Previously PBI Height Safety

Cotton & Laby Buildings - VUW

Architect

N/A

Contractor

LT McGuinness

Location

Wellington

Project

Client

Completion

Category

Featured, Wellington, Access, Anchor & Cable, Fall Arrest, Vertical, Education, Anchor Points

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Cotton & Laby Buildings are a multi-stage academic building complex at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) on Kelburn Campus. The buildings are the home of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University. These buildings were initially built starting in the 1970s, so this project was a reroof as opposed to a new construction project. There were several other contributors to the project, including the Height Safety Systems (designed, supplied, and installed) by Alta Safety, and RoofLogic's Ultratherm Xtreme FiberTite Recover insulated roofing system. 

As the chosen Height Safety partners for this project, Alta Safety designed, supplied, and installed a full pass-through design, meaning no disconnection is needed when travelling along the system. Our recommended custom system included a RoofSafe Cable fall arrest system, consisting of 316-grade stainless steel brackets and wire/cable attached using the RoofSafeCable surface-mounted base plate. We also used roof anchors throughout our design, ensuring there were no blind spots, and designed safe access to the rooftops via permanent ladders while installing various ladder brackets throughout the site, allowing users to safely use our portable ladders to access the roof in several ways.

Photo rights and credits go to RoofLogic Ltd. 

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