Frontier Pitts has become the first company to achieve the LPCB certification for an HVM Bi-folding Gate, pictured, to both the international standard for vehicle resistance (IWA14) and forced entry protection (LPS1175).
The Terra is the first and only HVM (hostile vehicle mitigation) product to be listed in the Red Book Live to IWA14-1 and LPS1175. The HVM Terra was designed to resist manual forced entry in accordance with LPS 1175: Issue 8 Security Rating 2 (B3). Such attacks involve the use of an array of portable and concealable manual tools lasting at least three minutes.
In a world first, the Double Leaf Terra Bi-folding Gate also met the requirements of IWA14-1, stopping a 7.2 tonne vehicle travelling at 30mph, resulting in minimal penetration, the firm adds.
Sally Osmond of Frontier Pitts says, “After months of development, we are extremely proud to see our Terra Bi-folding Gate become the first product ever to be listed in the Red Book Live as being certified to both IWA14-1 and LPS1175.
“Frontier Pitts leads the way again by becoming the first perimeter security manufacturer to have a Red Book listing for an impact tested and certified HVM product to IWA. We have worked very hard in developing the vast portfolio of LPS1175 Bi-folding Gates, developing the first Automatic Bi-folding Gate to achieve the LPCB certification, then taking the next step to achieve the joint certification with an HVM product.”
Richard Flint, BRE’s Technical and Business Development Manager added: “Frontier Pitts have once again stepped out from the crowd. Not only are they the first manufacturer to successfully meet LPCB’s rigorous criteria for certification to the internationally recognised IWA14-1 standard for vehicle impact resistance, the Terra Bi-folding Gate has also achieved certification to the highly demanding LPS1175 standard – achieving a Security Rating 2 (B3) forced entry classification. This was no mean feat and provides specifiers and other stakeholders with unrivalled certainty regarding the resistance to vehicle impact and manual forced entry they can expect to receive from this when deploying this gate.”
Background
Frontier Pitts, a Secured by Design (SBD) member company based in Crawley exports some 25pc of production, and has equipment installed in 91 countries, with satellite offices in France, Hong Kong and China.
BRE Global Limited, incorporating LPCB and BREEAM, is a third party certification body for fire, security and sustainability products and services. BRE Global Limited brands include the LPCB for the certification of fire and security products and services, listed on www.redbooklive.com.
