Lead Climb on 185 foot Stack

In project management one of the biggest goals is to give the customer the product they desire and the lowest cost to your company.  This 185’ stack needed to be inspected and there was no ladder system to the top of the stack.  Typically the only way to inspect a stack in this condition is to hire a crane at the average cost of $9,000 per day.  On this particular project rope access techniques were applied.  Using rope access techniques we were able to climb to the top of the stack, rig repelling ropes and inspect both the interior and exterior at a much lower cost than traditional access techniques.