Case study · Rope access glazing · Lots Road, SW10
148 curved glass units. Installed from the ropes.
High-level glazing installation on a new riverside tower for a tier one main contractor. More than 20 storeys up, against a fixed programme, completed ahead of schedule with zero incidents.
The project
High-level glazing on a riverside tower
Invictus Access was appointed by a tier one main contractor to install 148 high-level glass units on a new riverside tower on Lots Road, London SW10.
Many of the units were curved, and all were set more than 20 storeys above the Thames. The programme was tightly constrained by planning conditions and the site’s tower crane schedule, so the glazing package had to run to time with no slack.
An eight-person IRATA team handled each unit with vacuum lifters. Technicians on ropes guided the glass into each opening from outside, while colleagues on the floor plate received and secured it from inside. All 148 units were installed within the 12-week programme, ahead of schedule and with zero incidents.
How we delivered it
Plan, lift, guide, secure
Sequence the package
Units were sequenced around the planning conditions and the tower crane schedule to protect the programme.
Vacuum lifters
Each unit, including the curved glass, was handled on powered vacuum lifters rated for its size and weight.
From the ropes
IRATA technicians on ropes controlled and guided every unit into its opening from outside the building.
From the floor plate
The team inside received each unit, set it and secured it, so nothing was left unsupported at height.
Watch it on site
Lift, guide, secure
Filmed by our team on the tower during the glazing package.
Repeat appointment
Retained for the builders’ clean
Once the glazing package was complete, the main contractor retained Invictus Access for the post-construction builders’ clean ahead of handover.
Our rope access cleaning team worked down every elevation of the tower, removing construction residue from the new glazing and frames, so the building was handed over clean.
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