Bollards for warehouses and logistics sites

What warehouses and logistics need from bollards

In warehouses the threat is constant low-speed impact: forklifts clipping door frames, reach trucks catching columns, HGVs reversing onto dock shelters. High-visibility steel bollards and impact posts take those hits so the building, racking and people do not.

Inside, posts are usually base-plated onto the slab with resin anchors; outside, they are root-fixed in concrete footings. We check slab thickness and any underfloor heating, services or post-tensioning before drilling, and set lines that keep pedestrian walkways genuinely separate from vehicle routes.

Typical requirements

• Loading-bay door and dock protection
• Column and building corner protection
• Pedestrian walkway separation
• Fire exit and plant protection
• Yard protection for gatehouses and kiosks
• Fast replacement after impacts

Things to check

• Floor slab thickness and condition decide whether base-plated posts will hold; thin or cracked slabs need a different fixing.
• Yellow and black posts are recognised in workplaces; keep them clean and visible.
• Do not let protection narrow a walkway or fire route below what your risk assessment needs.
• Record impacts — repeated hits in one place usually mean the traffic route needs changing.

Warehouses and logistics: questions