Health & Safety
Nets for residential use Safety Nets NZ is at the forefront of driving compliance to ensure their safety nets address the fundamental concerns of the Labour Group of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment around working at heights on house construction sites. After discussions with the Department, Safety Nets NZ has developed a safety net solution that is specifically aimed at the residential sector. The carefully designed system suits all house construction projects and offers a cost effective and robust solution to the Department’s concerns. The system is based on the 3 C’s of safety nets installation: compliant nets, compliant rigging and certified installers. Safety Nets NZ general manager Craig Daly says that the installation of safety nets on residential construction sites adds minimal cost to the overall build cost of the house. “The nets are installed very quickly with no impact on the overall works programme and upon completion are certified via handover certificate to enable overhead works to commence. “Once these works have been completed, we return to site to remove the nets. Unlike with some other soft fall arrest systems available, works can also continue unimpeded below the nets whilst they are in place,” Daly says. One of the main advantages of using safety nets on residential construction sites is the fact that the net system, unlike a personal
harness for example, is not reliant on workers themselves having to take steps to establish fall protection measures. Safety Nets NZ has been providing a cost effective, professional and fully compliant fall arrest solution on construction sites since 2008. The company has since carried out over 100 commercial and 1000 residential netting installations. On commercial projects the Safety Nets NZ process involves a site visit to determine the best solution, development of a site specific safety plan and method statement, rigging of nets by professional riggers and certification before handover. The company is on hand to deal with any issues during the job and returns later to take down the nets once the builders works have been completed. All of Safety Nets NZ products are installed by fully trained, qualified and certified installers. Safety Nets NZ is a corporate member of the New Zealand Safety Council. Daly says that the safety net fall arrest solution is increasingly becoming the preferred means of providing soft landing internal fall protection measures on residential construction sites for builders and roofers alike. The company’s list of repeat customers includes some of the country’s largest and most respected construction and house building companies. For more information visit www. safetynetsnz.co.nz
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As part of our service to clients we offer a free, no-obligation quotation, tailored to suit your requirements, and carried out by our most senior staff members. Advantages of using Safety Nets NZ on house construction projects • Provide collective , passive fall arrest solution i.e. no reliance of worker action – e.g. securing harnesses. • Installed and certified by our fully qualified, professional team of riggers. • Minimises impacts on builders works , permitting works to also continue in the house BELOW the nets whilst they remain in place – unlike other means of soft fall protection systems that are available. • Is quickly installed and removed, having little, if any, impact on project timeline. • Is extremely cost effective and adds very little to overall cost of house build. • Enables truss installation , roof construction, installation of exterior linings etc. to be undertaken unimpeded. • Range of net sizes available mean that any size room can be protected. • Specially designed and developed brackets are secured to the face of the top plate to ease net installation, and enable builders works to continue. • Nets are fitted as close as possible to the working level, thereby minimising fall distance into net. Fall distances much less than with other alternative means of soft fall protection.
Contact Craig Daly - General Manager PO Box 305 206, Triton Plaza, Mairangi Bay Tel 09 478 9047 Fax 09 479 9524 Mob 021 782 583 Email craig@safetynetsnz.co.nz
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