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Rope access was used to refurbish a 70m radio tower, completing the work in 60 days compared to an estimated 120 days using scaffolding. Rope access required a smaller crew of 16 workers and took only 2 days to set up, while scaffolding would have required 30 workers and 40 days to erect. Rope access is particularly useful for maintenance and inspections on offshore installations, allowing technicians to safely and efficiently access difficult areas without traditional scaffolding. Megarme is an expert in rope access services for the oil and gas industry.

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Zirku

Rope access was used to refurbish a 70m radio tower, completing the work in 60 days compared to an estimated 120 days using scaffolding. Rope access required a smaller crew of 16 workers and took only 2 days to set up, while scaffolding would have required 30 workers and 40 days to erect. Rope access is particularly useful for maintenance and inspections on offshore installations, allowing technicians to safely and efficiently access difficult areas without traditional scaffolding. Megarme is an expert in rope access services for the oil and gas industry.

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Case Study and Oil & Gas

Services

Comparison between Rope Access and Scaffolding on 70m Radio Tower


Refurbishment - Zirku Island, Abu Dhabi

Oil & Gas Sector 2007


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INTRODUCTION:

To scaffold a Radio Tower or Jack-up Leg or a Flare tower or a Mast will be a time consuming task which requires

many materials and man hours that will have to be


spent to erect and dismantle the scaffold structure.
All the time and money elements attached to this are
just a means to provide work positioning access and
do not contribute to carrying out the actual task
itself. In most cases scaffolding is neither possible
nor practical because the tower structure will not
withstand the additional load or time constraints will
not permit.

Rope Access is the obvious solution for this


challenge. As per our experiences at Zirku Island
70m & 50m Tower, blasting and application of a
three coat paint system on a tower can be completed
in 60 working days:

Case Study – Zirku 70M radio Tower

Comparison between rope access and scaffolding on 70m radio Tower refurbishment.

Description Rope Access Scaffold


1. Site Set Up Ropes rigged in 2 days Min 40 days to erect &
20 days to dismantle.
2. Manpower 16 Man team to do blast& paint 30 men for scaffolding
10 men for blast & paint.
3. Project Completion 60Days 120 Days
Scaffolding time + work

As you can see the project can be completed in half the time, with less man hours, materials and cost to the client.
In today’s fast moving economic environment, time is the most precious resource that we have available to us – at
MEGARME we believe that the time and money saved by utilizing our services has had a huge impact on our
customer’s bottom line, this coupled with our quality of service and exemplary safety record has ensured excellent
customer retention and an ever expanding and prestigious client base through recommendation and referral over
our 15 years of service.
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Reaching the under-decks and difficult areas on offshore installations is the reason Rope Access is special and

Megarme are experts in this field and our


technicians are experienced professionals,
prepared to work safely and effectively on
every project.

Our offshore teams are most often multi-


disciplined inspectors and technicians who
are certified ASNT-TC-1A and
experienced in Industrial Rope Access
certified by the IRATA body. Our crews
work quickly and efficiently generating
cost savings by reducing total project time
and minimizing disruptions of normal
operations. There are no scaffoldings or
man baskets – just one team of specialist
Splash Zone Services - Visual Inspections · who can get the job done safely and cost
Structural Steel Inspections · Welding Inspection · effectively.
Coatings Inspection · Deployment of Long Range &
Advanced Ultrasonic systems

Full NDE Services - Ultrasonics · Radiography ·


Magnetic Particle · Dye Penetrate · Eddy Current ·
ACFM · PMI

Top Side Maintenance - Insulation Removal &


Repair · Bolt Torquing · Welding Repair · Paint &
Coating Application · Confined Space Services · Tank
Inspections
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Rope Access becomes an important asset during shutdowns, turnarounds and outages. Our crews are kept busy
performing critical inspection and maintenance tasks while working with limited space and a minimal expenditure
of resources. Rope Access crews can be deployed quickly and effectively to difficult internal and external areas
without the time required for traditional scaffolding and without creating congestion below or above the work
area.

The same team that provides quick and meaningful inspection data can often quickly retool and perform the needed
maintenance or repair on “discovery items” significantly reducing their impact on shutdown schedules.

¾ Installation Removal &


Repair

¾ Anode Installation

¾ Blinding flanges

¾ Bolt Torquing

¾ Flair tip removal/cleaning

¾ Welding

¾ Boiler cleaning

¾ Coatings application

Our Rope Access team consists of inspectors and technicians who have been trained and accredited in Industrial
Rope Access and certified in accordance with ASNT-TC-1A. This means that one technician can do it all. They
access the site and do the work. There is no large machinery or heavy equipment - just one team of specialist who
can get the job done safely and cost effectively.
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MEGARME has over 100 technicians working in the


Gulf region!

Areas of Service:

Overhead Lines & Towers · Stack & Flair Access · Storage


tanks · Masts · Antenas · Bridges · Tunnels · Jetty · Offshore
Structures · Rigs · Vessels · FPSO

Full NDE Services:

Visual Inspection · Ultrasonic · Magnetic Particle · Dye


Penetrate · ACFM · Eddy Current · PMI

Maintenance:

Installation, Removal & Repair · Bolt Torquing · Blasting ·


Painting · Cleaning.

WHY MEGARME ?

Proven Safety Record: Megarme Rope Access systems are relying on two independently anchored ropes (one
termed working line and other is safety line) on which technicians
are suspended in industry-specific climbing and suspension
harnesses. If the working line fails the safety line will prevent the
technician falling down within Fall Factor (β)1.

Performance Enhancement: Traditionally Oil industry within UAE


were using two types of conventional access methods i.e. scaffold
and cradles till the introduction of rope access (RA) which opened
new door for Oil industry to have complete access for integrity
inspections and remedeial works to their high elevated capital
equipments such as Stacks, Flare Towers and communication towers
etc at minimal set up & removal time ultimately resulting huge
savings by reducing downtimes.

Reputation: IRA standards and certifications are controlled by


INTERNATIONAL ROPE ACCESS TRADE ASSOCIATION
(IRATA) UK which have three levels of professional certifications
based on hands on experience, real practical safe operation
demonstration and written examination completion. All tools and

equipments used are also certified by IRATA certified companies. All personnel involved also go through series of
medical checkups before works. It is recognized worldwide as one the safest way of carrying aforementioned
works which involves abnormal heights.

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