Zarafa News

Abseil system in London

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Thu, 06 May 2021 15:02:02 GMT

Zarafa have recently installed a powered abseil system in central London.

The Zarafa team carried out the design, supply and installation of a bespoke abseil system on a residential tower in central London.

Please visit the Case Study page for further information on this recent project.

BMU Installation Video

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Thu, 06 May 2021 14:41:47 GMT

Check out our BMU installation video featuring drone footage.

Please visit the Case Study page for further information.

Telescopic BMU installed in Manchester

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:18:36 GMT

Zarafa have recently installed a another BMU to the Manchester skyline.

The Zarafa team carried out the design, supply and installation of the telescopic BMU to the Circle Square project in Central Manchester.

Please visit the Case Study page for further information and a video covering this installation.

Follow a Giraffe Research Project

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:52:40 GMT

An insight into the social behaviour of the giraffe

Zarafa are supporting a research project into the social networks of the giraffe, being carried out by Wendy Thorogood, who is currently studying a Masters degree at Anglia Ruskin University. The analysis of social connections between giraffe contributes to determining the best course of action for conservation management. Species of giraffe have been undergoing what is called a 'silent extinction' with overall numbers dropping by 40% in just three generations.

Updates on the research project will follow as Wendy carries out her research into this beautiful animal, supporting the global effort to aid its survival.

For further information on the project, please click here .

Another Zarafa BMU

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:45:17 GMT

Zarafa have recently installed a BMU on the CIS Tower in Manchester

The Zarafa team carried out the design, supply and installation of a machine to replace the existing equipment on the 29th floor of this iconic Manchester building.

Please visit the Case Study page for further information and a video covering this installation.

Westminster Project

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:05:15 GMT

Suspended Access solution for Houses of Parliament

Giraffe Access were selected to design and install a number of bespoke temporary suspended cradle systems to provide access to carry out works on the iconic Palace of Westminster.

The Palace which contains the Houses of Parliament is undergoing a significant restoration and we are proud to be involved in such a significant project.

For further information, please visit the Case Study .

Whitby Pier

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Bespoke temporary access to iconic pier wall

Giraffe Access have designed and installed a bespoke temporary suspended cradle system to provide access to carry out works on the historic pier wall in Whitby harbour.

As a company with roots in North Yorkshire, we are proud to be involved in protecting this iconic Grade II listed structure.

For further information, please visit the Case Study.

Zarafa support School in a Bag

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:36:20 GMT

Zarafa are proud to be supporting a great charity based in Somerset that delivers rucksacks full of stationery & resources to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster-affected children around the world. An education for these children could be their passport to a life out of hardship and poverty.

As in 2017, we have funded school bags that will be delivered to children in Tanzania.

Please visit their website – www.schoolinabag.org and find out more about the great work they do for school children across the world.

Zarafa install BMU

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:31:48 GMT

Facade Access in Manchester

Zarafa have recently installed a replacement BMU on CIS Tower in Manchester. The Zarafa team carried out the design, supply and installation of a machine to replace the existing equipment on the iconic Manchester building.

Please visit the Case Study page for further information.

Recent Guardrail Projects

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:29:41 GMT

Guardrail Installation by Zarafa

The Zarafa Fall Protection team have recently installed a range of fall protection products on sites across London and the South East. The photo examples included here are of a freestanding (non fixed) and a fixed guardrail system used to provide collective protection on the two building roofs.

Both of these particular projects also included the installation of wire systems and step units.

Zarafa Fall Protection can install and maintain a whole range of roof based safety and access products including eyebolts, wire systems, guardrails, abseil davits and step systems. Contact Zarafa for further information.

Double Deck Access

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:26:57 GMT

Bespoke double access platform for 35 storey residential property

Giraffe Access have designed and installed 12 double deck cradles to provide full access to enable cladding works on a 35 storey building in central London. The double deck platforms make handling the large cladding panels much easier and therefore speeding up the required works on site.

Celtic Park Access

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 16:24:25 GMT

Temporary Access Solution at the home of the Scottish Champions

Giraffe Access have provided multiple suspended cradles to provide access for maintenance works on Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow. Cradles offered a solution to overcome load bearing issues on a low level roof as well as being more economical compared to other forms of access.

Crossrail Projects

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:19:13 GMT

Zarafa Support Crossrail Project

Zarafa Group businesses have provided a range of services on the Crossrail project in London. This includes temporary suspended access systems on Liverpool Street Station and Moorgate, as well as a bespoke permanent access system on another underground station.

Crossrail is the new high frequency, high capacity railway for London and the South East. The Crossrail Project is building the Elizabeth line to link Reading and Heathrow in the west with Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, via new 21km tunnels under central London. This new link will increase London’s rail capacity, reduce passenger journey times across the city, encourage regeneration and generate significant employment opportunities.

