Also as consultants to
NOTRA, we were asked to submit a report detailing a refurbishing program for the maintenance, repair and replacement of existing communication towers of the Canadian Coast Guard. This life-cycle plan assumed an average useful life span of between 25-40 years for communication towers, depending on type, region, construction and other variables. It included environmental consideration, access to remote locations, costs and the impact new,
technical innovations might have. The
Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services Tower Assets Life Cycle Refurbishment Report we compiled was to be used as a general standard for managing the tower infrastructures within the Canadian Coast Guard.
Also as consultants to
NOTRA, we developed the Canadian Coast Guard Fall Protection Program. We used their existing documentation, researched, amended and enhanced it and added sections to address new safety requirements as mandated by the latest statutes, acts, regulations and standards. We included extensive sections on safety requirements when working on ships as it pertains to the work aloft. This included working on masts, stacks, elevated platforms, on ladders, superstructures, gangways, etc. and detailed the applicable sections of the Canada Labour Code, Part II, the Canada Shipping Act, Marine Occupational Health & Safety, the Loss Control Program, Fleet Safety and Security Manual and others. In order to write a GAP Analysis that identified where the ship's safety standards are today versus where they should be, we visited ships belonging to the Canadian Coast Guard in St. Johns, Newfoundland and in Victoria, British Columbia. We also amended the fall protection program for land-based installations, working at heights on the Coast Guard's communication towers and elevated structures. This included CSA equipment standards, safe tower climbing procedures, tower rescue scenarios, the need for proper safety equipment inspections and storage, as well as the general theory governing Fall prevention, Fall protection and Fall arrest.
Also as consultants to
NOTRA in 2010, we started with a GAP analysis for the Canadian Coast Guard, addressing potential shortcomings
in conventional communication site developments with the latest standards.