Creating A Safe Space For Critical Work (And Assessments)

Project Overview

Leading Australian university laboratory needed to conduct soil testing as part of its curriculum.

Challenge

When a leading Australian university laboratory needed to conduct soil testing as part of its curriculum, there were multiple challenges at play:

• Contain hazardous dust and fumes that could pose health risks to students and staff.
• Prevent disruption to ongoing classes, ensuring the wider campus environment remained safe and functional.
• Maintain compliance with WHS standards, particularly around airborne contaminants.

The university required a robust, temporary solution that would protect both people and facilities without delaying important academic work.

Solution

RVT Group’s technical consultants, after liaising closely with the laboratory team, designed a tailored hazard control system. The solution combined:

• A DUSTEX® Enclosure, creating two secure temporary work stations for controlled testing.
• Two Raptor Pro units, generating negative pressure to capture, contain, and filter contaminants directly at the source.

This approach ensured the safe containment of dust and fumes while enabling vital soil testing to continue on schedule.

The results

The outcome was a safe, compliant, and controlled environment that:

• Protected the health of students, staff, and visitors (especially their lungs 🫁).
• Allowed soil testing to be completed without disruption to the broader teaching schedule.
• Gave the university confidence that WHS obligations were being met with industry-leading engineering controls.