What are the PSA standards for raised access floors all about?
The MOB PS/PSU specification was introduced in 1982 by the now defunct Property Services Agency in response to problems that occurred in the early days of access flooring and has helped considerably to make installations in the UK probably the best in the world. The use of access flooring has changed vastly since the standard was written (or last modified in 1992) and it is fair to say that a fair amount of it is not really relevant to ordinary office use rather than the main frame computer rooms which brought about the birth of raised floors. The requirements of the PSA standard have however resulted in the use of steel encased panels rather than the edge banded panels with steel stuck to the top and bottom more widely used in Europe. The experience of our Special Works Dept in reinstating old floors has given us a strong preference for fully encased panels due to their long term performance.
