Rope Access Specialists - Abseil Your Way From the Recession

Conventional types of access and egress such as for example scaffolding and cradles have until recently been the premier choice for building maintenance, cleaning, inspection and general repair. Both these disciplines provide a reliable form of access and are understandably trusted as a safe platform for works at height. However the financial implications together with the time frame to install these systems is definitely significant, sometimes extortionate and often disproportional to the amount of labor time required to complete the task.

The recent recession in Britain has led to many business' over hauling their expenditure strategies and seeking ways to spend less without introducing the dreaded redundancy. Building maintenance is not any exception and in a recession commercial business owners often target any refurbishment as a sure solution to make an instantaneous saving on funds. Even though downside of this approach is a building that is neglected and will eventually lead to an increasingly expensive refurbishment program if ignored.

Rope access offers a viable and sustainable solution to the growing cost of high rise building cleaning and maintenance within the current climate and contains little environmental impact.  Rope Access Specialists Kensal Rise  utilize abseiling work and rescue techniques as a way of work positioning to carry out multiple tasks at any height. With the advantage of a minimal set up time required, technicians might have their ropes installed and become working within an hour offering rope access a serious advantage over scaffolding. At the end of the morning all ropes are removed and the building or structure is left without obvious signs of refurbishment works, allowing minimal disruption to the customers day to day business.

The advantages of rope access are clear and combined these advantages reduce the cost and raise the affordability of refurbishment work especially in this challenging economic environment where any saving helps. Rope access companies are pushing home the advantage during this period as the commercial and industrial sectors are forced to seek alternative solutions to access solutions. Even prior to the recession rope access was considered a growth industry with more and more people convinced of its economical flexibility and exemplary safety record.

Rope access is fully identified by the Health and Safety Executive and most companies follow guidelines set out by IRATA - the Industrial Rope Access Trade Association and the British Standards Institute. There is 3 levels of competency with each level requiring 1000 hours of signed hours before progression to another level is permitted via an independently assessed program. Companies are capable of providing technicians with multiple skills and specialist trades as in virtually any industry and quality of workmanship is simply as important.