The Home Of Victoria Police - Strength, Confidence, Dependability And Reliable Fall Protection Systems

Project

City West Police Complex, Docklands VIC

Installer

Eastern Height Safety

Products

ALTO Step Ladders & Bridges, KATT Modular Rung Ladders, ON-TRAK & PACE600 Walkway, SENTRY Guardrail, TRAVEL8 Static Line, SAYFA Proprietary ANCHORS

Situation

The City West Police Complex comprises of a 12 level building at the corner of Spencer and Latrobe Streets in Melbourne. Achieving a 5 Star Green rating and a 5.5 Star Nabers Energy rating the building offers innovation in environmental awareness with features such as harvesting rainwater, incorporating a high performance glazing system and hosting "end of trip' areas for tenants such as bicycle storage, showers and lockers.

With its sleek, angular lines the most important criteria for this project was to maintain its strong visual aesthetic.

The brief required all roof access and fall protection equipment to be as unobtrusive as possible with a key comment being: "Not only does it have to function well, it also has to look good."

Solution - Customised Access and Fall Protection Systems

Liaison between ourselves, the client and our SAYFA Approved Installer, Eastern Height Safety, was essential to determine the correct look and feel required for the project.

The client was adamant that any roof access or fall protection equipment installed on the building was sympathetic to the surrounds and blended in, so as to not detract from the design.

Listening to their requests, the SAYFA production team applied various coatings and treatments to the products, colour matching them to suit the surrounds and ensuring that there was very low impact to the overall building appearance.

ALTO Step Ladders blend seamlessly with the surrounds.

The TRAVEL 8 Static Line Sleeve Connection also proved extremely beneficial enabling easy installation onto the ballast roofs.

With the installation of these systems, Victoria Police's Duty of Care has been upheld, giving them complete peace of mind when any workers access their roof tops or conduct work at height.

All SAYFA Access and Fall Protection products are designed and manufactured in accordance with requirements of relevant Australian & New Zealand Standards, statutory OHS Codes of Practice and Guidelines.