Confined Space Silo Cleaning

Confined Space Silo Cleaning using Rope Access

We were contacted by one o our long term clients to carry out some unsociable hours cleaning to a number of silo.

Risk & Method Statement were agreed along with a Safe System Of Work.

The work brief entailed entering the silo via the access hatch at the top, abseiling down the inside and de-contaminating the roof and walls and cone of the silo.

Due to the cones being fixed at the base of the silo.....and only a small hole for the excess product to be extracted from, we had to use a rescue winch which was attached to the entrant in case a rescue was warranted......we regularly practice mock rescues using this system.

 

Prior to entry a Peak Atmospheric reading is taken by lowering a 4 gas air monitor into the silo, once the readings are satisfactory then entry can be undertaken, our entrants all wear 4 gas air monitors whilst working in  Confined Space conditions  ......recording readings from the 4 gas air monitors every 5 minutes, these reading should be kept on file and handed over to the next company that carries out works in the confined space.

 

 

 

 

 

If your Organisation requires any of our services ......please don't hesitate to Contact Us 

 

 

 

Rope Access Building Defect Survey Birmingham

Rope Access Building Defect Survey Birmingham

We have won a contract to deliver Building Defect Survey to two large buildings at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham........

The brief entailed completing a full defect survey of the Building, remedial works to contain water ingress and installation of steel mesh to elevations that had displaced coursework.

Our Team have completed one of the Buildings and we are moving over to the next Building this week.

We have been delivering Rope Access Building Inspections & Surveys  for a number of Local Authorities & Consulting Companies for 15 years .....if your Organisation requires our services please don't hesitate to Contact Us

   

Rope Access Building Inspection and Surveys

Rope Access Building Inspection and Surveys

Our Team have been really busy during the winter period carrying out a huge amount of
water ingress surveys  and remedial works to stop the ingress.

Our latest water ingress problem was on a high rise tower block, water had been ingressing for some time even after remedial works had been carried out to try to prevent it......we were tasked to seal any and all joints to the roof of where the potential ingress could be coming from.

We applied bitumen paint and flash band to the joints in the roof and heat sealed this in place

We have also started another Rope Access Building Defect Survey Contract   for a Local Council in The West Midlands - we have been tasked to inspect 28 high rise tower blocks and log and record defects to the building structure.

If your Organisation requires any of our services .....then please don't hesitate to contact us


 

Confined Space Cleaning

Confined Space Cleaning 

We have completed another deep clean to large process ovens for The Worlds largest manufacturer of fibreglass products.

The clean was carried out during the xmas shutdown period ...... we supplied 5 experienced Confined Space Operatives to carry out the works.....which we carry out x3 clean a year.

All of our Confined Space Works are overseen by a Supervisor certificated to
City&Guilds 972 Level 4

 

 

If your Organisation requires Specialist Confined Space Cleaning or Inspection ......Please don't hesitate to contact us 

 

 

Rope Access Building Inspections Birmingham

Building Inspection and Survey using Rope Access Methods

Our most recent project consisted of carrying out a full safety defect inspection to two large office blocks in Solihull.

The Building Managers had had reports of spalling concrete off the building.

Our Specialist Rope Access Team were tasked to carry out a full safety defect survey, logging and referencing any existing defects and new defects.

Any new defects were found by hammer testing the building surface for hollow points which could mean delamination of the substrate......this was then removed.

We had also been tasked to find out depth of cover to the re-bar using cover meters

 

After choosing the lowest point of cover, a sample was taken and a carbonation test carried out.

 

 

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Rope Access Birmingham

Rope Access Birmingham

We have had a very busy week with a mixture of Confined Space Concrete Inspections and Rope Access water ingress survey and remedial works

We have been tasked to survey and take various samples in a culvert by the Environment Agency.

we have numerous high rise tower blocks to contain water ingress by means of inserting low modulus silicone to panel joints and window apertures

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Silo Cleaning using Rope Access Methods

Silo Cleaning using Rope Access Methods

We have just completed another annual clean to a number of silo's for a National Bakery.

We have been cleaning the silo's for a number of years now, we put this down to our high level of Health & Safety  and experience of Working in Confined Spaces  All of our works are overseen by a Confined Space Supervisor certificated to City & Guilds Level 4

Our Specialist Rope Access Team entered the silo to carry out a thorough dust down and removal of excess flour prior to re supply of the new product.

One of the silo's that needed cleaning was already having some maintenance works carried out in the form of a new air filtration system, the existing filter system had been removed and the hole had not been covered up to prevent rain getting in. Rain had got into the silo and had contaminated the layer of flour left inside the silo, over time this created mildew and we were left with no option but to pressure wash the silo to de-contaminate it ready for product re-supply

as you can see in this picture - the mildew is being removed by pressure washing.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you require any Confined Space Works