Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) has been contracted to deliver specialist Access & Safety works at The Australian High Commission, a Grade II listed building on The Strand, London.
The High Commission of Australia is the diplomatic mission of Australia in the United Kingdom. It is located in Australia House, a Grade II listed building. It was Australia’s first diplomatic mission and is the longest continuously occupied diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom.
Much of the building materials used in its construction were imported from Australia. The building is of Portland stone on a base of Australian trachyte. The marbles used include dove-coloured Buchan marble from Victoria, the light and dark Caleula from New South Wales, and white Angaston marble from South Australia. The joinery and flooring timbers include timber varieties from all Australian States but the most prominent of these is black bean, a very hard and dense wood similar to English oak, used principally for panels of the first floor Downer Room where the carvings represent arts and sciences.
In this contract, engineers from PTSG Access & Safety Ltd will carry out two large remedial jobs. The first is the replacement of all anchor points on the roof. Anchor points are the easiest way of providing a safe method of work within a limited working area.
The second remedial job is repairs to a ladder and handrail. PTSG delivers installation, testing and inspection and remedial works to the full range of fall arrest and fall restraint systems and equipment. PTSG Access & Safety Ltd is one of the Group’s five independent divisions; the others are PTSG Electrical Services Ltd, PTSG Building Access Specialists Ltd, PTSG Fire Solutions Ltd and PTSG Water Treatment Ltd.
