Tri-State G&T lineman Kyle Broyles repairs a gunshot conductor on a 345-kV line in Montrose, Colorado. Taking a line out of service can be costly for a utility as well as time-consuming for field ...

MAINTENANCE and inspection of the sloping, 600-foot face of Hoover Dam is not a task that can be accomplished in a great many ways. In fact, engineers from the Bureau of Reclamation perform this task ...

What is rope access and how is the rope access industry influencing rope rescue in the fire service? The pace of change in rope rescue in the fire service has slowed in recent years, but there may be ...

The sixteenth through twenty-first floors of your high-end commercial office building are leaking water into conference rooms, offices, and workstations, and your tenants are not pleased. You need to ...

Rope access technicians do their jobs dangling from rope that cannot survive abrasion over sharp edges. Somebody who knows the ropes innovated a life-saving solution Another workday begins. The sky is ...

Hitch provides a clear, step-by-step guide for mastering this versatile friction hitch used in arborist and rope-access work.

Rope access use can assist in speeding up maintenance and shortening the duration of shutdowns and planned outages at State-owned electricity entity Eskom’s coal-fired power stations, states ...

Rope walking is a fundamental skill for tree climbers and arborists, enhancing mobility, safety, and efficiency in SRS and SRT systems. This complete tutorial covers step-by-step techniques, common ...

When the Vail Valley Medical Center re-branded to Vail Health in August, many of its entities, including the Shaw Cancer Center, underwent name changes, as well. Here’s a roundup of where those names ...