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Delta Steeplejacks extends the life of the chimney at the Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Company(18/06/2010)
Delta Steeplejacks Ltd has undertaken a pioneering refurbishment in order to extend the life of the main chimney at the Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Company. As a result of the age and general wear and tear of the chimney, both the serviceability and lining casing had been detrimentally affected. At this stage a rebuild of the chimney was not an option, so the client put out a tender for a specialist contractor who could extend its lif... [more]
Church Conservation restores St Edmund's Church in Egleton to its former glory(11/02/2010)
Working on the church spire at St Edmund’s Church in Egleton, Rutland, Church Conservation has replaced the lead at the top of the tower in a six month long project. The church spire had become badly cracked due to the rusting iron of the holding down rod, so the team replaced the rusting rod with a stainless steel model whilst replacing the stonework that had become damaged with the traditional Clipsham stone. For Church Conservation, a lon... [more]
Horizon completes internal and external refurbishment of a 70 metre high glass furnace stack(09/12/2009)
Horizon Specialist Contracting has recently completed a 3 month chimney contract at a large processing plant in the North of England. The contract was to undertake the internal and external refurbishment of a 70 metre high glass furnace stack. These essential works were carried out during a 3 month shutdown period following a 10 year working campaign at the facility. In order to carry out the refurbishment, Horizon installed access platforms ... [more]
Increase in fatalities and serious injuries caused by falls from height (29/09/2009)
Working at Height regulations require that operatives be protected from falls at all times. In spite of this, incidents of fines and lawsuits appear to be on the increase. ATLAS, the Association of Technical Lightning and Access Specialists has carried out a series of in depth tests on ladders and scaffolding to help companies and their employees prevent further accidents. There were 58 fatalities and 3,623 serious injuries caused by fall... [more]
Cutbacks in safety inspections and maintenance will lead to increases in accidents(21/07/2009)
According to the HSE, 72 fatalities occurred on site in the Construction Industry in 2007/2008. . ATLAS, the Association of Technical Lightning and Access Specialists fear that cutbacks in safety inspections and essential maintenance will lead to increases in accidents. Although it may not be through choice, many companies are abandoning basic safety inspections and essential maintenance in an attempt to cut costs. However, this is a false eco... [more]
Technical Update on risk assessment for BS EN 62305
(12/11/2008)
Contractors in the lightning protection industry may well have received correspondence recently from David Andrews Products Limited regarding “official risk assessment software” for BS EN 62305. The ATLAS Lightning Conductor Committee are concerned that this correspondence may have caused confusion as to the manner in which risk assessments should be performed under BS EN 62305 and as the trade body for the industry ATLAS have issued this Techni... [more]
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