| Building Maintenance Units (BMUs) | | | | system, providing full lateral, horizontal and vertical |
| Building Maintenance Units are designed for the | | | | movement of the working platform. There are lot of |
| buildings where regular maintenance is required. BMU | | | | risks involved in the use of BMUs which should not be |
| is an item of a plant that comprises a working | | | | overlooked. The building maintenance units should be |
| platform suspended on wire ropes from a securely | | | | used in a sensible and safe manner and is not |
| mounted overhead structure or carriage. It is | | | | supposed to be used in strong winds. Every effort |
| designed and installed to provide clean the outside | | | | should be taken to remove the risks while using a |
| parts of the building. The design and construction of | | | | building maintenance unit. While using a building |
| BMUs is an activity, which involves the architects and | | | | maintenance unit, it should be ensured that a |
| the structural engineers. It is very important to | | | | competent person is in charge of the whole project. |
| consider the requirements for window cleaning and | | | | EOT Cranes |
| facade access at an early stage. For all these tasks, | | | | The cranes used for transferring heavy material for |
| permanent suspended access equipment is needed. It | | | | some purpose are known as EOT cranes. EOT crane |
| is very important that the design and installation of a | | | | is equipped with a derrick or a tower used to lower |
| building maintenance unit allow for safety. The | | | | and lift the materials with the help of pulleys and |
| architect and owner of the building can only decide | | | | cables. It is connected with the bridge trolley which is |
| the building maintenance unit which is most cost | | | | moved by the motors. The functionalities of EOT |
| effective and suitable for the job. BMUs are generally | | | | cranes have made the tasks of cleaning and |
| the safest most complete form of suspended access | | | | maintenance for the buildings much easier. |