MEMBER PROFILES: CONTRACTOR ROADSIDE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS
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RSS is the authorised distributor of the TL-2 crash rated to 60kph Energy Absorbing Bollards (EABs), Oxford Plastic Systems products and the full range of Barrier Group vehicle and parking products. After 10 years of growing its product and service supply in South Australia, RSS has now expanded its core business in South Australia to include civil works and facility maintenance to cover services such as concreting, paving, bitumen patching, retaining wall construction, fencing, minor earthworks and street scaping.
Completed project/products or services you have worked/or have that you are most proud of? Protection for Rundle Mall Precinct Supply and installation of nearly 70 standard, hydraulically retractable, removable and lockable EABs throughout the city’s main shopping complex. With an increasing number of terror attacks throughout the world in early 2017, the City of Adelaide was the first council in Australia to introduce preventative measures to safeguard its citizens from deliberate and hostile attacks using a motor vehicle.
How long have you been in business? Ten years.
Where are you located? VICTORIA: 10 Jesmond Road, Croydon, VIC 3136. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 88 Stanbel Road, Salisbury Plain, SA 5109 14a Krawarri Street, Lonsdale, SA 5160 NORTHERN TERRITORY: Unit 1, 4 Aristos Place, Winnellie, NT 0802
How did you start your business? Ten years ago, Jared Watkins and Craig Woods, the founders of Roadside Services and Solutions (RSS) had nothing except a lot of drive, ambition and a yearning to be the best in the business and build a successful company. Jared and Craig rented a factory and plugged in a fax machine and had no one to fax. They worked tirelessly with street smarts and significant previous experience to create the successful business it is today, to meet the needs of state road authorities, local governments, civil construction and mining companies, facility management services, car park operators and both small and large businesses and companies. The 22
company’s motto is: Our service is your solution.
What are your core business activities/specialties? Overview Supply and installation of Australia’s most advanced bollards designed fit-for-purpose and location; line marking; installation of guardrails, manufacturing and installation of signage, supply and installation of plastic products, supply and installation of safety products, civils works and engineering. Detail RSS manufactures road safety signs to the highest standards and is a 3M certified manufacturer. Our signs are manufactured to fully comply to both DPTI regulations and other Australian standards. Sign supply is complemented with associated hardware, accessories and installation services. RSS supplies the full range of road safety products, devices and construction equipment and services including road and pedestrian safety products such as guardrail, bollards, guideposts and traffic calming products found around most general facilities and car parking areas. In addition,
EABs are designed to arrest a 1600kg errant motor vehicle travelling at 60kph, protecting the lives of pedestrians from the impact and at the same time preserving the life of the driver of the errant motor vehicle. They can also be found throughout the Adelaide metropolitan area protecting outdoor diners, construction work zones and critical assets and infrastructure. T2T Alliance – North-South Corridor – Torrens Road to Torrens River Project As the successful tenderer for the supply and installation of all permanent signage on this stage of the South Road upgrade, we were pleased to assist T2T Alliance partners CPB and York in providing and erecting all regulatory and guide signs (TES) towards the closing stages of the project. Because a sign is a ‘Critical Safety Device’, it is important it provides guaranteed performance, durability and compliance with all Australian and state road authority standards. As a 3M certified signs manufacturer, signs manufactured by RSS are protected by a 12-year full replacement warranty. A longer warranty not only protects the government’s investment in signs infrastructure, it provides the best life cycle value, which in effect keeps roads safer for longer.
