Dam Those Meddling Kids!
All joking apart, this incident has very serious potential for loss of life, two issues;
1. How did the individuals who damaged the door get on the roof? Especially as it’s a five floor building!
2. Was the door robust enough to keep unwanted visitors out?
Looking at the picture and speaking to both the attending engineer and site manager, the roof access is very secure and the door was at one time very solid (exposure to the weather had overtime compromised the wood), fortunately no one was hurt, the door is being upgraded and the roof access reassessed.
Lessons learned;
1. Access control needs checking periodically as part of the building management procedures.
2. Lift Specialists Ltd engineers now check the integrity of exposed motor room doors, as part of their service attendance and report back to our office and site management if they have concerns.
