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Safe access to plant, equipment and elevated work areas often requires more than an off-the-shelf platform.
Engineering On Demand provides structural engineering and Access Platform Design for commercial, industrial, mining and infrastructure applications throughout Perth and Western Australia.
From small equipment access platforms through to complex elevated Industrial Access Platforms, our engineers can develop practical structural solutions around the equipment, site constraints, operational requirements and intended loads.
Our Platform Engineering services can include structural design, stairs, ladders, handrails, connections, supports, foundations and detailed engineering drawings.
Maintenance personnel frequently need access to equipment that wasn’t originally positioned with servicing in mind.
This can leave workers relying on temporary access equipment or working in awkward locations.
Purpose-designed Maintenance Platforms can provide permanent access around machinery, building services and other equipment requiring regular inspection or maintenance.
Our engineers can design platforms for access to:
The platform is designed around the actual task and site rather than forcing maintenance personnel to work around a generic structure.
Industrial sites can create challenging access requirements.
Restricted space, existing structures, operating machinery, pipework and equipment can all affect where a platform can be positioned and how it can be supported.
Our Industrial Access Platforms can be engineered as:
Independent structures supported directly from the floor or foundations.
Platforms designed to connect to an existing structure or item of plant where appropriate.
Access structures supported from suitable overhead structural elements.
Larger structures providing access to equipment at height.
Platforms incorporating multiple working levels, stairs and interconnected walkways.
Project-specific solutions for unusual equipment or restricted environments.
Industrial equipment rarely arranges itself conveniently around a standard rectangular platform.
Our Access Platform Design service can develop custom structures around:
This is where custom engineering becomes particularly valuable.
Instead of changing the equipment layout to accommodate a platform, the platform can often be engineered around the existing installation.
Access platforms aren’t limited to heavy industry.
Commercial buildings can also require permanent access to plant and building services.
Applications can include:
Purpose-designed access can be incorporated into new projects or engineered retrospectively for existing facilities.
An access platform is a structure designed to provide personnel with access to an elevated or otherwise difficult-to-reach work area, often for operation, inspection, maintenance or servicing.
Yes. Our Maintenance Platforms can be designed around the equipment, available space, access requirements and structural conditions of a specific site.
Yes. Where included within the project scope, platform engineering can incorporate stairs, fixed ladders, walkways, landings and associated structural components.
Potentially. The existing structure needs to be assessed to determine whether it can safely support the additional loads introduced by the platform.
Yes. Where connection to existing structures isn’t appropriate, we can design independently supported platforms with their own columns, bracing, base plates and foundations.
Yes. Engineering On Demand provides structural engineering for mining and industrial projects throughout Western Australia.
We can provide engineering and drafting documentation for the structural platform. The exact level of fabrication/shop detailing required can be established as part of the project scope.
Typically we need information about the site, equipment being accessed, required working area, platform height, intended use and available existing structural documentation. Site inspection or additional measurements may also be required.