Five month long project to remove asbestos and reinstate roofing on several buildings at Christmas Island Phosphates’ fully operational processing plant.
The phosphate plant is located on the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island, which lies in the Indian Ocean, 3,385 kilometres away from central Australia.
McMahon Services coordinated the mobilisation of equipment and materials, and shipped these from Fremantle to Christmas Island. The team removed approximately 6,000 square metres of asbestos roof and wall sheeting from the Drumsite Warehouse and Workshops recladding the building with new materials. Around 2,400 square metres of asbestos was also removed and new cladding reinstated by our specialist team in several other buildings on the site.
The logistics of the project were a challenge for the team, but were overcome with extensive pre-planning which included the shipping of materials and sourcing of personnel from mainland Australia. This project was completed during the dry season when the Christmas Island red crabs migrate to the sea to spawn. This takes place each year during October and November and makes travelling around the island difficult. Many of the roads are filled with the crabs and their tough exoskeletons can puncture tyres.
Completing this project utilising our own in-house divisions provided a seamless delivery and we received excellent feedback from our client. As a result, McMahon Services has been contracted for another project on the island.
