Roof Anchor Points

The window cleaner abseils off your roof twice a year, checks the anchor points they use, and signs them off. On paper your building looks covered. Then the air conditioning technician, the plumber, or the facade engineer turns up, needs a point on the other side of the roof, and finds it was never assessed at all. This is one of the most common gaps we see, and it is easy to miss because nothing looks wrong. When a rope-access crew self-certifies the points they hang off, they only check the ones they need. They are not assessing the anchor [...]