{"id":6142,"date":"2020-04-15T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T01:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mascotengineering.com\/?page_id=6142"},"modified":"2020-04-15T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T01:57:53","slug":"gaca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mascotengineering.com\/sg\/about\/gaca\/","title":{"rendered":"GACA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grates and Access Covers Alliance (GACA) is an industry forum made up of organisations that manufacture and\/or supply grates and covers to the Australian market.<\/p>\n<p>Mascot Engineering is a founding member of GACA, whose primary function is to raise awareness of the importance of compliant products and conformance with the Australian Standard AS3996.\u00a0 The use of non-conforming products increases the risk to public safety greatly and part of our commitment to this is to offer training and support to specifiers, asset owners and installers.<\/p>\n<p>GACA has produced a suite of presentations that the Mascot team can run through with you and your team.\u00a0 The 2019 update to AS3996 has been our focus and outlines the changes to the Australian Standard whilst reinforcing the need to accurately assess and choose the more appropriate product for your project.<\/p>\n<p>To arrange a presentation (webinar, your office or ours), contact the Mascot 4YOU technical team at <a href=\"mailto:4you@mascotengineering.com\">4you@mascotengineering.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6143\" src=\"http:\/\/mascotengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/GACAlogov1-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grates and Access Covers Alliance (GACA) is an industry forum made up of organisations that manufacture and\/or supply grates and covers to the Australian market. 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