5 STRONG REASONS FOR USING THE ROPE ACCESS

• Dramatically cost cutting by eliminating the scaffolding related expenses.
• The access ways around the objective are no longer obstructed by scaffolds.
• The time limit is substantially reduced.
• The possibility of reaching any workplace, no matter how difficult the access would be.
• Maximum safety by using top class equipment especially conceived and tested for the rope access works.

The traditional resistance of industry to lightness and smallness is changing - the laws of evolution demand that development and adaptation is necessary to survive in the rapidly changing workplace.

So, innovative companies who work at height are developing competitive advantage by embracing new techniques and new equipment, which is lighter, more comfortable, quicker to use, less expensive and more versatile.

Activities like rope access are becoming widespread as a safe economical access method, and similar yet less complicated techniques are being adopted right across industry and the rescue services.

The traditional methods are no longer the automatic answer to access problems, as manufacturers, managers and workers discover new ways of working - more economically, competitively, comfortably and most important, safely.

(From the 1998 Petzl Work and Rescue catalogue)