Lidoran Roofing completes a complex 41,000m² re-roofing
First stage - metal roof replacement.
Lidoran Roofing has just completed its most complex job to date -
a 41,000m² re-roof for one of Australia's largest and best known companies.
Lidoran Roofing had looked at the project a year earlier before being finally
awarded the contract.
Lidoran was selected to carry out the works by the client's project manager after
he went looking for a reputable roofing company also skilled in asbestos removal.
The project manager had been enquiring about roofing companies and Lidoran's name
kept coming up as a company who could handle the scope of the project. He then
heard us advertising on the radio, which was the decisive moment; he knew we were
right for the job.
Before receiving the order, the logistics of the program were discussed. Stage 1,
the metal re-roof portion of 12,000m² could only be done on Sunday's and had
to be completed before Christmas 06. As we got into October we started to run out
of Sunday's; you can imagine how we eagerly awaited the order. It finally arrived
on 9th October, 2006 with a start date of 15th October - the following Sunday.
Things really heated up at head quarters with an "all hands" on placing orders and
allocating men.
First up went stair access, towers, edge protection and amenities. 6 days later 28
roofers arrived onsite, with 8 truckloads of gear and one large 100 tonne crane.
Stage 1 was the removal of the old .42 Zincalume Trimdek and the installation of .48
Kingklip 700 with new 2mm wire mesh and a 75mm insulation.
The first Sunday saw us complete 1,200m² of the 12,000m² area. We had done
pretty well that day but not well enough considering the completion date for Stage 1
was 26th November, giving us 7 Sundays to complete 12,000m² or 1,714m² per day.
The following Sunday arrived and we were back into it again; this time we had to complete
1,714m² plus some of the back log. True to Lidoran form, by the days end we had
re-roofed 2,500m². Not bad, but not even close to our world record of 3,500m²
re-roofed in one day. To cut a long story short it took us 8 weekends to complete Stage
1; one weekend behind schedule due to a rainy Sunday.
Stage 2 consisted of 28,000m² of asbestos removal which was due to start 7th
January 2007. This time the work could be done on both weekends and weekdays. As the
building was occupied, we needed to create a barrier beneath the asbestos removal &
roof works and that of the staff in the building.
The solution was to build a scaffold over the internal racking approx. 1.5 metre's under
the roof. The platform was then sealed with plastic and yes, you guessed it! The scaffold
could only be built on Sundays, or to be more exact, between 11.30pm Saturday and 8.30pm
Sunday. Due to the scaffolding being erected, the warehouse lighting was rendered useless
thus temporary lights were installed under the scaffold each Sunday afternoon. During the
week the boys re-roofed that particular section and then the following weekend, around 1am
Sunday morning, the lighting had to come down. This pattern was repeated weekend after weekend
for some 26 weeks. In addition, all crane work could happen only on Sundays which makes the
earlier comment about this job being our most complex one to date, a bit of an understatement.
Luckily the boys had Saturdays free to rest, which was good timing as footy season was due
to start.
We faced many challengers on site including heat waves in summer through to ice on the roofs in
winter adding to the degree of difficulty. Because the job was so large we needed BIG cranes to
do the work. We used a 400 tonne crane onsite which had to be assembled on Saturday and then work
only on Sundays, packed up Sunday night and be gone by Monday morning - a pretty big feat considering
the crane needed 2 cranes to assemble it and 11 semis to move all the gear that went with it.
Another part of our contract was the installation of ventilation and fire control systems for the
41,000² warehouse. This was totally new to us but we got the job done, all working and signed
off. At the height of operation; including delivery drivers, crane operators, scaffolders, roofers
and cleaners, we had up to 62 men on site, at one time with me liaising between all activities spread
from one end of the site to the other.
I must thank all staff and roofers concerned for their major effort that went well beyond their normal
duties to complete this project, not to mention the crane crews, scaffolders and suppliers who were
always willing to do what was necessary. The staff of the complex were excellent to work with and the
project management worked like hand in glove to help us all get the job done.
Lastly, all of the families concerned are to be commended for giving up their loved ones Sunday after
Sunday.
The process was exhausting for me both physically and mentally but one I will never forget as a job well
done.
Phil Bamford
Director - Lidoran Roofing.
Aerial after shot.
For further information contact:
Lidoran Roofing
phone: (02) 9648 6991
fax: (02) 9648 4864
web: www.lidoranroofing.com.au
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