Safety net

A cost effective and sustainable barrier safety system provides robust protection for vehicles and pedestrians in parking garages

Words | Burkhard Kahl-Pfeiffer, projekt w, Germany

Projekt w was founded in 1984 and is located in central Germany, near Paderborn. Here, the company’s skilled employees continue to engineer and manufacture products on its own premises.

Currently, projekt w’s main business line is its INTEGRA-pw product – a safety barrier for car parking garages. The company has become a market leader in the safety barrier industry since the product’s launch in 2000, and its applications now include state-of-theart facade design for buildings and parking garages.

The INTEGRA-pw product portfolio complies with the German and international quality standards. The company operates with a network of long-established German business partners and an increasing number of wider European partners. INTEGRA-pw also meets the legal requirements of the state building codes of the German Federal States, as well as the applicable European standards for collision protection systems in car parks. It has technical, economic and sustainable advantages over conventional systems.

The INTEGRA-pw security system prevents vehicles and people from unsecured falling and replaces conventional systems such as concrete parapets or guardrails. As a proven safety system, it offers decisive advantages and is suitable for both new buildings and retro-fit car parking garages.

The use of the INTEGRA-pw safety barrier system eliminates the need for a brute concrete parapet or a thick steel profile. Dynamically acting security systems can be filigree-designed and implemented.

INTEGRA-pw combines a safety barrier for people as well as car crash protection in one system solution. In the instance of a crash, INTEGRA-pw guarantees the absorption of

Above: projekt w’s INTEGRA-pw car parking barriers provide one solution for ensuring the safety of both vehicles and people

| Need to know

The INTEGRA-pw safety barrier meets the following legal standards and requirements

• DIN EN 1991-1-1 for personnel loads • DIN EN 1991- 1-7 for impact loads • DIBt Z-14.7-635 • DIBt Z-14.7-882 • ETA European approval (in progress).

appearing charges into the on-site subconstruction. In addition, an optional four-point attachment can keep the deformation of the INTEGRA-pw safety barrier to a minimum and protect a prefabricated facade in the event of an impact.

Legal requirements and standards include DIN EN 1991-1-1 for personnel loads; DIN EN 1991-1-7 for impact loads. In terms of specifications, the INTEGRA-pw’s maximum column-free span is 7,806mm, while there are two choices of system height: 943mm and 1,143mm. The product can also be used for possible applications in roads with a gradient, for example ramp and spindle ramp areas.

In addition to the safety function, there is also an architectural aspect to the product. In areas with highly frequented passenger traffic, INTEGRA-pw can also be equipped with a handrail profile such as round tube or a U-profile). The materials used here are galvanized steel or stainless steel. The profiles are factory dimensioned = to the required lengths of fall protection and mounted on site by our trained personnel. projekt w has completed 8,509 projects with 4,144 satisfied customers. It has delivered more than 9,100 tons of steel, all made possible by the hard work of the company’s 72 employees. ■

Left: The INTEGRApw security system replaces conventional systems such as concrete parapets and guardrails with a safe alternative and a clean, modern aesthetic

8,509

The number of INTEGRA-pw safety barrier systems installed across Europe

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INTEGRA-pw INTEGRA-pw Extra

THE SMART CAR PARK SAFETY BARRIER TECHNOLOGICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SENSIBLE

 System height 943 mm / 1143 mm, max. 5506 mm wide  Meets the requirements of DIN EN 1991-1-7 for impact loads  Version galvanized / powder coated according to RAL colours  Alu nature / powder-coated  Perforated sheet / Plain sheet

Handrail:  Galvanized / stainless steel Glare Protection:  Standard hight 670 mm