Hospitals & Onshore Helipads

Creator of the world’s first passive fire retarding helipad: XE Enhanced Safety ™

fire retardant helipad 1st live fire test 1989 (Deck Integrated Fire Fighting System) 2004 Development of DIFFS Astech Enhanced Safety ™ Helipad & DIFFS 2nd live fire test 2004 As a result of the 2nd live fire test, the concepts of passive fire retarding and DIFFS were introduced into the CAP 437 5th Ed 2005 Mk II Enhanced Safety ™ helipad + Water DIFFS Witnessed by UKCAA, ICAO RFFWG, Transport Canada, ABS, LRS, DNV and others. 3rd FULL SCALE LIVE FIRE TEST 2008 UKCAA CAP 437 amended to allow for water DIFFS when used in tandem with Enhanced Safety ™ helipad 2008 NFPA 418 revised to acknowledge the installation of Enhanced Safety ™ helipad and DIFFS 2011 Mk II Enhanced Safety ™ helipads 2013 2nd patent granted to Aluminium Offshore UKCAA CAP 1264 issued, recommends Enhanced Safety ™ helipads & water DIFFS 2016 MK III Enhanced Safety ™ helipad 4th live fire test 2016 MK III Enhanced Safety ™ helipad
>120 Enhanced Safety ™ helipads delivered 2016 3rd patent applied for Final draft ICAO heliport manual 4th Ed recommends Enhanced Safety ™ helipads + water DIFFS TODAY

We have the largest track record of over 120 XE Enhanced Safety™ helidecks and helipads delivered to date. In total, we have delivered more than 500 helidecks and helipads worldwide.

XE Enhanced Safety™ Helipad

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Major aviation authorities allow the use of water only in lieu of foam for the fixed firefighting system. This brings about a huge reduction in cost, complexity and maintenance.

MKIII Fire Test

Water DIFFS

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In addition to the standard lighting system, CAP1624 recommends the use of a lit touchdown/positioning marking circle and a lit helipad identification “H” marking to eliminate the ‘black hole’ effect and glare caused by flood lights and improve visual cueing during landing.

CAP 1264 TD/PM Circle and heliport identification “H” marking lighting

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Our clients

I expect any potential improvements to what is already an excellent product will only emerge as a result of operating experience.
Simon Fraser-McKenzie, Senior Development EngineerShell UK
All the pilots at our heliport have unanimously expressed praise for this new helipad, especially the fit and finish of this product, which replaces an old rust-pront deck. We trust the high standards of design and manufacture will be upheld…
Captain Raz Zoers, Head of Aircraft ServicesShell Brunei
The staff at AOPL were extremely professionall, very efficient and timely in all their dealings with us, from negotiations to design details and construction, and right through to certification.
Dr. John Gilmore, Project DirectorMater Health Services
…must say that I was impressed by the fire containment capabilities of the deck. The effectiveness of water in putting out the fire was clearly significant.
Jim Tuggey, DirectorBell Helicopter
We are pleased to award you with a Special Recognition Award (Safety) Certificate for achievement in the field of HSE in the category "Aviation Fires Risk Downrated" for 2005.
Yousef Omair bin Yousef, CEOADNOC
The fire demonstration was well-organized and very convincing. The design offers weight and maintainability advantages, as well as the very effective fire retardant system.
John Hannay, Area DirectorUnited Technology Sikorsky
I was personally Impressed by the thinking behind the fire containment properties of the helipad to provide passive safety on its own
Bernard Valois, Chairman of the Rescue Fire Fighting Working GroupICAO
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Aluminium Offshore built the world’s first Enhanced Safety™ (passive fire retarding) helipad in 1988 and over a hundred Enhanced Safety™ helipads in the years after that.

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