The nose of a stair can wear quickly, causing the potential for injury and liability in public places.  Retrofitting an abrasive stair tread nosing over these worn areas can provide maximum safety while decreasing slip and fall accidents.  An angle may also be put in place on stairs to prevent accidents.  What exactly is the difference between a nosing and an angle?

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Stainless Steel Plates around Chad Boot Scrubber

Food processing plants cannot stress sanitation enough.  When employees and pedestrians are walking in and out of different plants, it’s important that they wash and sanitize their boots and hands before entering.  Also, cleaning prior to sanitizing is recommended as it increases the effectiveness of the sanitizing step.  A unique machine called the Chad Boot Scrubber has several brushes and hoses that perform at different angles, sanitizing soles, tops and sides of boots as well as hands at the same time.  It is usually placed at the entrance and exit of the work place, especially around ready to eat product areas. 

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Stainless steel plates are utilized because of their high strength, resistance against corrosion, versatility and aesthetics.  Due to the fact that stainless steel plates are commonly used throughout a plethora of environments, it must be cut in specific ways.  There are different methods in which stainless plates can be cut.

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Stainless steel rod has countless uses.  From ladder rungs to door handles, reinforcing concrete to being threaded and holding objects together, metal rod is essential in any industry.   Smooth stainless steel rod can be attractive and even decorative, while threaded stainless steel rod can be used to hold objects together and maintain permanence. 

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Access platforms can describe a number of types of platforms used to access hard to reach places. 

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When choosing to add access platforms to your work environment, or if the nature of your business requires them all the time, it is important to make sure all users are properly trained to use the equipment and that a maintenance plan is performed regularly.  When you purchase a work platform, the manufacturer usually has a minimum service recommendation and often the option to have them provide the regular service and maintenance for a nominal charge.  Provided you or someone in your company is properly trained, these preventative maintenance measures can often be made in house.

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A cherry picker is a type of aerial work platform that consists of a platform or bucket at the end of a hydraulic lifting system.  The purpose of cherry access platforms is to help employees reach inaccessible areas around a tree with relative ease.  Cherry pickers are also known to be used for electrical equipment on utility poles, displays and cables.

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You see it in parking lots and sidewalks; grating that surrounds the trunk of the tree, keeping debris away from the soil and draining the sidewalk of excess rain.  Tree grating is available in limitless designs and styles and can be fabricated to meet the needs of the city or corporation installing it.  In an article about Washington DC, David Alpert, explains some benefits and also some concerns that tree grates can hold for a city such as DC.

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In order to select the correct style of grating for grate inlets there are several things to consider.  Important factors to consider are provided by the Department of Transportation of each state.  The Texas Department of Transportation published a manual, Hydraulic Design Manual, that has a section dedicated to gutter flow.  This manual provides information on correct procedures, examples and current policies.

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Sidewalks are a common piece of transportation infrastructure, and it is important that public entities and city governments observe code requirements to provide a safe walking surface for all.  Municipalities are noticing that safe, appealing, tree-lined pedestrian street environments are encouraging healthy living through physical activity and supporting downtown area development.  Designing streetscapes to incorporate trees and direct storm water while providing pedestrian safety, can prove to be a challenge.

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