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Guardrail Inspections, Load testing, Adhesive Anchor Bolt Load Testing, Site assessments

We offer a wide range of testing on guardrails, balusters or glass panels to comply with Local, Provincial - State or Federal regulations. We also load test adhesive epoxy anchor bolts, mechanical fasteners and are able to have your Non Destructive Testing (NDT) testing done for you.

Weather your guadrials are on balconies, mezzanines, promenades or rooftops our go anywhere attitude will take care of your compliance issues, we are also able to provide mock up load testing for General Contractors, Engineers and Manufacturers with or without a Professional Engineers Stamp and Certificate.

Ontario MOL Reg. 213/91 for construction projects, MOL Reg. 851 for industrial establishments, OBC Ontario building code 2006, NBC code 2005.

Ontario Building Code 2006 OBC: 4.1.5.15. Loads on Guards

(1) The minimum specified horizontal load applied inward or outward at the top of every required guard shall be,

(a) 3.0 kN/m for means of egress in grandstands, stadia, bleachers and arenas,

(b) a concentrated load of 1.0 kN applied at any point for access ways to equipment platforms, contiguous stairs and similar areas where the gathering of many people is improbable, and

(c) 0.75 kN/m or a concentrated load of 1.0 kN applied at any point, whichever governs for locations other than those described in Clauses (a) and (b).

(2) Individual elements within the guard, including solid panels and pickets, shall be designed for a load of 0.5 kN applied over an area of 100 mm by 100 mm located at any point in the element or elements so as to produce the most critical effect.

(3) The loads required in Sentence (2) need not be considered to act simultaneously with the loads provided for in Sentences (1) and (4).

(4) The minimum specified load applied vertically at the top of every required guard shall be 1.5 kN/m and need not be considered to act simultaneously with the horizontal load provided for in Sentence (1).

(5) For loads on handrails, refer to Sentence 3.4.6.4.(9).

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