Hvm Bollards

Hvm bollards enforcing a vehicle control zone in manchester s pedestrianised city centre.

Hvm bollards. Crucially all our hostile vehicle mitigation bollards help to save lives and secure buildings and public areas from small scale vandalism to high level criminal damage. Hvm is an acronym for h ostile v ehicle m itigation. For over 20 years leda has been manufacturing and installing high security retractable bollards to protect many of australia s high profile sites. Before getting into what hvm bollards are it s important that we first explain what hvm means.

Hostile vehicle mitigation hvm is a generic term that covers a suite of anti terrorist protective measures that are often employed around buildings or publicly accessible spaces venues of particular significance. In today s world it has become increasingly necessary for state and federal governments to design and implement physical security protection in crowded areas and critical infrastructure against any hostile vehicle attacks. Whether it s counter terrorism or traffic control heald design and manufacture innovative security bollards road blockers and barriers to meet your needs for over three decades heald has been securing some of the world s most high profile locations with advanced protection against hostile vehicle attacks. These high security and hvm bollards are compliant to pas68 iwa 14 1 standard meaning they are impact tested.

As such we provide a range of pas 68 bollards iwa 14 bollards and hostile vehicle mitigation hvm options using crash rated and internationally accredited bollards that are specifically designed for use in highly sensitive and vulnerable areas at risk of hostile vehicle borne threats. At mac bollards we ve got a range of rising and static hvm bollard systems tested to pas 68 and iwa 14 standards. Hvm barriers are used to prevent hostile vehicles from causing damage or harm to people or buildings perhaps in the shape of bollards litter bins planters or seats. Our hvm bollard solutions.

The manual matador range is a bollard system which can consist of either one manual moving bollard two manual moving bollards or four manual moving bollards depending on your specifications. They are simple yet strong barriers which may be fixed removable or telescopic. Hostile vehicle mitigation is a generic term that covers a range of products solutions and protective measures designed to combat vehicle borne threats. They are often found around offices and squares in city centre areas with plenty of foot traffic and their spacing will be carefully planned to ensure a hostile vehicle cannot break through.