A Car Went Into a Belmont Dental Clinic With Patients Inside
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On 4 July a vehicle crashed into a dental clinic in Belmont. The collision caused significant structural and glass damage to the shopfront, and a person inside the building was injured.
This is not a glazing job at first
When a vehicle enters a building, the site is an incident scene before it is a repair. Police were on site, there were access protocols to work within, and the immediate question was not what glass goes back in but how to stop anything else happening.
We attended promptly and carried out an emergency make-safe board-up, securing the premises against further damage and removing the risk to the public walking past.
Working alongside emergency services
All work was completed in line with building safety requirements and site-access protocols, coordinated with police who were managing the scene.
That coordination is most of the skill on a job like this. Turning up and starting work at an active incident scene is not helpful; fitting into how the site is being controlled is.
Vehicle impacts
We cover Belmont, Highton, Waurn Ponds, Grovedale and the surrounding suburbs around the clock for vehicle impacts, vandalism and accidental damage, and work regularly with local businesses, property managers and emergency services.
The job in short
- Site: Dental clinic, Belmont
- Date: 4 July
- Cause: Vehicle crashed into the building, person inside injured
- Action: Emergency make-safe board-up, structural and glass damage secured
- Coordination: Completed alongside police, to building safety and site-access requirements
