The Fabricated Access Cover Trade Association (FACTA) standard is recognised throughout the industry as the only standard to promote steel and composite access covers and frames.

The FACTA standard enables the customer to confidently specify fabricated covers to their most suited load requirements for any given application, with the assurance that the products are fit for purpose, being designed and tested in accordance with guidelines detailed in the most recent structural European codes.

The standard has been constructed by banding the load bearing capabilities of the fabricated covers into a range of classifications, which are based on specific areas of application.

Further information on the FACTA standard can be obtained by contacting the ‘Fabrication Access Cover Trade Association’ on:

Tel: 01827 52337
Fax: 01827 310827

FACTA Class Traffic suitability of products Slow moving wheel load FACTA acceptance test FACTA strength test Pneumatic tyres Solid tyres A Internal and external areas which can only be accessed by pedestrians or cycles ie. toilets, changing rooms, footways and cycle tracks 0.5T 0.5T 0.8T AA Very light industrial areas, where small trolleys and private cars/vans can manoeuvre ie. domestic driveways, trolley parks and hospital wards 1.5T 1.9T 3.1T AAA Delivery/service areas, shopping malls, light industrial areas Light industrial areas, where trolleys and light pallet trucks operate 2.5T 3.2T 5.2T B Pedestrian precincts, forecourts, commercial delivery parking areas Factories, industrial plants, where pick-up trucks and small pallet trucks operate 5T 6.3T 10.1T C Factories, industrial ‘plants’, special axle loads, kerbside drainage Industrial areas where pallet and small forklift trucks operate 6.5T 8.3T 13.2T D Heavy duty plant areas, carriageways and industrial service roads for slow moving HGV’s Heavy duty industrial areas, where medium duty fork-lift trucks operate 11T 13.8T 22.0T