm sphere requirements, including offering the only 50mm Standard Mesh grating on the market that meets the 35mm Ball Fall test.