OUR SERVICES
ROPE ACCESS
With industry leading expertise, Rope Access is an intrinsically safe form of access for working at height or areas that are difficult to reach with traditional forms of access.
Furthermore, the nature of rope access reduces project time, lowering downtime and minimizing the impact on ongoing operations, significantly reducing the cost to clients in comparison to traditional methods.
Rope Access has brought tremendous benefits to our customers. All of our experienced personnel are SPRAT qualified, ensuring that work is carried out in a safe, reliable manner.
Naturally, the flexibility of Rope Access lends itself to any of the industries in which ARS work, in any location. ARS’s experience is extensive, and includes power installations (including wind turbines), petro-chemical/chemical plants, and the maritime and offshore industries.
Technicians are not only trained in access, but are multi-disciplinary operatives. Services offered can range from maintenance services such as coatings and insulation, to specialist services such as Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), inspections and plant integrity.
SPORT NETTING SERVICES
Sport netting services via Rope Access:
• Netting replacement
• Cable installation
• Inspection and maintenance
• New construction
• Emergency mainenance
ARS can eassily access any location the poles quickly and safely saving our clients an average 30% direct cost to traditional methods. We can work around the schedule of the facility, including night work and during operation with zero shutdown. Access to confined locations such as tops of buildings, near freeways, in flight zones, around trees and over water with no special permits required. We provide quick response for emergency work at hights after the storm damage and its prevention.
WINDOW CLEANING
• Window and amp cleaning, facade cleaning
• Building Washdown
• Glass Replacement
• Glazing
• Construction Cleans
• Train workers for climbing safety
LADDER SAFETY LIFE-LINE
Manditory OSHA fixed ladder safety life-line retrofit:
• Bring ladders in compliance with current OSHA regulations
• Install new ladder safety systems ‘LAD SAFE’
• Removal of existing cages
• Inspect current ladders, PPE and lifelines
• Train workers for climbing safety
OSHA 1910 new fixed ladder safety requirements:
As of November 19th, 2018, cages are no longer considered compliant fall protection in newly installed fixed ladders. To meet OSHA standarts, a personal fall arrest system or a ladder safety system is required.
As of November 19th, 2036, cages will no longer be accepted as a form of fall protection, and all fixed ladders taller than (or that extend beyond) 24 feet high must use a pesonal fall arrest system or a ladder safety system.
DRONE VISUAL AND LOGISTICS SERVICES
ARS is partnered with Big Brother photo aerial visual and logistics services.
A specialist FAA licensed drone company, which is essential to our most difficult access scopes; providing messenger line transport, pre-inspection for JSA and work method development, and real time QC viewing.
With the special FAA licensing, Big Brother Photo can fly in sensitive areas such as near airports, above high-rises and industrial facilities.
INDUSTRIAL ROPE ACCESS
Industrial Rope Access is an effective mode of safely working at height or in difficult to access locations for industrial related activities such as plant shutdown, flare maintenance and erection, cooling tower inspection and concrete repair, installation of rescue systems and vertical life line systems, process column tray work, painting, blasting and more.
ARS take a unique approach to industrial work by combining traditional fall protection methods of work, technical rescue techniques and rope access skills to safely complete the work, and maintain 100% compliance with the proponent.
POWER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TOWER SERVICES
Weather it is maintenance access, vertical life line inspection or installation, changing of air craft warning lights, or tower erection; ARS easily assist by using rope technology to safely move men and materials to the desired work location, train teams of tower climbers and develop company climbing safety programs to International standards.
Work on tower with ARS simply eliminates the need for costly cranes, dangerous man lifts and increases productivity of the work team with Rope Technology.
ARS provides not only technical training to the leading telecommunication companies such as Ericsson and Huawei, ARS had developed an entire Tower Climbing Management Program for Saudi Aramco.
EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE SERVICES
On-call specialized Rope Access team for plant and facility production emergencies that required immediate response and repair.
Specialized areas are: confined space (equipment retrieval, emergency patching), communication towers, chimneys, flare stack (electrical process columns internals), worker access assist (providing safety assistance form access to hazardous areas without cranes or scaffold in a safe, timely manner), this service is highly used by production facilities that cannot be in shutdown for a long period of time.
Our team understands the critical need for a timely solution, that is cost effective and SAFE.
INSPECTION AND OTHER SERVICES
Industrial Rope Access inspection services include: towers, tanks, pipe racks, internal process trays, cranes: bulk material transfer systems, and container offloading, etc.. NDT (i.e. Mag partial, X-ray, UT) are preformed safely and quickly with the highest quality.
Industrial Rope Access oil & gas services includes:
• Blasting
• Spraying
• Welding
• Pipe-fitting
• Painting
• Derrick building
• Flare Stack erection & maintenance
• Rigging and Lifting
• Complex Electrical work
HIGH RISK WORKS
We eliminate the need of a high capacity crane with luffing jib after basic derrick erection. ARS uses a high efficiency transport system for workers to reach their work location. This system doubles as the primary rescue system.
Risk is not only physical, it is emotional and mental. Men working at extreme heights or in tight confined spaces require training and immediate rescue in any emergency. Our systems eliminates the stresses, and fatigue of climbing; and our expert staff provide additional support to increase a workers comfort at height.
From inspecting bolts tightness, to placing process trays or pulling cable ARS uses special techniques from the rescue trade to maneuver hard to reach areas safely and efficiently.
Further, ARS provides a fast efficient method for the raising and lowering of materials such as ladders and platforms, high-rise glass, scaffold removal, welding machine positioning, and movement of work crews.
RESCUE STANDBY TEAM
ARS is proud to be one of the few companies to offer rescue standby services for confined space entry, large hazardous projects, fall protection, and other hazardous scenarios. OSHA requires that any time entry is to be made on a permit required confined space or personnel are to utilize personal fall arrest systems that a rescue plan is included in the planning process that allows for a timely rescue of personnel.
Our solution to your rescue needs is our fully equipped rescue standby team.
EQUIPMENT SALES
ARS provides quality rope safety equipment world wide. We specialize in rope rescue equipment for fire departments, rope access equipment for the work team, recreational climbing gear and climbing gym equipment, confined space entry and rescue, working at height for construction and maintenance, and the telecommunication industry. All of our equipment meets the latest standarts of NFPA 1983, ANSI Z359, EN/CE, and Federal OSHA 29CFR 1910/1926 requirements. We represent the top brands of equipment such as Petzl, CMC, ClimbTech, DBI SALA, Yates, Singing Rock, Trango and more. Our staff have real on the job experience working the latest equipment in various work scenarios from Standby Rescue, to Maintenance, to Heavy Constructions Activities; just send us an email and we can help advise with the best tool for the job.
