If you’re in the market for security-rated gates, LPS 1175 is likely at the top of your list. At this point in time, LPS 1175 is the preferred standard for physical security by most insurers, local authorities, and facility managers for fences, gates, and barriers. But what does this standard mean in the real world? Below is a simple explanation.LPS 1175 is the joint standard of the Loss Prevention Certification Board and the BRE Group. It is used to measure the resistance against tools used in attacks of growing severity. Within a controlled setting, the testing determines security ratings given on a scale of SR1 to SR6.

Understanding the ratings is just as simple:

SR1: About a minute of force against a casual opportunist with no tools; i.e., breaking a gate using only your body

SR2: About three minutes of force against a more determined attacker, i.e. breaking a gate using hand tools.

SR3: Exhibits resistance for five minutes against a more demanding challenge, i.e. an experienced attacker with an angle grinderSR6: Restrained for either 15 minutes against an organized and sophisticated assault using advanced tools. These gates are typically used on high-value sites and data centers.

When it comes to commercial sites, what is usually needed? The answer is likely SR2, be it a school in Sheffield, or a business park or retail outlet in South Yorkshire, like the industrial Yard in Barnsley or retail business park. Collective rating of schools and nurseries is typically. SR2 to SR1.

The gate should be viewed as a deterrent and a boundary, not as the final defence line in a coordinated attack. SR2 deals with quick entry and basic tools. Industrial yards that have valuable material and equipment to steal fall under SR2 as a baseline. SR3 should be considered depending on the number of incidents and the value of the equipment. If the threat is use of an an go grinder, then that should be specified for the case. Retail and business parks, SR2 is the standard. With SR3 or above, the conversation has to start with the rest of the perimeter. Earning an SR4 Gate, flanked with a standard palisade fence, is the equivalent of SR4 protection.

The insurance question.

Before making a specification, check the practicality of the policy. Several of the commercial insurers, that are generally speaking, the clients in the markets that do not have planted equipment hire products of metal stock or are of high valued products, tend to be the clients that have the best Security that is Bar rated in the world. If the gate supplied does not align with the required level, then breaks in to the gate and the end is not strange. It is best with your broker.

The gate rating only holds. The installation has to be done properly. The post foundation has to handle the load.

A certified gate that is mounted to inadequate posts will not meet posted specifications. It’s easy to understand when you have to consider a certified gate’s performance limitations in a post-incident scenario. You need to consider the posts first before specifying any fields when modifying an existing structure. Most commercial sites need to have ​SR2 rating gates that are either hot dip galvanized or treated for outside use. We will not charge you for a rating you do not need. We understand that every site is unique. We have commercial gate projects in school, factory, and trade yards in Barnsley and Sheffield and will let you know our recommendations.