CYBERHAWK CONDUCTS GENSIP COMPLIANT INSPECTION OF THERMAL POWER STATION
Sector Power Generation
Region Europe
Like many other thermal power operators, it conducts these inspections to the GENSIP Roofing & Cladding standard. This categorises the condition of area such as wall classing, patent glazing, curtain walling and roof decks. The standard looks to identify if these areas are intact or cracked, bent, corroded, broken, rotten or missing. The inspection findings must also be prioritised by severity of the defect to allow effective maintenance planning. For instance, does the defect present a remote risk, a possible risk, or a potentially hazardous event occurring in the next year, next few years or next 10 years.
The client approached Cyberhawk as it was looking for an alternative, non-intrusive inspection technique which could examine the building’s cladding and roofing and identify areas of corrosion, damage and potential detachment. This inspection was to meet the criteria set out by the GENSIP standard.
Cyberhawk mobilised a UAV pilot and inspection engineer to site, who took just one day to conduct inspections of the external roof area and specific sections on the internal roof structure.
This type of inspection would traditionally be undertaken using a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP). The use of MEWPs requires close risk management, however; the HSE states that risks include entrapment, overturning, falling and collision.
Like many other thermal power operators, it conducts these inspections to the GENSIP Roofing & Cladding standard. This categorises the condition of area such as wall classing, patent glazing, curtain walling and roof decks. The standard looks to identify if these areas are intact or cracked, bent, corroded, broken, rotten or missing. The inspection findings must also be prioritised by severity of the defect to allow effective maintenance planning. For instance, does the defect present a remote risk, a possible risk, or a potentially hazardous event occurring in the next year, next few years or next 10 years.