When it’s time to construct your next working platform or catch deck for your high strutting project, Big River solves all your safety needs with the industry leading EWPAA Certified HyPlank ®.
Big River is a distributor of hyPLANK® due to its reputation for safe and reliable performance. The strong yet lightweight laminated veneer lumber scaffolding plank is now used extensively throughout the industry in place of conventional timber, and where modular systems cannot accommodate the size and shape of the scaffolding requirement. hyPLANK® is also used to considerable advantage where corrosion is a hazard for metal planks.
Benefits:
- Proven performance to AS 1577
- Tough and long lasting
- Lightweight and versatile
- Sourced from managed plantation forests
hyPLANK® Technical Data
hyPLANK® Sizes - 230 width x 40 thickness
Approximate Mass - 5.7kg/m
Per AS 1577 - 1933 Scaffold Planks
Working load limit (WLL) 210kg
Maximum Span - 1.8m
Availability
230 x 40 hyPLANK®is standard ex stock in 1.8, 2.4, 3.0, 3.6, 4.2 and 4.8m lengths. Other sizes and lengths are also available to order.
Quality Control and Product Certification
hyPLANK® is manufactured in a quality controlled process as required by AS/ NZS 4357. Compliance with process based quality control requirements is third party audited by the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA). The audits, together with end product testing and market inspection, are used as the basis for Product Certification by the EWPAA as a JAS-ANZ accredited Product Certification body. JAS-ANZ stands for the government established “Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand” which exists as the peak organisation for accreditation of Product Certified bodies.
hyPLANK® Specification
hyPLANK® is a structural laminated veneer lumber (LVL) manufactured by Carter Holt Harvey in accordance with AS/ NZS 4357- 1995, Structural laminated veneer lumber and meeting performance requirements for scaffoled planks specified in AS 1577 – 1993, scaffold planks.
Marking
Each plank is permanently indent branded along the edge with the following information:
- hyPLANK®- for identification.
- AS 1577- indicating compliance with performance requirements.
- Working load limit (WLL) in kilograms.
- Maximum span in metres.
- The Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA) Product Certification mark.
When it’s time to construct your next working platform or catch deck for your high strutting project, Big River solves all your safety needs with the industry leading EWPAA Certified HyPlank ®. Big River is a National Distributor of HyPlank® with 14 sites conveniently located across Australia.
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