EPD-IES-0027164:001

V&G Parapets (steel)

Bridge parapets are safety barriers installed on the edge of a bridge or similar structure with a vertical drop. Varley & Gulliver steel parapets are suitable for roads, railways, ports, industrial settings, car parks and airports. The parapets have a modular design, consisting of 3, 4 or 5 horizontal rail sections located to supporting posts at heights of 1 m (standard) to 1.8 m. The standard rails can accommodate slight curves (radii of 75 m) and small variations of vertical alignment without modification, and the system is quick to install and versatile. The steel parapets are constructed from high grade steel and galvanised to ISO 1461 to provide corrosion resistance. Varley & Gulliver steel parapets can be clad with mesh or sheeted with a range of materials to prevent pedestrian access and for aesthetic reasons.

Registration number	EPD-IES-0027164:001
Status	Valid
Version date	2026-04-02
Validity date	2031-04-01
PCR	2019:14 Construction products (EN 15804+A2) (version 2.0.1) 2.0.1
c-PCR	2019:14-c-PCR-010 Guardrails and bridge parapets (c-PCR to PCR 2019:14) 1.0.1
Standards conformance	ISO 14025:2006, EN 15804:2012+A2:2019/AC:2021
Geographical scope	United Kingdom, Europe

Company name	Hill & Smith VRS Ltd
Country	United Kingdom
Contact	william.butler@hill-smith.co.uk
Website	https://hillandsmithvrs.com/
LCA Practitioner	Matthew Fishwick, matt@fishwickenvironmental.com

In this EPD, Varley & Gulliver Parapets (steel) products manufactured by Hill & Smith VRS are represented by the ‘1000 N2 W2 3.66 m VGSN 1001’ parapet system. This product comprises galvanised steel components including posts and/or brackets (depending on fixing type), lengths of barrier and bolts used to make up one linear metre of Varley & Gulliver 1000 N2 W2 3.66 m VGSN 1001 Parapet (steel). This product variant is the most commonly installed and therefore chosen to represent the product group.

Varley & Gulliver 1000 N2 W2 3.66 m VGSN 1001 Parapets (steel) are a modular system with supporting posts of 1 m height, spaced at up to 3.66 m centres. The system consists of 3, 4 or 5 horizontal 7.32 m long rail sections in a size of either 90 mm x 90 mm or 120 mm x 80 mm, located to supporting posts of 1 m height. The rails are bolted to the supporting posts via post to rail cleats. Base plates for the posts are bolted onto bridge or retaining wall structures. The representative parapet system is without mesh infilling. The parapet system has a containment class of N2 (EN 1317-2 normal containment) and an impact severity level B. The main rails, posts, cleats and joints are hot dipped galvanised in accordance with EN ISO 1461.

The product variants within the group are essentially the same, but the mass of material changes due to e.g. post spacing, parapet height, with or without mesh etc. The mass of the representative product is towards the lower end of the mass range (see additional environmental information), however, it is still considered representative of the product group as this is a typical configuration installed in the UK. The differences in mass between product variants cause the variation in environmental impact between variants of the group to be large.

Varley & Gulliver Parapets (steel) range included in the EPD: 500 N1 W1 3.75m VGSN 501 to VGSN 510, 800 N1 W2 3.75m VGSN 801 to VGSN 805, 1000 N2 W2 3.66m VGSN 1001 to VGSN 1010, 2000 H2 W3 2.0m VGSH 2001 to VGSH 2006, 4000 H4a W4 4.5m VGSH 4001 to VGSH 4004, VGSPP-12, VGSPP-05, VGSPP-04, VGSPP-03, VGSPP-02, VGSPP-01.