Alpha RAT Ltd

Reliable Rope Access Specialists
With more than 20 years of experience in the trade, we have developed the skill and knowledge to execute safe rope access operations. We undertake maintenance and repair services for all types of structures including steel, concrete and tensile fabric structures at highly competitive prices. All our services are completely guaranteed and insured for your peace of mind. Contact us today with your queries.

Our certifications:

• CSCS – Construction Skills Certification
• SSSTS - Site Supervisor Safety Training
• IRATA – International Rope Access Trade Association
• IPAF – International Powered Access Federation
• CCNSG – Client Contractor National Safety Group
• PASMA – Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association
• GWO – Global Wind Organisation
• RPQ – Remote Pilot Qualification
• CAA – Civil Aviation Authority

Rope Access
Alpha RAT is an experienced rope access and engineering company that offers excellent industrial abseiling services across the South West and countrywide.

At Alpha RAT, we use a range of industrial abseiling techniques to undertake repairs and installations in locations that are difficult to reach using traditional access methods. We use rope access methods to perform quick, safe and cost-effective maintenance and installation works. Contact us today for a free, no-obligation quote.

Advantages of rope access:

• Unmatched safety record of IRATA system
• Cost effectiveness
• Minimum disruption
• Quick mobilisation and deployment
• Flexibility
• Minimum disruption

Installations
Alpha RAT offers installation services for the construction industry, commercial buildings, retail, art, and entertainment. Specializing in high-level installations, we operate in the South West and nationwide.

Core installation services:

• Steel, timber, concrete and tensile structures
• Net structures and Zoo enclosures
• Bird netting and pest control
• Christmas decorations and sculptures
• Towers, bridges, chimneys and walkways
• Fall arrest systems

Tensile Structures
Looking for a firm that installs and maintains tensile structures across UK and worldwide? Alpha RAT designs and installs all types of structures professionally and at affordable prices.

Alpha RAT can design, manufacture and install all types of tensile structures – from PVC fabric canopies to steel cable nets. Fabric architecture, netting and cable structures, stainless steel mesh - we know this stuff so give us a call to discuss your project.

Choose us for:

• Regular structural inspections, followed by a detailed report
• Re-stressing
• Major refurbishment and replacement works
• Minor maintenance works
• PVC and PTFE welding
• Regular and ad hoc canopy cleaning

Structural Inspections
At Alpha RAT Ltd we specialize in structural inspections at heights and in difficult to reach locations using MEWPs and Industrial abseiling.

We use a range of structural inspection and survey methods from visual inspections, through tactile and destructive testing, to NDT, aerial and thermal imaging. All findings and recommendations are presented in a professionally prepared report. The data collected can be presented in PDF format or multimedia presentation if required. Contact us today if you have any queries about our services.

Zoo and Animal Enclosures
Alpha RAT offers installation, inspection and maintenance of animal structures, enclosures and aviaries. With an office in Bristol we operate nationwide.

We work with multiple materials:

• Polyethylene and polypropylene nets
• Stainless steel mesh
• Galvanized or stainless steel welded mesh
• Steel support structures
• Timber support structures

Over the years we have carried out multiple installation and maintenance projects across the UK. From small monkey enclosures, through wader birds aviary to grand scale tiger and leopard enclosures, we have been involved in the most iconic Zoo structures in UK. Our extensive knowledge and unmatched high-level access capabilities put us in front of other specialist construction companies.