We had been at our old Workzone offices since 2012 and although they’d served us well in the earlier stages of our business, we’d well and truly outgrown them. Moving isn’t much fun, but we’re now settled in and every single member of our team is rapt with our bigger, better offices.
The open plan design of the office means communication between all of our teams is much easier so we can ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients, even faster and more smoothly.
As well as bigger offices, we also have a bigger depot for more trucks. Which of course meant that we could go out and buy some new ones, which we’d wanted to do for a while now.
We’ve added 5 new trucks to our fleet — Four our standard Hino 300 616 short IFS and the fifth one is a larger 617 Medium with a custom tray to fit a tailgate lifter to the side of the chassis for our Port A Booms, Dave from CMI Hino does an awesome job sorting out the trucks, our racks from Willunga South Engineering, Signage Craig and his team at Roadside, arrow boards, beacons and tracking by Steve and the team at Koan Solutions — to make sure we can manage the increasing volume of projects coming our way.
New fitouts and new signage on each new truck means that we have the latest innovations in traffic management onboard, so we can keep your site safe, and your productivity at a maximum.
Client: Schiavello Construction SA Pty Ltd
Project: Norwood Oval Refurbishment
The redevelopment of Norwood Oval has been eagerly anticipated by Norwood Football Club and fans for a number of years. A major project, it involves the construction of the new 2-storey Wolf Blass Community Centre, renovation and refurbishment of the existing grandstands and much more.
Workzone has been involved from the beginning of the project in May 2019, and we remain involved as the project continues. Our work to date has included:
Workzone is proud to be associated with this refurbishment and it is a pleasure to work with this professional company.
In any given week, Workzone probably has a number of these going on in back streets of suburbs, all around Adelaide.
Builders and construction companies make up a good proportion of our clients and call us in early to help make sure things go to plan and run to schedule.
Examples of these sorts of projects include:
For these smaller jobs we can do the following:
Now, although we call these our smaller jobs, there’s nothing small about a 25 cubic metre concrete pour for the average house or 6 x 6 metre precast panels that weigh 10,000kg swinging off a crane as it is lowered into place. They’re serious business. When builders and construction companies have a Workzone crew managing traffic at their building site, they know that they can focus on their building work 100%.
Mid Murray Council and District Council of Yankalilla are two regional SA Workzone clients who have called us in to manage their end-of-year events for a number of years.
Client: Mid Murray Council
Event: Morgan and Mannum Christmas Pageants
We’ve been involved with these events for 4 years and the clients always express their gratitude for the involvement of our traffic controllers. In fact, the council usually make a point of requesting the same people that worked the pageant the year before, and both Workzone and our individual staff members are very happy to oblige.
Due to our experience, set-up of signage is conducted with a minimum of fuss and
we run the event with minimum effort from the clients, so they can relax and enjoy the festivities, knowing that we have safety under control.
Client: District Council of Yankalilla
Event: New Year’s Eve Parade and Fireworks
Another fun project for Workzone with traffic controllers enjoying this family event, with which we’ve been involved for the past 6 years.
This popular end-of-year event attracts about 2500 people to the small town of Normanville, where our Workzone traffic controllers set up the main street to ensure everyone’s safety. The parade travels down the main street of the town, then makes its way towards the beach where fireworks light up the sky to bring in the New Year.
At Workzone, we are very proud to be the first and only traffic management company called in by these councils for these events. They know they can rely on the job being done with a minimum of fuss and that the safety of all is priority.
Client: Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd
Project: Tower Crane Dismantle, Realm Building, Adelaide
That weekend was 7-9 February 2020, but planning began back in November 2019, when we were contacted by the client, Maxcon Constructions. Workzone had already worked on a number of other Maxcon projects, including 310 Morphett Street Apartments and Penny Place Apartments.
We held site meetings with the client, detailed discussions with Adelaide City Council, and consulted with the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure for impact by crane dismantlement. Our Workzone Planning Department prepared and distributed the Traffic Guidance Scheme, sought and gained permissions and permits required and notified the many organisations that needed to be informed — including Council, SA Police, Ambulance Services, SES, Metropolitan Fire Services, and Taxi and Bus Services.
Visual Messaging Signs were installed to notify of road closures leading up to the start of the project. On the dismantle weekend, we used a Portaboom for road closure on Pulteney Street, and traffic management extended to North Terrace, Grenfell and Frome Streets.
The plan was for works to be conducted continuously for 40 hours over the weekend.
Workzone supplied 20 traffic controllers and 8 vehicles running 2 shifts over the duration of the project. The project went very smoothly, was completed early with no problems or delays, and our clients were extremely happy with the way that the whole project was conducted.
Workzone Traffic Control appreciates the ongoing relationship we have with Maxcon Constructions.
In 2017, we’re excited to be taking you to RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast from 6-7 April 2017.
These three words resonate with the Traffic Management industry. Be part of the solution to future traffic management on Australian roadwork, construction, emergency, utility and infrastructure sites.
We invite you to attend the Traffic Management Association of Australia (TMAA) 2017 Conference on the beautiful Gold Coast at RACV Royal Pines Resort. Located just 12 minutes drive from the magnificent beaches of Surfers Paradise, the Royal Pines Resort is in close proximity to the Gold Coast’s famous attractions and excellent shopping facilities.
We look forward to sharing the TMAA Conference with you to generate compliance and safety on all sites, for the future of this industry, and those we work alongside and protect.
Get involved and register today…
Please stay safe in our South Australian summer … it’s hot out there!
