The Waterloo Junction is an exciting new retail and commercial precinct on the corner of Commercial and Ann Street, Fortitude Valley.

The refurbished hotel and new liquor superstore being created for Coles are in addition to architecturally designed showrooms and commercial tenancies; offering the Brisbane commercial office market a fantastic CBD alternative.

Uni-span Australia is proud to be a part of Waterloo Junction, through the award of the scaffold contract to Stage 1A.

This building is designed to be a 4 star “Green Star Standard”, and comprises 5 levels of large floor plate offices and 1 level of retail.

The contract, spanning 35 weeks, comprises the supply, installation and eventually the dismantling of all perimeter scaffolds as well as stair access and egress, falsework support, loading bays, hoist exits, ramps, cantilevered and spurred sections, handrails and height safety, and stairwell scaffolds. Supply is expected to peak at about 200 tons.

Uni-span’s containment system, uni-mesh, is once again proving to be the solution for perimeter protection. This proven and widely accepted system allows for both “chain and shade” to be installed simultaneously, improving on production without compromising safety.

Uni-span’s continued commitment to innovation ensures new products are developed constantly to improve safety and productivity on site. An example at Waterloo Junction is Uni-span’s new Kwikaz clips and tools whereby a clip is used to fix uni-span’s market leading containment system, uni-mesh, to the scaffold.

According to Danny O’Brien, lead scaffolder at Waterloo Junction, “The Kwikaz clip is simple and easy to install. Uni-span’s recommended arrangement allows us to fix the uni-mesh safely and quickly to the scaffold; in fact easily 10 times faster than conventional tie wire or zip tie fixings. This is the only way to go”.

Note: For more information or if you have a project and would like some advice from our experienced team please contact info@uni-span.com.au or call us on 07 3442 4000.