Case Study
Anti-Slip Steel Grating Installed as Vault Cover for Sacramento Municipal Utility District
SMUD SACRAMENTO, CA Anti-Slip Steel Grating Installed as Vault Cover for Sacramento Municipal Utility District THE SITUATION In 1946 the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) became a community owned electric utility company, which provides public power to the Sacramento region, serving 592,000 customers. SMUD always keeps their customers in mind by creating options such as increasing energy efficiency, reducing global warming, protecting the environment and lowering the cost to serve its region. SMUD contacted a large independent precast concrete company, in the interest of adding slip resistance and airflow throughout the vaults. THE SOLUTION SlipNOT ® provided SMUD with galvanized grating in sizes 1” x 3/16” x 46-1/4” x 51-1/2” and 1” x 3/16” x 36-1/4” x 48-1/2”. The steel