WORKING AT HEIGHT A HIGHER LEVEL OF SAFETY Putting a daunting cleaning task in the hands of an in-house team can
enhance safety, cleanliness and value for money, says James White of Denis Rawlins Ltd.
Maintaining high standards of cleanliness is a challenge when budgets are tight. When the areas in need of cleaning are above ground level, inside buildings or out, the task presents another order of difficulty.
Working at height is a risk too far for many in-house cleaning teams and general contract cleaners. No matter how thorough the risk assessment, training and operational procedures, the work is intrinsically dangerous.
While many types of access platform on the market avoid the need for ladders or scaffolding – or abseiling down the exterior of a building – the reduced risk comes at a cost. The additional expense of hiring access equipment or specialist contractors may be prohibitive. In either case, the operation is likely to be disruptive.
For all these reasons, the likelihood is that either budgets or cleaning schedules end up being stretched.
As an experienced cleaning consultant and equipment supplier, we specialise in finding and testing innovative answers to common cleaning challenges. Like every industry, ours is a test bed for new technologies. But high or low-tech, our acid test for every option is the reliability of the cleaning results, and the return on investing in innovation.
The best approach to health and safety is not to put people in harm’s way in the first place. So a system that allows operatives to clean high-level areas from ground level has obvious appeal. When the cleaning results are excellent – and demonstrably so – with little or no specialist training or skills required of the user, the equipment’s potential becomes even greater.
This is made possible by a system that combines a series of proven technologies – namely: super-lightweight yet strong carbon-fibre poles, high-quality wireless video, standard vacuuming equipment and a specially designed safe-locking mechanism.
“NO MATTER HOW THOROUGH
THE RISK ASSESSMENT, TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, WORKING AT HEIGHT IS
INTRINSICALLY DANGEROUS.”
Any operative can vacuum indoor structures up to 11 metres high with the system, which is called SpaceVac. Working externally, SpaceVac is effective at clearing gutters and cleaning other surfaces at heights up to 15 metres.
Compatible with most vacuum systems, SpaceVac ensures that there is no loss of suction, so cleaning is as effective as at floor level. Cleaning heads and a variety of tools are themselves manufactured in one piece from 100% carbon fibre for maximum strength and minimum weight.
Even at full extension, the system’s components cannot separate during the cleaning operation thanks to the innovative S.A.F.E.R. (Safe and Fast Easy Release) design. At ground level, the user can check the progress of cleaning on live, high-quality video relayed by the wireless camera. Recordings can also be viewed later by supervisors or the client.
SpaceVac is also safer in industrial environments where there is a risk of combustion. The range includes the world’s only ATEX certified high-level cleaning system. It is the only system of its kind to be certified as safe for ATEX use in explosive atmospheres and hazardous environments.
Designed and engineered in Northampton, SpaceVac is highly flexible due to its wide array of brushes and accessories. From gutter cleaning heads and specialist outdoor tools, to a specially designed selection of indoor brushes, the system has a solution for the toughest of cleaning challenges.
Crucially, this is a simple and cost-effective system that gives cleaning managers the option to integrate high-level areas within the routine cleaning budget – and the peace of mind from knowing that no worker is at risk of a life- threatening fall. So SpaceVac puts high-level cleaning safely within easy reach of general contract cleaners and virtually any in-house cleaning team.
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