Specialized Rope Access Team

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Adam Koslofsky, C.E.G., SPRAT Level III Investigating Granite above the Banks-Lowman Highway

Rockfall mitigation projects are a major part of our professional team’s expertise.  We work with transportation, hydropower, and utility clients to assess rock slope hazards, evaluate and design mitigation measures, and observe construction activities.  To facilitate safe access and observation of rock slopes, Landslide Technology has developed a trained and certified rope-access team consisting of engineers and geologists. Our services include difficult access inspections in challenging areas such as prominent rock bluffs above / below highways; pipeline and transmission line corridors; and dam abutments, penstocks and spillways.

Our rope-access team generally follows guidelines of the Society of Professional Rope Access Technician (SPRAT).   Each team member is trained and certified as a Level I SPRAT technicians.  Select team members have been certified as Level II and Level III SPRAT technicians.

This capability has allowed us to assess rock slope hazards, evaluate rockfall mitigation options, and observe construction activities at numerous facilities that could not have otherwise been accessed.  

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Representative Projects:

• Yale Dam spillway Inspection, Ariel, Washington
• Ross Dam Rockfall Mitigation Design and Construction Engineering, Newhalem, Washington
• Interstate 15 Rockfall Mitigation Design and Construction Engineering, Helena, Montana
• Seward Highway Rockfall Mitigation, Anchorage Alaska
• Yale Dam and Powerhouse Rock Block Investigation, Instrumentation, Design, and Construction Engineering, Ariel, Washington  
• Ketchum-Challis Highway Rockfall Mitigation, Ketchum, Idaho  
• Mt. Hood Hwy Rock Slope Design and Construction Engineering, Government Camp, Oregon
• Nenana Canyon Rock Slope Scaling Construction Engineering, Parks Highway, Healy, Alaska
• Swift No 1. Powerhouse Landslide Investigation and Slope Stabilization, Cougar, Washington 
• I-84 Rock Slope Stabilization Investigation and Design, Hood River, Oregon
• Carmen Smith Dam Penstock Inspection, Belknap Springs, Oregon
• Rock Slope Instrumentation Installation, Polson, Montana
• Southcoast Regionwide Slope Stabilization, Skagway and Ketchikan, Alaska
• Banks-Lowman Highway Rockfall Mitigation, Banks, Idaho

Ben George, C.E.G., P.E., SPRAT Level II, above I-84 in the Columbia River Gorge.

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Rope Access Services Offered:

• Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT) trained and certified engineers and geologists
• On-slope geologic mapping and rock mass characterization
• Construction observation and management
• Instrumentation installation and data collection
• Geohazard investigation and characterization
• Penstock and utility facility inspection