Local residents of Sydney Harbour Bridge will no longer be disturbed by the noise of the bridge being cleaned, thanks to a new barrier solution created by Australia’s largest supplier of shipping containers Royal Wolf.
The company transformed a 20 foot container for Blast-One – a specialist supplier of protective coating and corrosion control products – to house its diesel powered vacuum which it uses to clean abrasive material from the bridge.
Royal Wolf South Australia state manager Adrian Massey said that the container offers the ideal noise pollution barrier to protect Sydneysiders who live near the bridge.
“We worked with Blast-One to create a customised product with a side opening wall, paint job to withstand the harsh harbour environment, sound-proof interior to reduce noise of the machine to fewer than 85 decibels and built attenuators into the side walls to reduce the power signal,” he said.
Blast-One project manager Jesse Bennett said that the company was impressed with Royal Wolf’s ability to tailor the container to its needs.
“The unit can be easily transported to different locations around the bridge and will also prolong the life of our sophisticated equipment kept inside,” he explained.