Improve Safety and Efficiency

DOH&S WORKSAFE

Dept Occupational Health and Safety awarded ZERO WASTE Foundations the Worksafe Award for successfully addressing these concerns:

1. Digging and heavy labour (body stressing is the No.1 cause of injury)
2. Working in dangerous traffic (No.1 cause of serious injury)
3. Damaging underground services (a growing concern that is life-threatening)

Substantially improving workplace safety - saving lives and saving road authorities millions over the life of development (100 years)

ZERO BODY STRESSING

"Body stressing" is the No.1 cause of injury, costing road authorities millions every year

Ergonomically designed tools enable effortless replacement of road-side infrastructure from a standing position. 

Winner Dept. Occupational Health and Safety Worksafe Award for successfully addressing the No.1 cause of workplace injury, "Body stressing" from digging and heavy labour, with the potential to save road authorities millions every year

INSTALL SOCKETS FROM STANDING POSITION  - NO DIGGING

Sockets can be simply positioned upright when pouring concrete footings (or retrofitted) 

Installation tool enables all work to be conducted safely from a standing position, facing traffic

SUPERIOR FINISH

Installing sockets when pouring concrete footings creates a perfect finish that will endure for generations - no unstable paving and no dangerous trip factors

FAST EFFICEINT INSTALLS

Items are simply dropped into the ground socket, automatically locking in using friction.  No disturbance to public

ITEMS PERFECTLY ALIGNED

Items are perfectly aligned, remaining safe and secure year after year, only removable using ergonomic tools provided

ZERO DISTURBANCE TO TRAFFIC

Working in traffic is the No.1 cause of serious injury and is costing lives every year.

Road-side items are replaced in seconds using ergonomically designed tools, from a standing position facing on-coming traffic.   

 "ZERO WASTE Foundations allow quick replacement of posts, reducing risk of injury to employees by reducing time spent on traffic islands exposed to traffic" 

MAIN ROADS DEPT WA

ZERO DISTURBANCE TO UNDERGROUND SERVICES

By installing items on ZERO WASTE Foundations there is no need to disturb underground services for the entire lifespan of a development.

No risk of serious injury from hitting underground cables

ZERO DISTURBANCE TO PUBLIC

Infrastructure is replaced in less time than it currently takes to erect traffic management and barriers, greatly reducing disturbance to pedestrians and traffic.

 "ZERO WASTE Foundations allow quick replacement of posts, reducing risk of injury to employees by reducing time spent on traffic islands exposed to traffic" 

MAIN ROADS DEPT WA

ZERO DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG

Reusable ZERO WASTE Foundations eradicate the need for dial before you dig

Safety requirements will continue to increase and failure to meet these requirements places workers at risk 

ZERO CARBON WASTE

ZERO WASTE Foundations make footings re-usable reducing carbon intensive waste to zero, for the entire lifespan of a development

"Main Roads’ philosophy on materials use is to minimise life-cycle impacts, and follow the hierarchy of reduce, re-use where possible, and recycle " (recycle being the least referred option)

ZERO MAJOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Australian Standards states no traffic management required if replacements take less than 5 mins.

Replacements take around 15 seconds and the tools work every time.

ZERO LOOSE ITEMS

Items are secured using friction, remaining safe and secure year after year and cannot be removed by unauthorised persons. No loose or unstable signs and signs cannot be removed by vandals (if base is large enough it cannot be dislodged)

ZERO BENT POSTS FROM VANDALISM

Circular Hollow Section posts cannot be bent by hand so are far more durable than RHS posts, greatly reducing maintenance as a result of vandalism

ZERO RUST OR CORROSION

As metal is hard and unyielding every metal device will fail upon impact, and over time rust and corrode, creating dangerous litigation risks and will NOT last 100 years, resulting in a major clean up job for future generations

ZERO DANGEROUS DELAYS

Delays to repairing vital traffic signage, traffic lights or bollards can cause serious injury or death. The requirements to improve turn-around times will increase and failure to meet the deadlines will incur heavy penalties.

ZERO WASTE Foundations ensure all work is completed quickly and efficiently with minimal disturbance.

ZERO DELAYS DUE TO RAIN

As concrete will not set in the rain, delays in the winter (when quickly replacing vital road-side items, is even more important) are common and pose a serious litigation risk (and when a jackhammer or cement mixer is required it is even more dangerous as using electrical equipment in the rain is, well, just asking for trouble)

By installing items on ZERO WASTE Foundations, you totally remove the risk of being unable to replace damaged and unsafe items due to bad weather 

ZERO DANGEROUS PROTRUSIONS 

As metal posts and fixing devices inserted directly in concrete are not impact resistant, they can be damaged upon impact and create dangerous protrusions or simply rust and corrode over time. 

ZERO WASTE Foundations are impact resistant, will not rust or corrode or become unreliable over time.

ITEMS REMAIN SAFE & SECURE

Metal is hard but not impact resistant so bends and distorts  under pressure and as a result, all too often we see unstable posts and grab-rails installed using metal pins or devices.

Items secured using ZERO WASTE Foundations remain safe and secure perfectly aligned, year after year.

STABLE TABLES

It becomes easy to install more bins, seating or tables for events and upgrades.

Tables, seating and street furniture can be made secure remaining stable (no more spilt coffees) and cannot be relocated outside designated boundaries.

SAFER BARRIERS 

Barriers are vulnerable to damage and temporary barriers are very unreliable, often providing absolutely no resistance and major litigation risks to local government authorities

ZERO WASTE Foundations ensure barriers are low cost and fast to install and remove, remaining perfectly aligned, safe and secure year after year.

MOER EFFICIENT BARRIERS

When secured on ZERO WASTE Foundations bollards and barriers can not be removed by unauthorised persons, but can be easily removed by authorised persons and relocated to block off a road or area, or redirect pedestrian or vehicular traffic, greatly improving the safety and efficiency of event management, set-up and dismantling of infrastructure and for fast efficient disaster response and recovery.

SAFER BOLLARDS 

City of Perth had a major problem with bollards in the city centre. They had tried flexible spring-loaded bollards but they would over-flex providing no protection; spring back creating litigation risks; and wear out over time becoming "floppy".

We developed a means of securing both in-ground and surface mount bollards that  incorporates a shock absorbing mechanism, reducing risk of damage to vehicles, making the bollard and surrounding foundations re-usable impact after impact.

LOW IMPACT BIKE PATH BOLLARDS

Solid steel bollards have no place on a bike path and create dangerous litigation risks. Even worse are unstable removable bollards that leave dangerous trip factors when removed. Along the coast this is a major problem as rust causes metal sockets to become extremely unreliable.

MRWA came to us for a solution. The ZERO WASTE Safety Low Impact Bollard (no dangerous springs) remains rigid but absorbs impact reducing risk of injury and is secured on ZERO WASTE Foundations - no risk of rust or corrosion and no trip factors when bollards are removed.

FAST DISASTER RECOVERY

The latest problem – clean up after cyclones, events and floods is time consuming and becoming a greater risk. Emergency signage can be installed for flood zones or barriers to block entry to an area following an accident, event or disaster, and the infrastructure for an entire development can be installed and replaced up in a single day!

Greatly improving the safety and efficiency of disaster response and disaster recovery

But that's not all they do! 

ZERO WASTE Foundations eradicate literally hundreds of problems, improving efficiency and reducing the risk of cost overruns. 

OVERCOME HUNDREDS OF PROBLEMS