How Expertise Drives Safety Compliance Across Building Services
At A1, we specialize in various building services, including window washing and facade repair. This work requires our teams to traverse over 13,000 building facades yearly, and it's not a...
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Why Façade Safety Repairs are Crucial for Building Integrity
Fissures and cracks are whispers from your building’s façade, warning you it’s time to take action. Those whispers can quickly turn into roars if not addressed appropriately. What is your...
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Prioritizing Safety of Building Façade Access and Fall Protection
Your building's façade conveys the first impression of aesthetics and serves as your first line of defense against environmental factors. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires you, as...
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Understanding Fall Protection: Importance, OSHA Standards, and Compliance
For the tenth year in a row, fall protection citations lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) list of most frequent violations. Despite the high human and financial costs...
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The Role of Pressure Washing in Maintaining Your Building’s Exterior
Adding pressure washing to your routine building maintenance strategy is a simple yet effective way to achieve a clean and attractive facade. In spite of its simplicity, pressure washing is...
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How Spring Cleaning Builds Resilience for Commercial Properties
Leap year provided us an early spring this year, while the “prognosticator of prognosticators,” Punxatawney Phil, all but guaranteed it. With spring comes the welcoming, warm weather, losing an hour...
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Deep Clean or Glass Restoration, Part 2: Comprehensive Guide to Professional Glass Restoration
Despite your best efforts in regular upkeep, natural wear and tear sometimes take its toll on your windows. When you notice that even the most meticulous cleaning doesn't restore former...
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Strategic Sealant Replacement: Knowing the Right Time to Replace Building Sealants
What is the key to building longevity? For the Romans, with structures still standing 2,000 years later, it was self-healing concrete. In the U.S., where the average age of commercial...
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Staying Ahead of Damage: Embracing Proactive Waterproofing Solutions
Predicting the weather has never been an exact science. Mother Nature is making weather forecasting even more unpredictable with a series of odd weather events, including one of the wettest...
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