AUSTIN SANITARY ROOFING SYSTEM
CREATING SAFE PLANTS FOR SAFE PRODUCTS
In regulated facilities (USDA, FDA, sanitary or clean facilities), the roof of the building is often flat and supported by many horizontal steel girders and joists. The regulatory and best practice requirements for these facilities demand that the entire area, including the steel girders and joists, be cleaned and sanitized regularly.
In the current approach, these girders and joists have many flat surfaces, crevices and areas where dust, grease, microbial growth and other particles can settle. Because of these conditions, it is difficult to effectively and efficiently remove these elements from all surfaces, creating the dangerous risk of bacterial growth and contamination.
AUSTIN SANITARY ROOFING SYSTEM
In response, The Austin Company has developed a system that improves operating conditions, reduces the use of natural resources, and lowers the cost of building and maintaining a sanitary facility.
The Austin Sanitary Roofing System has received provisional U.S. patent protection and has patents pending around the world. Austin’s invention, a roof support system, involves a joist comprising a hollow top and bottom chord and a plurality of web members connecting the top chord to the bottom chord, a rectangular lateral cross section, and ends which are sealed.
The Austin Sanitary Roofing System is a new approach to the design and construction of sanitary production and support facilities that dramatically improves the ability to effectively and efficiently maintain sanitary facilities, with a decrease in cost to the plant owner.
This System dramatically minimizes the number of flat surfaces, crevices and areas associated with the roof and roof support system, making the facility easier to wash, clean and sanitize. This reduces resources and costs expended by the plant owner to operate and maintain their facility, and significantly lowers the risk of non-sanitary conditions, improving product safety and the safety of the consumer.