Main navigation Solutions Markets Products Technical Centre About Us Search Search MY WREKIN Breadcrumb Home / Products / Unite OUR PRODUCTS UNITE™ Unite is our highest quality range of access covers and gully grates with over 500,000 installations and 0 reported failures. Unite is engineered for a long life and has been in service on highways for over 20 years, providing substantial savings on both installation costs along with unnecessary road disruption. View products Using the very latest tools and software, the Unite range of manhole covers and gully gratings has been engineered for an extremely long life. Key to Unite’s longevity is minimising seat wear between covers/gratings and frames. The range has the stiffest cover/grating structure in its class and on top of this, seating which is less vulnerable to any movement caused by covers and gratings flexing. Unite has also been design to work sympathetically with bedding mortars, reducing stresses on the frame foundation – identified by WRC as a major cause of manhole cover failure. To increase surface contact with bedding materials the underside of the Unite frame features an engineered tread pattern, and to inhibit crack initiation all contours of the Unite frame, where it engages with the bedding materials, are fully rounded. Engineered for a sustainable future In service on highways for over 20 years Over 500,000 installations with zero reported failures Cover and grating designs substantially reduce seat wear Frame features are sympathetic to bedding materials Retrofittable sealing plate available Exceeds BS EN 124 Complies with DMRB, CD 534 and Series 500 Kitemarked by BSI 100% recyclable product A QUALITY ABOVE THE REST Unite is a proven range, in service for over 20 years and offers significant benefits to asset owners, contractors and end users. average lifespan Over 0 years units installed > 0 average lifetime saving £ 0 Ironwork replacement typically takes around 3 hours*. Studies show the 2,000 users per hour of A-roads are delayed by an average of 4 minutes in roadworks**. This loss of earnings and productivity equates to over £2,200 per hour. The saving to society of not having a 3-hour long unnecessary manhole replacement is at least £6600 and cuts the associated noise, dust and waste. Unite Typical MHC Approximate cost £140 £70 Installtion frequency 1 2+ Installation cost £600 £1,200 Total cost £740 £1,340 Approximate cost £140 £70 Total Savings £580 Sustainable saving Social cost £6,600 *Based on independent analysis commissioned by a major water utility. **Statistics collated from Department for Transport & The National Traffic Survey 2014 As a key supplier to Thames Water, whose adoptable assets are installed in some of the most high profile and heavily trafficked roads in the UK, we've managed to reduce their manhole cover failures to 0 through the use of Unite. We have now supplied more than 100,000 Unite units to Thames Water without one recorded failure over a 20-year period. We’re incredibly proud of our Unite series and how its pioneering design has been underlined by its fantastic performance. UNITE IN ACTION Footer Wrekin Products Ltd Europa Way Britannia Enterprise Park Lichfield WS14 9TZ T: 01543 440440 F: 01543 440444 E: info@wrekinproducts.com ABOUT US Approvals and certification Sustainability and environment Meet the team Careers SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER The latest news, articles, and resources, sent to your inbox. Email Footer menu Cookies Policies FAQs Contact us Terms and Conditions LinkedIn LinkedIn © 2021 Wrekin Products Ltd. All rights reserved. Registered in England Reg. No. 2609935 VAT Reg. No. GB451730368 We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience By clicking the Accept button, you agree to us doing so. For more information, please read our Privacy Policy. Accept