We’ve been busy rolling out this groundbreaking digital locking system since 2022, on sites up and down the country from Land’s End to the Out Skerries islets in Shetland. By the end of that year we had replaced combination locks on access gates and anti-climb hatches at 1,800 sites. By December 2024 we will have […]
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH ATV TRAINING
Congratulations to Tom and George for successfully completing their LANTRA All-Terrain Vehicle Sit-in Skid Steer training. We had two of our ATVs out with one of our rigging teams completing their LANTRA sit-in Skid Steer certification. We had a Scottrack and Argo on the course, which look similar but are very different to operate. Also, […]
ISLAND TOWER SURVEYS
It has been a busy week for tower inspections, from the Outer Hebrides to Orkney. The outbound ferry from Orkney to Thurso developed a fault within minutes of leaving the port, doing a U-turn back to Orkney. Fortunately the fault was corrected and they finally set sail some hours later. We tend to clear our […]
OFF THE GROUND EXPANSION
At the beginning of 2023 we expanded our ‘off the ground’ service offering to telecom tower maintenance and fall arrest systems. In early 2023 our climbing teams attained MATS (Mast and Tower Safety) certification and EUSR registration, followed by MSA Latchways Fall Arrest Installers and Assessors accreditation in the summer. The Scottish Government embarked upon […]
ADDING TO OUR STEP COUNT IN WALES
We carry out around 7,000 pre-planned maintenance visits every year, but this Welsh site for a door repair was a first for us. Due to its position at the top of a working quarry, vehicular access wasn’t an option – so how did we get our equipment and materials up there? There was a cart […]