CAR PARK BARRIERS |
More than a barrier
Safety barriers in car parks are a crucial consideration for
architects planning the next generation of parking spaces
Words | Burkhard Kahl-Pfeiffer, Projekt W, Germany
Above: Projekt W’s
Integra car parking
barriers provide
one solution for
ensuring the safety
of both vehicles
and people
Below: The
Integra security
system replaces
conventional
systems such as
concrete parapets
and guardrails with
a safe alternative
and a clean, modern
aesthetic
Projekt W was founded in
1984 and is located in central
Germany, near Paderborn.
Here, the company’s skilled
employees continue to engineer
and manufacture products on its
own premises.
Currently, Projekt W’s main
business line is its Integra product – a
safety barrier for car parking garages.
The company has become a market
leader in the safety barrier industry
since the product’s launch in 2000,
and its applications now include
state-of-the-art facade design for
buildings and parking garages.
The Integra product portfolio
complies with the German and
international quality standards. The
company operates with a network
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of long-established German business
partners and an increasing number
of wider European partners. Integra
also meets the legal requirements
of the state building codes of the
German Federal States, as well as
the applicable European standards
for collision protection systems in
car parks. It has technical, economic
and sustainable advantages over
conventional systems.
The Integra security system
prevents vehicles and people from
unsecured falling and replaces
conventional systems such as
concrete parapets or guardrails.
As a proven safety system, it offers
decisive advantages and is suitable
for both new buildings and retro-fit
car parking garages.
The use of the Integra safety
barrier system eliminates the need
for a brute concrete parapet or
a thick steel profile. Dynamically
acting security systems can be
filigree-designed and implemented.
Integra combines a safety
barrier for people as well as car
crash protection in one system
solution. In the instance of a crash,
Integra guarantees the absorption
of appearing charges into the on-site
sub-construction. In addition, an
optional four-point attachment can
keep the deformation of the Integra
safety barrier to a minimum and
protect a prefabricated facade in
the event of an impact.
Legal requirements and
standards include DIN EN 1991-1-1