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This helpful blog guides you through the Alpha Rail process and what is involved in a metal railings project from start to finish.

Metal estate fencing is made of wide-set horizontal bars, with vertical bars between each panel for stability, creating a traditional Victorian look that is frequently used on country estates, public parks and more recently, new build housing estates. They are available as traditional loose components for self-assembly using fixing pins, or as a fully welded unit panel.

When it comes to schools, safety and security are some of the first things that come to mind. With the responsibility of making the students feel safe within the school’s perimeter, metal railings are an ideal way to achieve this.

While being two separate things, handrail and pedestrian guardrail can often get their names mixed up. In this blog we will discuss key differences between […]

Pedestrian parapet is an ideal product for use on culvert structures, to fix on top of the headwalls and wingwalls that form the structure.

Railings come in all different shapes and sizes for a wide range of uses. But what are the different types of metal railings? With so […]

Frogmore House was refurbished and will be brought back into use as an office space, with the whole of the building being preserved from a historical and architectural point of view with the developer paying for the £2m project.

A recent project by Oxford City Council has seen the park’s former mini golf course get transformed into a forest school/natural play area.

Following a successful grant funding application from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Alpha Rail was approached by The London Museum of Water & Steam to supply and install vertical bar railings along with three gates to the car park area of the museum.