productPrecast concrete trenches are used extensively to carry cabling and piping, protecting them from external factors like damage and adverse weather conditions; while allowing access for maintenance. Precast concrete trenches are frequently favoured over concrete cast in-situ to reduce install time and skilled labour required on site.
productA Minneapolis district energy provider; a Canadian developer of geothermal distribution systems; and several US universities are among the organisations reaping the benefits of installing “cool-to-touch” fiber-reinforced plastic (frp) composite steam manhole covers.
productFibrelite’s composite trench covers have recently been installed at a leading Premier League Stadium to replace damaged steel covers caused by heavy vehicles requiring frequent access for concerts.
productSkipton-based Fibrelite has supplied D400 Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) composite trench covers for the construction of new trenches at a pharmaceutical plant in Cumbria.
productFibrelite says it can now provide the perfect lightweight alternative to traditionally used heavy concrete and metal access covers for areas imposing particularly high wheel loads such as aircraft pavements, taxiways of civil airports and dockyards.
productUK based manufacturer Fibrelite has seen a large increase in enquiries for its lightweight composite access covers from industries keen to move away from the traditionally used metal and concrete.
productInternational manufacturer Fibrelite has had an increase in enquiries for its lightweight composite access covers from industries keen to move away from traditionally used metal and concrete to composites (a future material).
productReferred to as a ‘future material’, glass reinforced plastic (GRP) composites have pioneered the manufacture of manhole covers, according to Fibrelite.
productFibrelite says it is seeing an increase in enquiries for its lightweight composite access covers as industries worldwide switch from the more traditionally used metal and concrete.
productFibrelite’s design and technical team were recently called upon to help an engineering team constructing a specialist waste water treatment system for a facility in the Antarctic.
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