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Mechdeck & rooftop HVAC guides

Plainspoken guides for the people who spec, quote and build rooftop mechanical platforms in Australia and New Zealand.

15 June 2026 · 6 min read

Mechdeck vs plinth vs sleeper base: what shopping-centre HVAC really needs

Three ways to sit an AHU on a roof — and only one of them survives a tenancy fit-out five years in. Here's how to pick.

22 June 2026 · 7 min read

Nine boxes every rooftop mechanical platform has to tick before the sparky gets on the roof. Print it, tape it to the tender pack.

29 June 2026 · 5 min read

Undersize it and the sparky can't reach the coil. Oversize it and you've quoted 40% more steel than you needed. Here's the pattern that works.

5 July 2026 · 5 min read

The three things WorkSafe inspectors always check on rooftop plant — and the two most mechanical consultants forget until handover.

12 July 2026 · 4 min read

The spec-sheet skeleton we've watched senior mechanical consultants copy-paste into tender packs for five years running.

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