CRASH RATED HYDRAULIC BOLLARDS

Bollards are widely used to contribute to safetyandsecurity. Rising bollards are increasingly common around the world to hinder vehicle-basedterroristactions from achieving close proximity tobuildings, and are also used to prevent terroristvehicle-ramming attacks. Now most of the prominent establishments including the Five Star rated Hotel Industry are using these rising Bollard as first level of safety. They are also usefulinmixed-use publicspaces, whichsupportboth pedestrian use and emergency or service vehicle use.TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) states that bollards are used to contributetohomelandsecurity.TheAmericanNationalInstituteofBuildingSciencessite—theWhole Building Design Guide (WBDG)—recommends in its Design Guidance that open spaces surrounding and contiguous to buildings be included as integral parts of asecurity design. Crash- and attack-resistant bollards used to protect places at risk of being attacked. They are often used by retailers to prevent"ram-raiding" burglaries. They have an important aesthetic and visual impact.