How To Increase Safety and Reduce Costs In Underground Utility Construction

How To Increase Safety and Reduce Costs In Underground Utility Construction Steel road plates covering a trench in the road are hard to see until it is almost to late. They blend in so well that often times the only way you will ever even know they are there, is if there is an orange construction sign warning you of there presence. What’s even worse is that these “road plates” are only secured with asphalt which can cause all sorts of problems too. But there is a simple solution to it all.

PlateLocks are a simple solution to a problem most contractors and the general public are not even aware of. PlateLocks are a plastic construction orange wedge which mark, identify and secure steel road plates. The benefits of this invention are numerous.

PlateLocks can increase safety for both citizens and the construction crew. Safety is increased for the construction crew because PlateLocks can be installed in a fraction of the current methods used to secure trench plates. Because of this the crew is spending less time in the street which reduces the opportunity of an injury. As far as citizens are concerned PlateLocks helps them see these obstacles from a safe distance allowing them to slow down much sooner. Secondly when asphalt is used to secure trench plates it often times breaks apart and get spread across the top of the plate. For a motorist, motorcyclist, pedestrian and bicyclist this is the same as driving, riding, or walking on marbles.

PlateLocks can also reduce costs to the contractors in three ways. First PlateLocks can help save in labor costs because they are easier and quicker to install than cold mix asphalt. Secondly they never need to be moved when removing a steel road construction plate which saves in labor as well as material costs. And finally they are reusable. They can be used over and over again where as cold mix can only be used once.

Last but not least is the environmental impact of PlateLocks, there is almost no impact what so ever.

Where as cold mix asphalt has a tremendously adverse affect on the environment as it pollutes streams, uses massive amounts of petroleum and releases green house gases.

Now is the time for underground utility contractors to make the change. Not just to save money, but to increase safety for everyone and reduce their impacts on the environment. PlateLocks are the answer to a massive problem contractors did not even know they had.