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Volume 20
February 2018 Edition
existing underground utilities and infrastructure.
Ross Technology’s XT-200 Heald Raptor Bollard, the world’s only
shallow mount retractable bollard, is the solution to the under-
ground utility dilemma.
It’s engineered to require a mere 20-inch depth while meeting
crash test certification to ASTM F2656 standards, with a M50-P1
rating.
The Risk of Installing Standard Bollards in Urban
Areas
Major cities host a labyrinth of utilities, sometimes only a couple of
feet underground.
Sewer, gas, water, cable and electrical lines pose potential planning
headaches for architects, and offer worst-case-scenario outcomes if
improperly accounted for.
Even with existing utility maps, and the aid of utility locators, it can
be difficult to know with 100 percent certainty where all utility lines
lie in a given metropolitan area.
The cost of repairing damaged utility lines or relocating these util-
ities to make way for bollards can grow into the tens of thousands
of dollars.
In addition to utility lines, a number of other underground ob-
structions can limit excavation, including parking garages, subway
systems and mechanical equipment.
In some areas, relocating utilities is not an option.
For example, in metropolitan New York City, there are areas where
the density of existing utilities—both known and unknown—makes
relocating utilities impossible.
In those instances, the chance of damaging a utility line is too great
to take the risk of installing standard retractable bollards.
For scenarios like these, there is only one retractable bollard
solution: the XT-2200 Heald Raptor Bollard.
Introducing the World’s Only Shallow Mount Retract-
able Bollard
The XT-2200 Raptor Retractable Bollard is a shallow mount curved bollard that, when
deployed, extends 39 inches (985 mm) above grade.
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