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Gommers saves 30% of cost thanks to edge protection from RSS |
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Netherlands - Nijmegen
Roofing contractors Gommers have started work on a major renovation
of approx. 7,500 m2 of
corrugated sheet on a student housing complex in Nijmegen. Fall protection facilities are
required by law there. "We first considered building scaffolding. That's what
we've been doing for years", says René Gommers, director of Gommers Dakwerken.
"Normally we would have to erect about 860 metres of scaffolding. My client, the student
housing association in Nijmegen,
had read about edge protection for sloping roofs from Roof Safety Systems on
the Internet. If you erect scaffolding, you give burglars really easy access to the backdoor of around 750 apartments.
That was a problem for the client. The RSS system has solved it."
Roof Safety
Systems provided Gommers and its client with a demonstration on site. "With no
obligation up front, RSS installed a trial
installation of 12
metres on the roof," says René Gommers. That says something about the trust RSS has in its
own product. I really liked that. Everyone was enthusiastic. It is a great system that really works. Very convenient and safe. Our employees are really enthusiastic
too."
"So we started calculating. We counted up the costs of building and
dismantling, the cherry-picker and purchase of the RSS system. The saving versus scaffolding was no less
than 30%. So we bought 60 metres of edge protection at once. It's a
one-time investment that we can also use for future projects."
The renovation has started and will last 7 months.
Gommers dakwerken
www.gommers.nl
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