Rope Access Services for High or Awkward Structures
Inspection and Surveying
By combining the rope access expertise of SAFETECH with the dedicated inspection and surveying techniques offered by STATS Ltd we can provide a full spectrum of services including:
- Expert investigation into failing building elements
- Concrete condition surveys
- Steelwork inspection (weld integrity NDT etc.)
- Assessment of fire damage to structures
- Specialist investigation of historic buildings and Heritage consultancy
- Brickwork investigation for compressive strength, mortar designation and chemical attack
- Stone masonry durability determination
- Pre-acquisition surveys for deleterious materials (HAC, excess of chloride, lead paint, calcium silicate bricks, woodwool slab formwork asbestos etc.)
- Inspection and dye testing of cladding panels and endoscope inspection of fixing systems
- Strain gauge installation and monitoring
- Sub-surface RADAR surveys
- Water leak detection of roofs, walls and windows
- Performance in use of materials and provision of an expert witness service
Specialist Site Testing
Including:
- Cover meter survey of steel reinforcement
- Half cell survey with colour contour mapping
- Resistively measurement of concrete
- Measurement of depth of carbonation
- Concrete dust and lump sampling
- Rebound (Schmidt) hammer testing
- BRE Internal fracture testing
- Ultra sonic pulse velocity (UPV) testing
- Coring, compressive strength testing and petrographic examination of concrete
- In-situ permeability testing
- Waterproof membrane proof testing
- Load testing of bridge decks and parapets
- Pull-out tests (strength of fixings in concrete, stone and masonry)
- Adhesion testing (bonding of repair material, render and paint coatings to substrate)
- UKAS Laboratory service
When to Use Rope Access
- Complicated structures where other forms of access may prove impracticable or cost prohibitive
- Sensitive historical buildings when other forms of access might threaten the structure
- City-centre locations where conventional access might require planning consent
- Remote locations (eg quarry faces) where other means of access would be impossible
Please contact us to arrange a consultation.