People on the asset, instead of a scaffold around it.
Industrial rope access came out of mountaineering and caving. On a live plant it is the difference between erecting a scaffold around the asset and putting people on it while the unit keeps running.
A work-site access method, not a stunt.
Industrial rope access is a specialist work-site access method, developed from techniques used in mountaineering and caving, and it can be applied to reach almost any structure. It is a recognised alternative to scaffold, gondolas and work platforms.
Every ISO-regulated rope-access operation runs on Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) rope systems, and Global Remote is an active member of the association.
The IRATA systems' safety standard rests on a commitment to four things: thorough training, stringent supervision, exacting equipment standards and diligent operating procedures.
Can you do this while my unit is running?
Usually, yes. Rope-access solutions are typically non-intrusive, which is what allows a full inspection, maintenance and repair programme to run concurrently with operations, so operational downtime is minimised or avoided completely.
The knock-on effects matter as much as the downtime: there is minimal related interference to the structure, to your operations, to occupants and to the public. On a facade or a jetty that is the difference between a project and a disruption.
It also establishes safe access to areas previously considered inaccessible, or accessible only at cost, using traditional systems. Once technicians are there, they are multi-skilled: the same team that reached the asset can inspect it and repair it.
Who is allowed to do what on a rope.
Three certification levels, each with its own entry criteria. The hours are logged, and the supervision requirement is not optional: a Level 1's and a Level 2's work tasks are both carried out under the supervision of a Level 3.
Global Remote is an IRATA operator and an accredited trainer, so the technicians on your site and the people who certified them come from the same organisation. The training centres
A rope is access. The work is the point.
The technicians are multi-skilled, so a single mobilisation covers survey, remedial work and installation rather than three separate visits by three separate trades.
Inspection and survey
Maintenance and repair
Construction and installation
Name the asset and the window.
If the structure can be reached on rope, the answer says so. If it cannot, the answer says that too, along with the access it does need.
Next: what gets tested once access is established, and the methods that do it without cutting anything open.