Specialist Rope Access Solutions

Abseil Access was the first industrial rope access company in New Zealand, delivering thousands of hours of safe and efficient at-height operations for our clients since our establishment in 1992.
Rope access is recognised as one of the safest height access methods in the world, making difficult-to-reach locations and many projects accessible securely, efficiently, and economically.

Abseil Access supports our local rope access association, The Industrial Rope Access Association of New Zealand (IRAANZ), which regulates and develops the rope access industry in New Zealand and is recognised by Occupational Safety and Health as the representative body for the industry.

To achieve full coverage of the internal circumference of structures such as Cyclones, ring driers, ducting, and silos up to 15 Meters in diameter, Abseil Access designed and built a proprietary aluminium telescopic, modular truss boom.

This innovative, lightweight system is fully adjustable and suspended from a single mid-point. The Abseil Access rope access inspectors or tradesmen work in pairs within the space and rotate the truss boom to achieve 100% coverage of each elevation of the asset.

Our innovative solution to accessing these internal surfaces has been especially effective on dairy and agriculture assets across New Zealand.

Abseil Access offers a comprehensive service offering CSE, planning, management, and rope access entry, which has been refined and improved since 1992.

Confined spaces are enclosed or partially enclosed structures that any person may enter. Preventing injury or death requires identifying confined spaces and assessing the risk of performing work inside them.
Careful consideration of all risks must be completed, including controls such as breathing apparatus (BA), Emergency and rescue procedures, rescue equipment, ventilation, communication, adequate training, and management.

Fall arrest and tension netting systems are ultra-lightweight solutions to protect plants, processes, and people. They can be used where a secondary fall protection method is required when working at height or work fronts at multiple elevations within the same load path, and projects not requiring heavy lifting, heavy traffic or encapsulation.

These rated ultra-lightweight systems can be erected and dismantled at an unprecedented speed in areas where access would otherwise be limited to large scaffolding or decking systems. They are minimally affected by wind or water loading and cost a fraction of other access systems available.

Geo Oceans, part of our Group, is an industry-leading asset-deployed mini-ROV services company. Their passion and drive are to innovate projects below the waterline, driving cost, time and safety efficiency across the sectors in which they operate.

The cutting-edge Mini ROV systems, which have been deployed to the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe, are capable of NDT, HD visual inspection, 3D Modelling & photogrammetry, HP water blasting, environmental surveys and general maintenance to remove the need to put divers at risk and delivering a value proposition that creates a paradigm shift in the delivery of subsea services.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are remotely operated aircraft. Abseil Access and our sister company Vertech NZ have a fleet of UAVs that we use to conduct inspections, surveying, and planning to remove the need to work at height or in confined space entry.

Today’s UAV technology is safe and reliable with HD image quality capable of asset inspections, aerial surveying & mapping, and other specialist services when equipped with specific sensors or tooling.

The Abseil Access team have deployed our UAV’s across a range of industry sectors achieving cost and time benefits to our customers and to our own project planning.

The APS proprietary Technitruss access platform system is a multi-functional, modular, and engineered access system that provides heavy loading capabilities.

The APS Technitruss access platform system is not just a solution but a versatile tool that can be adapted to any project, thanks to its multi-faceted and modular configuration.

The in-house APS Engineered Access Platform system has been utilised across the power generation, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors, including major landmarks in Australia, such as Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge, providing customers significant cost, time, and safety benefits.

Vertech’s engineered decking system is a lightweight, versatile modular work platform that can be designed using a truss or catenary wire approach.

It can be utilised for long under-deck areas such as bridges, jetties, and piers, or it can be configured for smaller working or work positioning platforms with many benefits.

This innovative system is up to 80% lighter than the scaffold, can be configured to be fully compatible with the scaffold if required, and can be configured to have zero contact points and with full containment. The systems can be installed up to 80% faster than traditional access systems in optimal scenarios.