Specialist teams from Vertical Technology have inspected thousands of structures ranging from high-rise housing to power stations. Our brief may be a simple safety check or a complex survey using the full scope of our inspection and testing techniques. To support this, we provide a full and comprehensive reporting service tailored to suit the customer’s requirements, either in hard copy or computer format. The main advantages of our services are: • Low Visual Impact • Flexibility of Approach • Rapid Mobilisation • Fast Execution of Work • Big Cost-Savings • Integrity of Building Security

An inspection may comprise the safe removal of loose and dangerous material as part of a safety check or a detailed investigation into structural defects. Vertical Technology inspections follow a considered approach and the safety of third parties is of prime concern. Vertical Technology’s inspection techniques have been applied to a wide range of structures, and have included: • High-Rise Housing and Office Blocks • Public Buildings and Unusual Structures like London’s BT Telecom Tower • Power Stations and Nuclear Installations • Road and Rail Bridges • Chimneys and Water Towers • Aqueducts • Multi-Storey Car Parks • Telecommunications and Lighting Towers • Industrial Units • Historic Monuments • Confined Spaces • Offshore Structures • Shafts

Most inspection contracts include some form of testing, and often that part of a structure most exposed to the elements is the most difficult to access by conventional means. In such cases, Vertical Technology’s engineers can provide the following types of test: • Carbonation Depth • Chloride and Cement Content Testing • HAC Content • Cores for Petrographic Analysis • Cover Meter Depth to Reinforcement Steel • Half Cell Surveys • Pull-Out & Pull-Off Testing • Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) • Hammer Testing

Dimensional surveys can be complicated by access problems and by combining roped access with EDM technology, accurate dimensions can be recorded and plans drawn up. This technique has proved particularly effective for undertaking verticality surveys.

Bridges can present special access problems not encountered in other structures and Vertical Technology’s services in this area include work on piers, bridge soffits and high-level overhead structures. By employing specially developed techniques, Vertical Technology can rapidly deploy to the work site and often work without needing formal possession. Where bridges are over water, inspections using roped access are much easier to accomplish efficiently without the need for underbridge units or access barges.

• Inspection of Concrete, Brick, Stone, Timber, Iron and Steel structures • Testing, Sample Recovery, Hammer Sounding, Fixing Location and Cavity Inspection • Condition Report Data presented in concise & readable formats, hard copy or disk • All laboratory testing by NAMAS Accredited Analysis