What is Rope Access?
In most contractual situations, safety and quality are important. Our standing in neuro-scientific difficult access solutions requires that people will have this thought at the top of our minds. However, like it or loath it, two questions are always on a clients mind when contract tenders are sent out:
"How much will it cost?"
"How long will it take?"
They understand the need for quality is high but don't actually want to have too much expense. Tight control is exercised on those responsible for monthly or annual budgets & most times, strict time requirements should be adhered to.
In an age when so much appears to depend on the cost of oil, or currency fluctuations, money and time tend to be an issue. Industrial Rope Access is really a major innovation in time/money saving working practices and contains resulted in the upward spiral of its use.
Industrial What!
Industrial Rope Access is a means where personnel can access difficult to attain area's using specialised climbing equipment. https://ropeaccessspecialistsuk.co.uk/best-rope-access-specialists-london/ are highly trained to recognised standards and are in a position to reach difficult locations, sometimes in just a matter of minutes. Standard applications include:
* Bridge inspection/maintenance
* Offshore oil and gas: Inspection, maintenance, steel removal/installation, flare tip replacement and derrick inspection
* Buildings: Window cleaning, inspection, maintenance, electrical, sign installation
* Petro-chemical plants: Inspection, electrical and installation of equipment
* Painting and blasting of ANY large structure
* CCTV installation
* Dam inspection/maintenance
* Ariel inspection, maintenance
The list is nearly endless, Rope Access has been around for approx. 20+ years yet new applications are increasingly being found on a regular basis.
More traditional techniques such as for example scaffolding or staging remember to erect, need numerous personnel and have to be taken down after completion, all increasing the monthly budget and operational time requirements.
Companies around the world, from window cleaning to Inspection have benefited from the Rope Access department. Their clients have benefited from lower outlay and faster turnaround. A few of the benefits include:
* Smaller teams required - Less outlay, technicians are multi-disciplined
* Faster access times - Greatly reduced set-up times with less equipment needed
* Extremely safe operation - Hundreds of thousands man hours safely worked
* The above comments make for a safer, quicker and cheaper project
Many companies and folks worldwide are realising the huge benefits, are you one of these?