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| 13 April 2021 |
Skyriders offers on-site work-at-height and confined-space training Rope-access specialist Skyriders, which also operates the Heightwise Training Academy in Midrand, recently conducted a basic fall-arrest course on-site for the Idwala Industrial Holdings lime-processing plant in... |
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| 17 March 2021 |
Elios SkyEye remote-access drone used for Sappi inspection Elios SkyEye remote-access drone technology from leading rope-access specialist Skyriders has made short work of backpass ducting inspection at a chemical recovery furnace at the Sappi Ngodwana pulp-and-paper mill... |
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| 23 February 2021 |
Skyriders deploys rope access for Carlton Centre winch inspection The Carlton Centre is a 223-m-high, 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre in downtown Johannesburg that is the second-tallest building in Africa after The Leonardo in Sandton, as well as being the tallest office... |
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| 18 January 2021 |
New smokestack instrumentation a towering success thanks to Skyriders When electrical, mechanical and control engineering expert Proconics was recently called upon to install new gas-monitoring instrumentation at a major petrochemical producer, it turned to rope-access specialist... |
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| 10 December 2020 |
Skyriders to tap into need for ongoing inspection, maintenance during Level 1 in 2021 Bringing its drone capabilities to bear in a larger portion of the market is the major opportunity for Skyriders going into 2021, affirms Marketing Manager Mike Zinn. Having being issued with a Remote Operating... |
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| 11 November 2020 |
Skyriders licenced to operate its fleet of SkyEye drones Rope-access specialist Skyriders has been issued with a Remote Operating Certificate (ROC) from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). This means it is now certified to deploy its SkyEye drones outdoors... |
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| 13 October 2020 |
Skyriders undertakes UT wall thickness testing at Tutuka During the lockdown in June, rope-access specialist Skyriders undertook an inspection of pulverised fuel (PF) piping at Tutuka power station near Standerton in Mpumalanga for electricity utility Eskom during the... |
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| 10 September 2020 |
Skyriders assists Diesel Innovations with genset project at Helen Joseph Rope-access specialist Skyriders assisted leading standby power solutions provider Diesel Innovations with the installation of ducting required for a genset project at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg. |
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| 20 August 2020 |
Skyriders assists petchem company with maintenance during lockdown When a major petrochemical company in Mpumalanga identified an opportunity to carry out some essential maintenance work on two storage tanks during the lockdown, it turned to rope-access specialist Skyriders to... |
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| 27 July 2020 |
Skyriders back on-site at Kusile power station as lockdown eases Rope-access specialist Skyriders is back on-site at the Kusile power station project in Nkangala, Mpumalanga after the recent easing of the lockdown restrictions to Level 3. The company has been sub-contracted since... |
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