Securing windows, Rotterdam

Activities performed to a building in Rotterdam. Descending we have placed safety bars to the rails to keep the windows secured.
This is the first time I have worked with SKALT products. As for the rope access concerned work, I used the expert SKALT belt. The sitting part is very comfortable and straight shoulder straps are ideal.... >>

Replacing energy abductors at GTI Cofely Suez

Today I replaced / renewed energy abductors at the GTI Cofely Suez establishment in Dordrecht. My "colleagues over there appreciated our specialism and therefore asks us to carry out the work.

It is only possible to reach the crane with a cherry pickers. In these men baskets, I always wear the SKALT belt and I hook myself on to the... >>

Wicked wind

After a long and hard winter, finally, the sun shines back in Portugal. The last winds of 120km/h turned the outdoor advertisement brand in our own training center tower.
10.00 am. Objective to straighten the outdoor to ensure that it won't happen again. Wicked wind....and its difficult to rotate the outdoor. Perhaps a low kick result -... >>

Flying to a Dutch Platform

Since I past the Irata level 3 exam last October I've been very busy with rope access jobs. The ones I already did continued, but also a lot of supervising projects came along.
So here's the latest job I did before I went on a vacation to do some canyoning in the south of France.

I was called by a company, who does mainly... >>

Crane work

Here my colleague and I hoisted a crane up and put it down on the ground for some major repairs. The trolley wheels were worn down and we wanted to replace them, together with some other repairs. It took over 3 hours before the crane was set on the ground. Then we worked 2 days before we were ready and placed the crane back on its... >>

See me on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRljwvEbHFg&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7pCUmoX2o&feature=channel

Me and Santo Padre

http://www.rr.pt/multimedia_video.aspx?fid=167&fileID=171451

Palermo

Last months I've been busy working on a project as supervisor for the Dutch company Irata in Palermo, Italy.
Here they're building a big new "semi submersible drilling rig". The company i work for is putting the derrick together and we're assisting all other subcontractors in places they cannot reach.
On the picture you see me busy... >>

Air Force Communications Tower

Latitude:N 38 29 ' 34.18 " Longitude:O 08 ° 57 ' 42.21" Altitude:369m

Monday morning. An excellent way to start the week.
We were called to inspect a lifeline security system on an Air Force Communication Tower in Arrábida Mountain.
In younger days we explored a lot of interesting and technical caves on this hill... >>

Thermoelectric Power Station

Latitude: N 39°28 ' 44.54 " Longitude: O 08°06 ' 28.80" Altitude: 50m

The latest floods in the Tagus River wiped out the pipeline that was used to measure temperature and water level of the river, in turn, these measurements are used to send data to the cooling system of the thermoelectric power station. Our aim was to... >>