The Goodman Group came to ACR Roofing to devise a plan to achieve roof safety compliance on a 32,000m2 asbestos roof in Port Melbourne. This required approximately 2500 lineal metres of stainless steel static lines and over 340 individual roof anchors secured.
With the asbestos roof deemed fragile, and the vertical glass considered an open edge we came up with a plan outside the normal box of thoughts.
In discussions with Goodman and the Work Health Safety Management, ACR proposed that we stagger 9mm Ply Boards 1.2 x 2.040 which ensured that our workers were at no time walking on the asbestos roof. We eliminated the vertical glass open edge by installing a roof batten securely fixed to the glazing bars. Both initiatives ensured that the roof was set up in a safe manner.
We then removed a section of glass at every 7.5 metres, this section was replaced with a metal sheet and flashings to make watertight. At this time we could install the permanent roof anchor, fitted through the metal sheet and into the heavy 6mm steel. This process repeated until we were able to have all 20 Sawtooth roof, covering 2500 lineal metres safe for Maintenance and future works.
The photos show the vast size of the building, the set up to make safe, the glass panels, the static line and anchor points set up.
