We’ll be ath the ATSSA Traffic expo in beautiful Tampa, FL from Feb 14-16. Stop by booth #714, say hello and see what’s new at Innoplast.
Innoplast manufactures and distributes premium high quality padded covers to protect your facility and gain pedestrian and motorist visibility. These products can be used in parking garages, drive thru’s, warehouse stores and other facilities.
Features include:
- Dense Foam Material
- Durable Outer Nylon Shell
- Waterproof and Fade Resistant
- Mold/Mildew Proof
You can also enhance the cushioned sleeves with reflective tape to help gain visibility and protection!
Call Today: 800-516-9287 or Shop Online!
A supportive step to help workers facing winter storms and hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) created a winter storm web page.
The web page provides helpful tips and guidance for employers operating in winter storm conditions.
Below are some effect ways to addressing winter storm hazards:
- clear walking surfaces of snow and ice and use salt
- assume all power lines are energized and stay well clear of any downed or damaged power lines
- make certain all powered equipment is properly guarded and disconnected from power sources before cleaning or performing maintenance
- use caution around surfaces weighed down by large amounts snow or of ice
- facility maintenance managers should provide and ensure the use of fall protection and provide ladders
- wear reflective clothing, and eye, face and body protection
- establish clearly marked work zones
- use engineering controls, personal protective equipment and safe work practices to reduce the length and severity of exposure to the cold
- More
Too often non-disabled drivers use spaces reserved for the handicapped, but thanks to New Zealand’s Car Parking Technologies (CPT) those drivers could be caught!
The company developed a system in which disabled drivers’ vehicles will have an electronic tag that is detected in handicapped parking spots when a vehicle pulls in. If a vehicle doesn’t have the tag that sensors the handicapped parking spots parking enforcement personnel will be notified.
The system has not yet been used by any clients, but CPT reports the technology is ready to go and could be in use early this year.
Enhance your facility parking lot and garage with Innoplast rubber speed bumps and parking blocks, shop online today!
Many film scenes don’t make the final cut in production, but the Innoplast bollard covers survived the “cutting room floor” and made it in a scene for the Transformers 3 movie, which was recently released on DVD.
Check out the movie clip posted on the Innoplast Facebook page!
(Around 10 second mark you will see the Innoplast bollard covers in the middle of the “STOP” cross walk)
Maintaining a safe facility during the winter is a job itself.
It’s important that facility managers understand the difference between anti-icing and deicing in order to efficiently deal with the ice.
Deicing is the reactive application of industrial snow melter. It eliminates existing snow and ice on driving or walking surfaces. Deicing after snow removal can melt any remaining snow and ice too.
Anti-icing refers to the proactive application of industrial snow melter to driving or walking surfaces before a storm. It helps prevent snow and ice from bonding to the pavement and can easily be cleared. If used effectively, anti-icing can create the safest conditions in the winter and is cost-effective alternative to deicing.
Industrial snow melter products:
- Sand
- Salt
- Sand-salt mix
- Calcium Chloride
- Magnesium Chloride
Recently, facility managers have been under extreme pressure to work with lower budgets and convince facility executives to pursue necessary sustainability improvements to generate long-term operational savings.
Facility managers need to show them the benefits of treating operational costs more as a revenue piggy bank and not an expense.
Strategically planning a sustainable project will ensure the project pays for itself through the following:
- Improved conditions
- Lower operational costs
- Increased employee retention and satisfaction
Read full article from facilitiesnet.
Bollard covers are great for any type of application where you have bollards.
Traditionally concrete bollards have been painted to keep them looking nice. But there are a few reasons why this method is not ideal:
- Painting the bollards needs to be done on a regular basis.
- Paint does not protect the bollards from the elements.
- Paint does not protect vehicles, doors, etc. from the abrasive nature of the bollard.
- Paint does not help when the concrete starts to fail. It is difficult to keep reflective tape on a painted bollard.
- It is difficult to customize a painted bollard.
- Painting bollards is a messy job.
Shop online today at Innoplast for bollard covers – customization is also available.
Having the necessary parking lot and garage safety products is not only a necessity for protecting your facility, but is also for the safety of pedestrians.
This year the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, created a campaign around improving the safety of pedestrians and preventing traffic crashes – Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW) 2011, “Focus 360°: Getting there safely is everyone’s business.”
Here are some interesting facts pertaining to pedestrian accidents:
- On average in 2009, a pedestrian was killed every two hours and inured every nine minutes in traffic crashes.
- Hybrid vehicles were found to be twice as likely to be involved in pedestrian crashes at low speeds compared to cars with conventional engines.
- One in 6 drivers traveling through an active school zone is distracted by the use of cell phones, electronics, eating/drinking.
Shop online at Innoplast for your parking lot and garage safety equipment: bollard covers, clearance bars and more!
As the needs for roofing services increase, contractors and manufacturers are offering more services and warranties.
It is becoming more common for roofing professionals to offer snow removal, ice removal and weight load checks.
Some contractors even offer seasonal services, which entitles a crew to immediately come out to remove snow when it reaches a certain depth on the roof.
This is a cost effective and preventive measure to protect a building. Paying to have snow removed from roof tops definitely beats paying to replace a whole roof.