It is the biggest civil construction project in Europe today.

Zarafa are proud to be involved in such a significant project for the city of London.

Zarafa Trolley Install

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:15:57 GMT

Replacement BMU in Liverpool

Zarafa have recently completed the design, supply and installation of a replacement trolley on the Tate Gallery in Liverpool to provide a comprehensive facade access solution

Please visit the Case Study page for further information.

Constructionline

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:11:34 GMT

Giraffe Access awarded Constructionline Gold Accreditation

Giraffe Access have recently been awarded Gold membership of Constructionline.

Constructionline is a register for pre-qualified contractors and consultants used by the construction industry of the United Kingdom.

Well done to the Giraffe Access team for securing the gold membership.

Supporting the Giraffes

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:08:50 GMT

Supporting Chester Zoo and their wonderful work for the Giraffe

Zarafa are proud to announce that we are supporters of the giraffe herd at the UK’s most popular zoo.

For over 40 years Zarafa Group businesses have used a giraffe as its logo, so we thought it was time to do our bit to help this beautiful and endangered animal.

By supporting Chester Zoo and their active Giraffe conservation projects, we hope our support will go some way to helping this amazing species to grow its numbers. With only a few hundred left in the wild, Chester Zoo have a thriving herd of Rothschild’s giraffes, which are the world’s second rarest kind of giraffe.

Please visit Chester Zoo Giraffe pages for further information on the giraffes at Chester Zoo and the great work they do to help save giraffe’s from extinction.

We hope to bring news of the giraffe’s in Chester and the Zoo’s conservation projects in coming months.

Cathedral Access system

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:00:00 GMT

Zarafa design access system for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

The Zarafa team have designed and installed a bespoke access system for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Two self-powered cradles are suspended from a rail around the top of the Cathedral, providing access to the stunning stained glass windows and roof space.

School in a Bag

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:48:46 GMT

Zarafa support School in a bag

As in previous years, rather than sending Christmas cards, Zarafa Group have made a donation to charity. This year we have supported ‘School in a Bag’.

Based in Somerset, School in a Bag was created to help poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster affected children throughout the world. Each School Bag is filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils that will enable a child to write, draw, colour, calculate, express themselves and above all learn. An education for these children could be their passport to a life out of hardship and poverty.

Our contribution went direct to children at Iguluba and Makadupa Primary Schools in Tanzania.

Please visit their website – www.schoolinabag.org and find out more about the great work they do for school children around the world.

Call of Duty

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Call of Duty Access in Liverpool City Centre

Giraffe Access provided temporary cradle access in Liverpool city centre to enable our customer to create a huge art work on the side of the Holiday Inn for the recent launch of Call of Duty.

Our suspended access cradles provide a safe and versatile working platform for the operatives to carry out their painting works.

Visit our Case Study for further images of the project.

London Station Facade Access

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

London Station Cradle System

The Zarafa Height Solutions team have recently designed and supplied two permanent Cradle units to be used to provide access at a London railway/underground station.

The platforms will operate from a monorail system and have been fitted with Sky Climber's LNX 300 hoists, along with internal wire winders.

The Zarafa design and engineering team provide bespoke solutions to many access problems experienced across a wide range of structures from buildings, stadia and power stations to bridges, wind turbines and oil platforms.

Please contact the team for any projects with access requirements.

Edge Protection Project

thestudio@design-farm.co.uk (Gary Davies) — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Freestanding edge protection

Zarafa Fall Protection have recently completed a project to supply full edge protection to an office premises on the Green Park Business Park in Reading.

Our customer required freestanding edge protection and access gates to be installed around the existing roof layout. This flexible system offered a safe, quick and cost effective solution to the customer's edge safety problem.

Monorail Next Phase

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Temporary Facade Access solution

Giraffe Access have moved to the next phase of a monorail project in Manchester. The bespoke access system offers flexible working platforms on a number of building facades.

For bespoke access solutions, look for the giraffe.

Media City BMU Installed

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:00:45 GMT

Facade Access solution for residential tower

The Zarafa team based in Manchester have recently completed the installation of a Sky Climber BMU on a residential tower situated at Media City.

The Zarafa design team worked closely with the customer and the Sky Climber manufacturing team to deliver a permanent access solution. Our local experienced maintenance teams will seamlessly provide routine maintenance services on the new BMU system.

Cradle Project in Liverpool

Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Temporary facade access solution

Giraffe Access have installed several temporary cradles to provide access for maintenance works on the Unity Building in Liverpool. Our suspended access cradles provide a safe and versatile working platform for the operatives to carry out their required tasks.

