LIQUID APPLIED ROOFING SERVICES,
BASED IN SCUNTHORPE, SERVING THE UK
AUTHORISED INSTALLERS
Anchorpoint Safety Systems Ltd are pleased to be authorised installers of the Soter Horizontal Safety Line System; designed to appeal to all parties who come into contact with Horizontal Life Lines, from designers right through to the end user.
As part of this authorisation Anchorpoint Safety Systems Ltd have attended the RIBA approved presentation thereby ensuring that we are able to better assess and understand the relevant criteria and system requirements, along with the overall suitability of an arrest or restraint system design.
This CPD has been produced with Architects and Designers in mind. It features:
An understanding of the current HSE & CDM regulations
What to specify and why
Hierarchy of safety design considerations
How and why many systems fail to meet these regulations
Importance of calculations
Warranties
Minimising the risk when working at height.
Avoid work at height wherever possible…
…is well known HSE guidance, however where this is not possible, we are all responsible for minimising the risks. When roof access cannot be avoided ALL current guidance dictates that a ‘work restraint system’ is the best option and this is where the Soter Horizontal Safety Line System comes in.
Contact Anchorpoint Safety Systems Ltd in Scunthorpe, today.
RESTRAINT OR ARREST – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Work Restraint System: No possibility of a fall.
A typical restraint system would have a lifeline running around the perimeter of the building, 2.3m back from any potential fall.
This would allow for gutter cleaning and maintenance (the most common reason roof access is required).
This type of system requires the minimum of PPE training.
TESTING AND CALCULATIONS
Results from all of these tests have been independently accredited to produce a comprehensive calculations program. It is simple to use and can determine optimum post spacing to meet the end load performance that varies so much with differing roof types. Some of the substrates tested include Aluminium standing seam, composite panels (with topskins down to 0.4mm), double skin and twin skin 0.7mm along with metal, timber and concrete decks.
Contact Anchorpoint Safety Systems Ltd in Scunthorpe for more details and to discuss your requirements.
RESTRAINT OR ARREST – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Work Restraint System: No possibility of a fall.
A typical restraint system would have a lifeline running around the perimeter of the building, 2.3m back from any potential fall.
This would allow for gutter cleaning and maintenance (the most common reason roof access is required).
This type of system requires the minimum of PPE training.
DESIGN
Gutter cleaning and maintenance
Access to air conditioning units
Roof-light cleaning
Plant and machinery
Solar or Photovoltaic panel maintenance
Green Roof maintenance
Whatever the design factors are taken into consideration, the first option should always be to design the system to restrain. Before design can start we must fully understand the needs of the system.
The following factors should be typically considered:
Roof material
Access point
Building height
Roof lights
Number of users
Typically Anchorpoint Safety Systems Ltd will take the following into account:
What is the intended use of the system?
Arrest or restraint?
What’s the roof substrate and can it take the loads?
Has it been calculated?
What’s the building height?
How will the system be accessed?
Rooflights – when should lights be considered ‘fragile’?