Summit Anchor Company is delivering a first-of-its-kind building maintenance unit to a prestigious Northern Virginia development. The crane-like rooftop maintenance system with a 90-foot-plus articulating boom arm will sit atop 1820 and 1840 Reston Row Plaza overlooking the Reston Station community….
Rope access and rope descent systems are a transportation method used by workers to perform a variety of tasks as diverse as window cleaning to rescue operations by fire fighters throughout the USA…
Summit Anchor Company announced completion of a major project at an architectural standout: installation of a suspended access and fall protection system for the new Australian Embassy…
Before window washers propel down to clean windows, they should know that the anchors they’re using are safe. In fact, OSHA requires it. OSHA says that before workers use a rope descent system…
Essential Functions:
Reports to the COO
Establish project timelines for projects that have been handed off…
In January 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it increased fall-related penalties to $15,625 per violation, while fines for willful or repeated offenses are now $156,259…
Summit Anchor believes in getting it right from the start, so its latest course hits the nail on the head.
The company recently hosted a Lunch and Learn class tailored for architects. The aim is simple: explain anchor layout for rope descent systems so that designers incorporate the safety measures in their initial plans…
As spring quickly approaches, building managers are scheduling window cleaning for their properties. But did you know that OSHA regulations require the building owners to certify all their anchor points before employers permit their employees to use rope descent systems?
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has approved continuing education credit for a course taught by Summit Anchor president Gus Strats.
The class, entitled Anchor Layout for Rope Descent Systems…
Gus Strats News fall protection, safety training
In December 2022, a man died after falling from scaffolding while washing windows on a Washington, D.C. building. Two months before that a window washer died from a fall while working inside Boston’s JFK Presidential Library…
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