Construction Site & Plant Access Mats

Give plant, deliveries and site teams a stable route over soft or sensitive ground. Plastic trackway mats spread the load, stop vehicles sinking or rutting, and protect lawns, verges and playing fields while the work is going on. Every mat here is laid by hand without plant, links to the next with bolt-on connectors and lifts clean to reuse on the next job.

Choose by load

• Heavy duty ground protection mats: rated to 60 tonnes, for excavators, dumpers, telehandlers, cranes and other heavy plant. 15mm and 20mm HDPE panels from 2.4m x 1.2m, plus half-size and 3m x 1m options.
• Medium-duty ground protection mats: rated to 15 tonnes, for vans, 4x4s, mini diggers, compact tractors and skip deliveries. 8ft x 4ft panels in 6mm, 8mm and 12mm, plus a half-size panel.
• Lightweight ground protection boards: rated to 5 tonnes, for foot traffic, wheelbarrows, mowers, scaffold trolleys and light vehicles on domestic jobs.
• Hi-vis walkway matting: a yellow anti-slip roll that keeps people on clearly marked routes, separate from vehicles, for inductions, welfare areas and site entrances.
• Mat connectors (2-way and 4-way): bolt mats into one continuous road or working platform so panels cannot creep apart under turning traffic.

Laying a temporary site road

Strip nothing: lay the mats directly on the grass or topsoil with the traction side up for vehicles. Run a single mat width for a straight access route and widen to a grid at gates, turning heads and working platforms, with 4-way connectors at every internal corner and 2-way connectors along the edges. On very soft or waterlogged ground double up the mats or lay a geotextile beneath. Keep the mats down until the job is signed off, then lift, hose and stack – they are ready for the next site.

Planning tips

• Choose the mat for the heaviest machine that will use the route, not the average one.
• Check the load rating for the panel size and thickness you choose on each product page – ratings are for firm, level ground.
• Keep pedestrian walkways separate from plant routes with walkway matting.
• Allow extra panels for gateways and turning points, where tyres scrub and panels work hardest.

Buy rather than hire

On longer or repeat jobs owning the mats is usually cheaper than hiring, and your own mats are on the van when you need them. Stock is held in the UK and dispatched within 1 working day. Contractor or buying for a project? Tell us the heaviest machine, the ground conditions and the route length on 01282 270214 or sales@grassmatsco.co.uk, and we will recommend panels and quote for trade and bulk orders.

Related: the full ground protection mats range, event ground protection and overflow parking on grass.