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Fall Protection Solutions for Water Features

Fall Protection Solutions for Water Features

Case Study
Project: Fall Protection Solution for a Water Reflection Pond.

Client: The Canadian Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg, MB. 

The Canadian Museum of Human Rights, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is a unique, one-of-a-kind, architecturally constructed edifice. The museum's exquisite architecture includes curved walls, limitless windows, numerous levels, and a pond that reflects water. It looks great from both the outside and the inside.

Fall protection system installed near water features

When we started working with the Canadian Museum of Human Rights' leadership team on this project, Height Works was both excited and nervous. Our goal was to give them a fall protection system that was designed to help with maintenance access problems for the indoor water reflection pond. 

You might be wondering, "Fall protection for a pond?" Yes.

The pond in question is built so that one side leads to the next level. For people who go to the museum every day, this drop is not a safety issue or a problem. However, for museum employees who work at heights and need to clean and maintain the water reflection pond, a fall protection solution was needed to keep them safe from falling more than 50 feet to the next floor level.

Height Works was able to give their organization a fall protection system solution that could be erected using the existing and surrounding structures in a building as unusual as the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. Sometimes solutions aren’t always straightforward to give in pre-existing structures, especially when the structure under consideration comprises numerous attractively curved walls, water features, challenging end support alternatives, and more windows than can be counted.

Height Works suggested the Tractel Travspring Fall Protection System with a Wedge Anchor, even though it didn't fit with the architectural style. This constructed system was easy to install and use for museum staff who worked at heights, taking into account the distance between the two end support alternatives. An engineered fall protection system that could be set up and taken down quickly when access for maintenance and service was needed. And when the work is done, the system is taken down and the space is returned to how it looked before, so the Architects' original design objective for the water reflection pond is not changed

Fall protection system installed near water features, ensuring safety during maintenance tasks

The driving force for Height Works is to help people, just like the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. As experts in fall protection safety, we love solving tough problems with the engineered fall protection systems and personal fall protection equipment we offer. We also make sure that our clients' and their employees' safety needs are addressed.

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