Safety Bollards Suppliers

• Road and traffic bollards
• Parking bollards
• Industrial bollards

• Permanent bollards. Immovable bollards, firmly secured in the ground to protect and divert traffic away from key areas requiring consistent, ongoing protection.
• Removable bollards. Movable bollards which allow protection and traffic diversion of key areas on an ‘as needed’ basis. 
• Retractable bollards. Flexible bollards that rise and lower according to the flow of authorized and unauthorized traffic respectively. 
• Cold storage bollards. Bollards that don’t lose sturdiness over time in freezing conditions.

Industrial bollards are a common sight inside factories and warehouses and outside in industrial car parks. They’re also used extensively in airports.

While Industrial bollards are designed to do essentially the same job as any bollard – protect vulnerable areas from traffic - they can vary in makeup. Bollards for roads, traffic and parking areas are generally made from steel, iron or concrete.

Industrial bollards can also have steel or iron at their core, but they are often made of polymer, a tough, flexible plastic.

Safety bollards might seem like a luxury when you can just tell forklift drivers not to crash into things, but human error is human error. 

So what costs can safety bollards potentially save you to justify their instalment?

• Damaged stock that has to be reordered and customer orders that can’t be filled
• Downtime repairing damaged infrastructure and assets
• Insurance costs
• Fines and legal fees for not securing your workplace adequately 

The focus here is on industrial bollards, but the same safety principles apply wherever bollards are required. 

• Do you need to shut down access to areas permanently?
• Do you need to shut down access to areas temporarily?
• Do you need restricted area access to certain traffic or at certain times of the day?
• Is your workspace subject to large numbers of vehicles moving around most of the time?
• Do you ever need barriers around machines undergoing repairs?
• Do you need protection along walls and corners to keep passing vehicles from causing damage to building infrastructure?
• Do you need protection around fuse boxes, plumbing and heating infrastructure?
• Do you need protection around stock and shelving?

• Concrete and steel bollards are only good for one collision. While they may seem strong, they’re not always suited to an industrial environment where one inadvertent nudge from a heavy forklift can crack a concrete bollard or bend a steel one. Polymer bollards bend and return to their original shape.
• Bollards take up valuable space. If space is at a premium in a factory or warehouse, bollards can be a tough call between safety and precious real estate.

They may just be short poles in the ground, but safety bollards do require regular maintenance to keep them sturdy and presentable in a professional environment.

So give them a good blast with a pressure washer once a month to remove dust and general grime. Protective sleeves are also a low cost way to keep bollards looking good and free of scrapes.