Lab Restraints.NZ

 Specialist Laboratory Services

Lab Restraints.NZ is a subsidiary of Disaster Prepare Ltd specialising in seismic restraints for laboratories with extensive experience in PC2 & PC3 laboratories. Finalist Wellington Gold Awards 2024 - Innovation

Areas of expertise

Our services are aligned with the HSWA defined risk management processes guiding our clients on a pathway to meaningful safety improvements and HSWA compliance.

Initial Seismic Safety Assessment: Assess building contents based on NZS-4104 requirements and proposed scope of works with OPEX milestones to meet tight client budgets.

Seismic Restraints: We install NZS-4104 compliant seismic restraints to protect expensive lab equipment, ensure bio containment and HSWA compliance. Solutions include custom cables and our Seismic-Rail-System®.

New Lab Project Consulting: Early client engagement during the project specification stage integrates seismic bracing considerations into the project design. This ensures walls are design to withstand seismic loading of equipment braced to them.

Compliance reporting: Project completion and exception report provides a record of completed works for compliance reporting. Exception reporting identifies additional items that require seismic restraints particularly where works are being conducted in multiple stages.

Implementation Strategy

Multi-staged OPEX project avoids CAPEX project stagnation. Sample installation serves as a capability demonstrator. Initial stages focus on life safety and protecting exit routes for HSWA compliance.

Subsequent stages focus on business continuity for essential services. Ongoing works to include seismic restraints as part of new equipment or lab refurbishment project costs.

Case Study Examples

Niwa Hamilton - New lab campus - Early consultation enabled inclusion of seismic restraints into project budget. SRS® has been specified for the new NIWA lab campuses in Wellington and Christchurch.

Fonterra R&D Centre – Annual standing order to agreed value over five years plus project work for new equipment or lab refurbishments. Referrals to other sites.

CCDHB - Replaced all existing deteriorating single use peel and stick seismic restraints as an 11-stage OPEX project.

Seismic-Rail-System®

We adapted aerospace technology to ensure sleek unobtrusive NZS-4104 compliant restraint system to compliment modern lab design.

Our SRS® was developed to address the limitations of imported single use adhesive buckle and strap restraints attaching items to laboratory benches.       

 SRS® clear uncluttered bench top

Its simple design provides a flexible quick release solution to enable your team to reposition lab equipment as needed. Rails are typically wall mounted to prevent damage to benches from seismic forces.

Seismic-Rail® spans the full length of lab benches providing maximum flexibility for current and future equipment layout. Particularly useful in new laboratories as your team adapt to their new environment.

Multiple Rail-Cable options provide a quick release coupling between lab equipment and the Seismic-Rail®. Currently 28 Rail-Cable options available plus bespoke solutions.

Custom Cable Solutions

We design and manufacture custom cable solutions on site to ensure a perfect fit. Cable solutions range from heavy duty cross bracing for bio safety cabinets to unobtrusive quick release mini cable restraints for microscopes.

Client Testimonial

“I am absolutely thrilled with the results of the recent upgrade to our Genome Sequencing suite. DPL listened to our requirements and produced a system and set of individually designed and installed restraints.

These not only meet the seismic safety standard but our requirements of flexible, reusable, and aesthetically pleasing systems for users and visitors. Each item secured has a small discrete sticker to say it meets NZS 4104. That’s a nice touch. The finished quality was exactly what I had hoped for and better than I expected.

It demonstrates why we use professionals and totally worth the effort to get them as an approved Fonterra vendor. This view you can scarcely see the system - note the full-length rail under the window”

 Complimentary Sample Installation

We’d love to schedule a complimentary SRS® sample installation for you to play around with. While we are on site, we can also conduct a laboratory seismic hazard assessment to help you identify, understand and mitigate the risks within your laboratory. (Travel costs may apply)

  Next Step

 Contact us for more information or to schedule your sample SRS® installation.