This British Standard specifies requirements for access cover systems
manufactured from steel or aluminium and with a clear opening greater
than 1 m for installations within areas subject to pedestrian and/or slow
moving vehicular traffic, for use as covers over chambers and ducts.
NOTE For clear openings up to 1 m, BS EN 124 applies.
This standard establishes definitions; materials; design; structural
performance; technical documentation; installation and operating
guidance notes; warning notes; testing requirements; verification and
marking of such access cover systems.