THE ADVANTAGES OF THE POLETECH PASSIVELY SAFE BREAK-AWAY CONNECTOR AND FOUNDATION BASE PRODUCT RANGE:

POLETECH FOUNDATION BASE PRODUCT RANGE

POLETECH multi-purpose underground foundations are used in pavements, streets and highway applications world wide, from mounting a traffic signal pole to a completely demountable traffic island.
Every carefully considered detail counts in a prestigious architect-designed project. Maintaining the quality of appearance in town centres, shopping malls and similar urban environments used to be difficult before POLETECH. 
NOW, using the Poletech underground foundation system all types of street furniture or internal and external fixings can be refurbished instantly with factory finished exchanges without resorting to expensive civil engineering contracts to renew the foundation.
Core drilling techniques allow the removal of existing obsolete furniture and the installation of POLETECH sockets to take the replacement upgrades.   Thereafter, no excavation works are ever needed for renewals – simply unplug the old and insert the new.
The properties of the unique and patented Poletech ribbed polymer sleeve absorbs wind stresses offering longer life for poles in wind tunnel environments such as on motorways and near rivers. Coastal poles in particular have short lives because of wind stress and rapid corrosion.  Poletech sockets make replacement cheap and easy with no new foundation costs.

SELF FINANCING
By separating the civil engineering part of the contract from the commission of signals or signs, Poletech units pay for themselves at each installation.
Before POLETECH all street furniture had to be installed in a fixed concrete foundation.  When they had to be replaced after accident damage or at end-of-life replacement the civil engineering works had to be repeated.
NOW using the POLETECH foundation system at replacement, you can achieve:

• Cleaner street environment
• Best practice protocol for installations
• No excavation, jackhammers or compressors
• No noise
• No waste to tip – a major advantage today when concrete and waste is very costly to the environment.
• No pavement damage – no repairs – no injured pedestrians and subsequent litigation
• No traffic delays
• No damage to surface or any underground services
• Quick money-saving repairs and replacement.

There are three very specific advantages of the POLETECH unit over its competitors:

1. The anti-rotational device is simple, patented and VERY effective.  This means that no matter what the environmental challenges for the pole, or how hard the vandals try, it is IMPOSSIBLE for the pole to rotate.  This is essential for traffic signal heads and signs.
2. Where an anti-rotational device is unnecessary, the POLETECH sleeve or PGR bungs are an interference fit, again making it impossible for vandals to remove the bollards or guardrail from the foundation base.
3. The versatility of the POLETECH system means that we can accommodate ANY diameter and plant depth of pole, we specialise in bespoke units. 

NO correctly installed POLETECH foundation has ever needed to be replaced after collision.  The unique ribbed polymer sleeve absorbs the initial shock and the load is dissipated through the concrete base.  Many units have survived multiple hits without damage to the foundation base or polymer sleeve.

The POLETECH system gives architects, specifiers and lockal authorities all the cost savings and enviromental advantages the discerning public demands