About

RiserSafe is a family of bespoke modular riser flooring products for building riser shafts in multi-storey properties, which is easily installed on site by the construction supply chain. RiserSafe is an elegantly simple concept; a steel box with a floor plate atop, permanently forming and covering the hole, preventing falls from height and fire spread during construction and throughout the building’s life.


Each unit is specifically manufactured to accommodate vertical routing of Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) services that feed the building.


These shafts start as a series of holes in each floor, sitting one above another on every storey. Once enclosed by walls, these holes are now connected to form a shaft.


RiserSafe acts as a casting or fixing point for passive fire protection like drylined or block work walls, which, together with fire protection compounds, provide horizontal fire compartmentation. MEP services require maintenance in any building, so technicians must be able to work safely within the riser shaft (zone).


Benefits of using RiserSafe:

  • Permanent formwork for concrete
  • Removed the need for handrails
  • Stops the spread of smoke and flame between floors
  • Load bearing up to 2.5kN/m2
  • Storage area for construction materials
  • Formwork for horizontal fire protection materials
  • Fixing points for separating walls
  • Fixing points for fire walls
  • Part of the fixing points for heavy M&E services
  • Casting and weathering properties for the top of service riser shafts
  • Drives M&E design to early completion


To find out more about RiserSafe, contact our friendly team today.

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