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For 15 years, Moddex has been helping architects, engineers and specifiers solve design challenges with solutions that are better by design – fit-for-purpose, fully compliant and aesthetically appropriate. The Moddex Specifiers Hub is your destination for smarter, safer, faster tools and resources. From BIM content and CPD learning to specification sheets, case studies and guides. Everything you need to design with confidence and specify pre-engineered handrails, balustrades, ramps and barriers.

A sharper architectural finish with a smarter system.

FlatBal™ is Moddex’s new proprietary modular flat bar balustrade system, created for projects where appearance, compliance and delivery all need to work together. FlatBal™ is designed for projects where:

Standard pipe-style balustrades feel too industrial
The barrier system forms part of the architectural outcome
A consistent finish is needed across stairs, ramps and walkways
A systemised approach would benefit over custom fabricated metalwork

Avoid the custom fabrication burden.

Now available from Moddex, FlatBal™ brings a premium flat bar profile into a complete pre-engineered balustrade system. Designed to integrate with the wider Moddex range, it gives you a practical way to lift the visual finish of access areas and barriers while maintaining the speed, durability and installation efficiency Moddex is known for.

Built from Conectabal®. Refined with flat bar.

Developed from Moddex's proven Conectabal® commercial balustrade system, FlatBal™ uses the same core system logic with a linear flat bar profile in place of traditional tube. It is available in eight standard configurations for level, ramp and stair applications across commercial, education, healthcare, multi-residential, mixed-use, modern transport and public access environments.

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What makes FlatBal different?

FlatBal™ is not just a new balustrade profile. It's a new way to deliver architectural flat bar outcomes through a proven Moddex modular system.

> It looks sharper

The flat bar design creates a cleaner, more refined profile than traditional round tube balustrades.

> It installs smarter

The prefabricated, no-weld system helps reduce onsite complexity anddisruption that installation can cause.

> It integrates with Moddex systems

Flatbal works alongside other Moddex access and barrier solutions for a more cohesive project outcome.

> It avoids bespoke headaches

You can achieve the flat bar look without the cost, lead times and complexity of fully bespoke fabrication.

> It works across applications

Designed for level, ramp and stair areas across commercial, education, public access and modern infrastructure.

> It's ready for specification

Technical product support and specification resources are available, with BIM files COMING SOON.

CASE STUDY: Laburnum Primary School

As one of the first projects to use Moddex's new FlatBal system, Laburnum Primary School in Victoria provided the ideal opportunity to bring pre-engineered flat bar balustrades to market. The result was a cohesive, compliant and visually striking barrier solution for the school's multi-million-dollar capital works upgrade.

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