{"id":7515,"date":"2021-11-08T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heras.co.uk\/?p=7515"},"modified":"2022-09-19T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T07:58:08","slug":"heras-achieves-lpcb-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heras.co.uk\/stories\/news\/heras-achieves-lpcb-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Heras achieves LPCB certification"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heras \u2013 Europe\u2019s leading end-to-end supplier of permanent and mobile perimeter protection solutions \u2013 has achieved the Loss Prevention Certification Board\u2019s<\/a> (LPCB) Issue 8 certification for its fencing and swing gate ranges.<\/p>\n

The company, which has its UK headquarters and main manufacturing facility in Doncaster, has achieved the certification for its Zenith<\/a> fencing and its B201<\/a> and B203<\/a> swing gates.<\/p>\n

The LPCB<\/a> \u2013 which is delivered by the BRE Group \u2013 is the leading international certification body in the fields of security and fire protection and tests security systems and products against a number of standards, including Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) 1175: Issue 8 \u2013 which certifies intruder-resistant components, strongpoints, security enclosures and free-standing barriers. Its testing measures both the time it takes and the type of equipment used to make a hole big enough to get an intruder through \u2013 this ranges from using a selection of small, easily concealed tools to extreme methods using high-value, specialist equipment.<\/p>\n

Heras has a sizeable number of other products which also have the appropriate LPCB certification (to either issue 6 or 7) and securing issue 8 for the specific fencing and swing gate ranges is a hugely important accolade for the company, according to Product Manager Jon Broughton. He says that the company sets the highest standards for itself in the design and manufacture of security systems \u2013 which are then tested and certified by independent industry standard setters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeras is delighted that our Zenith fencing and our B201 and B203 swing gates have LPCB certification \u2013 and can therefore be listed in the LPCB Red Book,\u201d said Jon. \u201cThe Red Book is a key reference for specifiers, regulators, designers and end users of fire and security products and services. Every product and service listed in the Red Book has been robustly checked by independent experts to ensure that it delivers and will continue to deliver the performance expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cInclusion in the Red Book is so important for Heras, as it\u2019s used across multiple sectors, including education, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, the public sector, residential, retail and utilities. Standards are also specified for the protection of critical infrastructure where the delivery of specified levels of security performance is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zenith B203 was certified as B3, while Zenith B201 and Pallas B201 all achieved A1. For swing gates, there is no product line defined just for manual gates (as the test is
\nusually for automated swing gates), so a specific series was introduced, and Heras\u2019s B201 was rated A1 and B203 was rated B3.<\/p>\n

To put the ratings into context, Mr Broughton confirmed that the applications of the different ratings are:<\/p>\n