Commuters, Tourists and Site Operatives Protected from Dust in Trafalgar Square

Project Overview

Refurbishment was required on the paving around the base of the world-famous landmark, Nelson’s Column. This project involved the cutting of flags to size, the cutting of channels for drainage and the cutting of granite coping stones. This kind of expert maintenance ensures that Trafalgar Square is kept safe and preserved to the highest standard for the public.

Challenge

As a prominent central location and tourist hot spot, Trafalgar Square is an extremely busy area. As this refurbishment involved applications that produced large amounts of airborne dust, a solution was needed quickly to protect the stone masons on site as well as the members of the public in the square. Therefore, RVT was approached for a solution.

Solution

Whilst the contractor already had their own dust control enclosure in place on site, they wanted a solution that would capture the dust at source. This would ensure that the stone masons working inside the enclosure were fully protected. RVT suggested using the self contained Dustex^® DustMaster Pro unit with the contractor's enclosure to create a negative pressure. Use of the negative pressure principle ensured that the dust was controlled at source, protecting those working inside the enclosure. This also prevented dust migration outside of the enclosure and to the wider square.