Client: KIER
Site Name: Manchester Aquatics Centre
Value: £96,000
Sector: Retail
Product Details: Aluminium Walkways, Fixed
Guardrail
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Whatever you call them – Building Maintenance Units, BMUs, window cleaning cradles, gantries – this type of permanent access system to the side of your building needs to be inspected and tested to the highest standards. Our team of experienced engineers can carry out compliance tests to ensure your system is safe for use and fully compliant with the latest height safety regulations. Contact us for a competitive quote today and a member of our nationwide team will be with you as soon as possible.
Regularly inspecting building maintenance units is vital. According to BS 6037 Part 1 (2003) window cleaning cradles and other similar suspended access equipment must be inspected every 3 months by a competent person. All of our engineers at Altus Safety are constantly refreshing their knowledge and understanding of the latest height safety regulations to keep your workers safe.
You have a very clearly defined role as the site/building owner. You are, as per working at height regulations, the duty holder and that means ensuring your BMU is fully compliant at all times with the relevant regulations is your responsibility. The following is your job:
Thankfully, you don’t have to shoulder that responsibility alone. Choose Altus Safety to stay compliant affordably, and take away all the pressure with a dedicated account manager that will send out compliance testing reminders well in advance.
BS 6037 Part 1 (2003) is designed to provide some clarity around the planning, design, installation, testing, maintenance and use of suspended access equipment like window cleaning cradles or building maintenance units.
At Altus Safety we make it our mission to stay up to date with any regulation or advice changes to ensure the systems we design and install are always fully compliant. All you need to do is pick the right working at height safety compliance company to design, install and maintain/test your BMU system.
As for how regularly you need to test and inspect your system, BS 6037 is very clear there too. Each year maintenance and compliance tests should look like:
As a specialist company offering working at height solutions, installations and maintenance testing we know how to support you in ensuring your building maintenance unit is fully compliant with all height safety regulations and standards.
We offer competitive quotes delivered quickly, prioritising an efficient, streamlined service that gets your BMU system back up and running before you know it. Without full compliance, we know your system will be out of action, so our nationwide network of trained engineers are always prepared to offer a rapid response to ensure a quick turnaround.
With unrivalled knowledge and industry experience working with some of the biggest clients in the trickiest situations, we understand the importance of full compliance. Our BMU testing services are designed to comply fully with BS 6037 Part 1 (2003) to give you full peace of mind.
BMU systems are commonly known as window cleaning cradles because that’s one of their biggest uses. But it isn’t all just for cleaning windows. They’re a suspended access system that can be used for a range of maintenance tasks and facade access for whatever repairs or inspections are necessary.
Almost any industry can make use of window cleaning cradles so it’s common across a range of places. We’re used to supporting a range of businesses with their BMU system compliance testing. Contact us today for a free quote.
Quarterly. Every 3 months you are legally required to have a competent person (like one of our expert engineers) come out and inspect your building maintenance unit to ensure it is fit for purpose and still safe for all workers working at height. Failure to do so can endanger your workers and lead to legal complications should an accident occur as a result of your negligence.
Client: KIER
Site Name: Manchester Aquatics Centre
Value: £96,000
Sector: Retail
Product Details: Aluminium Walkways, Fixed
Guardrail
Client: Bristol City Football Club
Site Name: Bristol City Football Club –
Training Ground
Value: £7,000 Sector: Sport
Product Details: Horizontal Safety Systems
Client: Berkeley Group
Site Name: Royal Arsenal Riverside
Value: £68,000 Sector: Residential
Product Details: Davit Arms & Davit Sockets,
Freestanding Guardrail
Client: Premier Modular
Site Name: Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power
Station
Value: £180,000 Sector: Infrastructure
Product Details: Freestanding Guardrail,
Horizontal Safety Systems, Fixed Access
Ladders, Anti Slip Roof Walkways
Client: BAM
Site Name: Johnny Walker Experience
Value: £25,000
Sector: Leisure
Product Details: Abseiling Anchors, Ladder Ties & Ladder Restraints, Horizontal Safety Systems, Fixed Access Ladders, Stepover Platforms Walkway, Skylight Protection
Client: mace
Site Name: Finsbury Tower, London
Value: £21,000
Sector: Commercial
Product Details: Davit Arms & Davit Sockets
