by Brianna Crandall — December 17, 2010—Isoclad has become the first company to gain LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board) approval and Red Book listing to LPS 1175: Issue 6 for composite panel security walling and enclosure systems. The Securiclad range of products achieved ratings 3 and 4.
According to Red Book administrator BRE, many of today’s modern fast-track buildings are constructed from composite panels that are specified to provide lightweight, thermally efficient buildings for industrial and commercial usage. The focus of specifiers in the past has been fire, thermal, acoustic and environmental issues; however, security is also increasingly being considered due to criminal attacks on the fabric. This is especially the case for buildings such as retail units, distribution hubs and data centers.
LPS 1175 (Requirements and testing procedures for the LPCB approval and listing of intruder-resistant building components, strongpoints, security enclosures and free-standing barriers) specifies eight levels of security which resist times from one minute (opportunist) to twenty minutes (highly professional targeted) attacks. The ratings achieved by Securiclad relate to experienced forced entry using a wide range of manual and battery powered tools lasting five minutes and ten minutes respectively.
BRE’s destructive testing achieved the SR4 rating for
Isoclad’s Securiclad panel security walling system.
Mike McCall, Managing Director of Isoclad, said, “Infrastructure Security in today’s era is paramount. We developed Securiclad as a quick-fix solution for a vast range of applications, ranging from safeguarding high-value goods and sensitive information to securing water treatment plants, mobile relay stations and data centers. Securiclad is a high security panel system that sustains attack.”
