Penta Engineering - Full Service Facilities and Remedial Design Engineering Consultants

Building exterior maintenance equipment is required per OSHA and IWCA to provide safe work access to the façade of the building. This equipment consists of safety tie-back anchors and sometimes davit systems that allow suspended platforms/stages to be utilized. This permanent equipment is required to be load tested prior to being placed into service; tested every ten years thereafter; and subsequent annual visual inspections are also required. PENTA has extensive experience in designing and load testing building exterior maintenance equipment.

Our services in this area include:

Interviews- Interviews with building engineers and building maintenance contractors help determine the most appropriate equipment layout and loading requirements.
Inventory of Existing Equipment- Existing safety tie-back anchors or other structural members that may be able to be incorporated into the exterior maintenance plan are field verified. Existing davit systems will also be verified and documented.
In-situ Load Testing of Safety Anchors and Davit Systems- PENTA can provide in place, non-destructive load testing of all safety tie-back anchors and davit bases.
Report of Load Testing- PENTA will issue a report with findings indicating whether the anchor/davits comply with the OSHA required load testing.
Equipment Design and Layout- In the event the maintenance equipment is absent or insufficient, PENTA can provide a layout and design new anchorage points or davit systems to comply with OSHA and IWCA. Construction documents will be issued and PENTA will perform post-installation testing of all new equipment.
Annual Visual Inspections- As required by OSHA and IWCA, PENTA can perform annual visual inspections of the building exterior maintenance equipment. A report will be issued to the owner indicating any obvious changes or concerns.
Installation/Construction Related Services- If requested, PENTA can also provide a variety of construction related services including: bid review, installation monitoring, and/or construction management/general contracting.

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