WORKING AT HEIGHT


L ondon skyscrapers comes near to completion o doubt the next to decades will b ring more changes still and our industry should b e b etter prepared for these changes than it has sometimes appeared in the past


T he issue of suitab ility of staff for the task is ev en more relev ant now than it as then rinciple Windo leaning staff need to b e right for the task, and the nature of that task can v ary signicantly from site to site Staff are nurtured, dev eloped and improv ed so that they can take on and look after the nex t generation of high lev el cleaners hey are no of a calibre where they are pushing away some of the old-school thinking, which although reduced, still exists


T echnological innov ation in the cleaning sector has conv entionally been focused on nding ne ays to improve efciency and the uality of cleaning each-and-ash euipment is improv ing all the time and this remains safe and is b ecoming more effective nformation technology is used and there are some interesting systems av ailab le, b ut the numb er of high lev el cleaners using I T gadgets in their work is still relativ ely small; this is an area where dev elopment is needed


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and will come in the near future, while expertise ill improve still further


A b seiling, alb eit as a last resort, remains a v ital tool to hav e and continued inv estment in training is v ital; ov er time, ab seiling teams have become better ualied and more ex perienced, yet training is under constant revie ationally recognised training standards are crucial and no doub t this will continue in some form for some time, b ut this should prev ent good employers with the necessary driv e and ex pertise from dev eloping b etter, less generalised courses


T he need to b e ‘ green’ is ex tremely vital rinciple Windo leaning remains a carb on neutral company and this should be the minimum T he company continually looks to


b e more creativ e so that its impact on the env ironment is a positiv e one, not negative he safety of staff and those affected b y their work has b een a great dev elopment for our industry; this will remain at the


v ery top of the agenda for P rinciple Window Cleaning, where an approach to continuous improv ement and the role of good safety b ehav iours and routines ill become more prominent


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P rinciple Window Cleaning welcomes the coming changes as they will help to improv e the standing of the industry and the knowledge and standing of those orking in it With its very on recognised logo and b randing, the new window cleaning b usiness has already proved to be a hit aving started only in O ctob er 2 0 1 3 , it now has a team of some thirty strong and growing, and hopes to b uild on its success in the second half of 


S ome of the contracts already won since it launched include S earcy’s at the v ery top of the G herkin, L loyd’s of


L ondon, L loyds Register, Bonhams and Wellcome T rust, as well as a numb er of contracts for Broadgate states rinciple Windo leaning is set to flourish as it complements and works hand-in-hand with the main company b rand, prov iding the same high quality ex cellence that clients have come to expect


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