Dust Kept Under Control During Full Office Renovation Works

Project Overview

An office building in the prestigious area of Mayfair, London needed significant renovation works.

These works would take place over 18 months and require extensive changes such as structural alterations and rooftop extensions. BAM Construction was the trusted contractor appointed to carry out the renovation work required and keep the office building as desirable as the surrounding location.

Challenge

As part of the renovation works, new utilities needed to be installed which required running services (cables/pipes) through steel girders.

The girders were encased in concrete and fire-resistant materials which required removing in order to allow oxy-propane cutting works to proceed on the girders beneath. The concrete removal process created large quantities of dust which required managing. If left uncontrolled, there was a risk that dust would become airborne and migrate to other areas of renovation, local welfare rooms and even to members of the public using the street outside of the building.

With vast amounts of dust created, on-site teams needed to adhere to Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) in-line with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations. To aid their commitment to worker safety and project compliance, BAM Construction reached out to RVT Group to install engineering controls that would keep people safe without delaying the progress of works

Solution

RVT Group recommended a solution in-line with the 3C’s® methodology (Capture, Contain, Control) and installed two dust control solutions to manage the varying levels of dust in different areas of the project.

RVT Group supplied a DUSTEX^® DustMaster^® Pro to extract dust directly from the area where cutting works were taking place and a DUSTEX^® Raptor was used in the adjoining office to minimise the risk of harmful airborne dust particles impacting workers nearby.

RVT Group’s dust control solution gave BAM the confidence that harmful particulates from cutting could not migrate into 'live' or 'sensitive' environments.