Suspended Platforms for The Platform

Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Cradle Access on Platform - Leeds

Giraffe Access have provided all round access to the Platform building (formerly City House) in Leeds for the past 18 months. Our skilled rigging teams have installed temporary suspended access platforms to allow our customer to carry out a major refurbishment of the building overlooking Leeds railway station.

Click here for further information on this project

New website Launched!

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Cradle Maintenance Websites relaunched

Zarafa Cradle Maintenance have recently launched their new and refreshed website providing links to individual sites for Zarafa PICM in Manchester and Zarafa Carter in London.

With a fresh look and feel and intuitive design, our website is designed with the customer in mind. A clear and concise introduction to the services we provide and the equipment we cover.

With links to our wider group website, locating the right information or contact for any suspended access and fall protection query, should not be a problem.

Please click here to visit the the new websites and should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Zarafa.

Monorail Access

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Temporary facade access using a monorail and cradle solution

Giraffe Access have designed and installed a temporary monorail and cradle system on a construction project in Manchester to provide all around access.

For further details on the project, please visit All around Monorail solution

If you require suspended access.......look for the giraffe.

Beetham Tower Access

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Bespoke facade access solution in Birmingham

The Giraffe Access team in Birmingham have recently installed an innovative temporary cradle solution on Beetham Tower in Birmingham. Our in house design and engineering team created a solution to deal with the challenging facade of the building to provide access for our customer to carry out their works.

For further information, visit the case study

If you require suspended access.......look for the giraffe.

Another Skyclimber BMU Installed

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Facade access solution designed by Zarafa

The Zarafa team in Manchester have recently designed, supplied and installed a tracked BMU system, from Sky Climber. The system was installed on a new 27 storey residential tower in Manchester.

Our engineering team worked closely with the customer and the globally renowned manufacturer, Sky Climber, to provide a bespoke solution to provide access to all areas of the new building.

The experienced Zarafa team carried out the installation prior to carrying out commissioning and user training for the end user.

Curved Cradle Access

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Bespoke temporary facade access solution on luxury apartments

Giraffe Access have recently provided a range of cradles to support a customer's cladding requirements on a luxury apartment block in central London. Giraffe designed and installed a number of temporary access cradles including a curved cradle platform designed to provide effective access to the curved balcony areas of the building. Additional standard platforms were also provided to cover other parts of the building. Operator training was also provided to the customer.

If you require suspended access.......look for the giraffe.

Roof Safety Package Install

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Multi product installation on London hotel

Wire systems, davits and eyebolts all installed by the Zarafa fall protection team in London.

Our installation team have recently completed an installation of key access and safety equipment to a new hotel in London. The system was specified, installed and tested in advance of the building hand over, with ongoing inspection and testing services performed by Zarafa's maintenance engineers.

Temporary Cradles Project

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Temporary facade access solution

Giraffe Access have recently designed and installed 13 temporary cradle systems on a building just outside London to provide access to allow facade repairs. This flexible method of access allows full coverage of the building to carry out glass and facade works.

If you require suspended access.......look for the giraffe.

BMU Cradle Refurbishment

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Zarafa Refurbish BMU Cradle in Manchester

The Zarafa Cradle Maintenance team in Manchester have recently completed the refurbishment of a cradle on a prominent shopping centre in central Manchester. Using our in house maintenance facilities, we carried out a number of repairs to the cradle before returning it to site and bringing the system back into use for the customer. The quick turnaround using our own engineering resource allowed the cradle to be back into use in advance of the critical Christmas shopping period.

For further information and photos of this project, please visit the case study.

Sky Climber BMU Installation

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:52:36 GMT

Zarafa install replacement BMU

Zarafa have recently installed a Sky Climber BMU manufactured in their new facility in Spain. Our customer's existing BMU was beyond its useful life and a new machine was sourced, installed and commissioned on the existing track in a short period by our engineering team.

For further photos, please visit the Case Study.

Zarafa Cradle Maintenance move into new premises

Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:00:00 GMT

New long term base in Basildon

After 30 years in Brentwood, Zarafa Carter Cradle Maintenance have relocated a few miles down the road to Basildon. The new facility has been designed specifically to support the growth of the business with a workshop facility, spares stores and a training room.

For further information on Zarafa Cradle Maintenance, click here.

Website Relaunch

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:00:00 GMT

Zarafa Group have relaunched their website after a rebrand of the group wide businesses. The website offers a wider view of all of the services that Zarafa offer as well as case studies to highlight the kind of work we can do for our customers. On finding the area of interest, you can navigate directly to the business within the group for further information.

All group wide businesses now feature the giraffe icon as part of their branding.

If you require suspended access or fall protection services.......look for the giraffe.