| SA Manufacturing
Park was previously General Motors Holden Ltd until their manufacturing
was moved to Elizabeth in the early 1980's. Now the complex houses
manufacturers for Holdens and other automotive groups. It also houses
the Credit Union Pageant Floats.
The project involved removal of friable asbestos
from the main boiler shops and from externally lined paint drying
ovens totaling 60m3. Asbestos cement sheeting was also removed from
roofs and walls totaling 7500m2.
Recycling was a key component to the success of the project. McMahon
Services managed to recycle up to 80% of the materials removed from
site. This included:
- Steel 1500 t
- Timber for reuse 300m³
- Grinding timber for fuel source 1200m³
- Iron roofs for reuse 8000m³
Out of the total building area of 13,700m²,
only 1500t of waste material ended up in land fill repositories.
Some 12,000 man hours were worked on the project
with no lost time injuries and no elevated asbestos monitoring readings
were recorded. |
