Leading Building Exterior Services in the Philippines

Building exteriors, worked from the rope.

Providing excellent service to meet client's challenging vertical requirements.

Professional and Expert Industrial Rope Access Service Provider. URA Building Exterior Services, URABES, is a company solely owned and officially registered on 17 October 2013 with the Department of Trade and Industry to provide repair and cleaning services to building exterior surfaces and infrastructures that utilizes the Rope Access System technology.

What we do

Services

From the technology that is more widely known as Industrial Rope Access (IRA) system, Urban Rope Access is better understood as IRA's commercial application. Such services widely required among buildings as part of its maintenance program include:

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Exterior Window Cleaning

Glass, aluminium frames and attachments, cleaned from the rope.

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Defined as the process of making sure the exterior of a building is clear of any dirt, grime, stains, and pollutants, cleaning of the exterior side of the windows includes the aluminum frames and its other attachments, if any. The building's location and function significantly help determine the correct approach to how the exterior cleaning will be performed.

  • Curtain wall and window glass
  • Aluminium frames
  • Facade attachments
Four URABES technicians cleaning a glass curtain wall, reflected in the glassA technician cleaning a window from outside, seen from inside the building

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Glass and ACP Glazing (Sealant)

New sealant and resealing on ACP systems, glass walls and windows.

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May be new application of sealant or repeat application of sealant (resealing) on ACP systems and glass walls or windows at the building exterior. Sealants commonly used for glass-to-glass and glass-to-frame terminations are silicone type designed to provide a water-resistant seal that maintains a strong hold against heavy downpour or harsh weather conditions.

  • New sealant application
  • Resealing
  • Glass-to-glass and glass-to-frame joints
  • ACP systems
A technician in a white helmet working on a window jointA sealant gun applying a new bead along a window frame

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Exterior Walls Painting

Old paint removed, then one primer coat and two top coats.

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Surface area preparation include removal of old and worn-out paints, or as prescribed by the Client. Standard process includes one-coat primer paint application and two-coat top coat paint applications. Special weatherproof paint materials are more popularly preferred by building owners during more recent years.

  • Removal of old and worn-out paint
  • One primer coat
  • Two top coats
  • Weatherproof paint
Three technicians painting a white exterior wall from their ropesA painting crew working down the facade of a residential tower

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Waterproofing Works

Walls, roofs and open decks, repaired before cracks let water in.

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Exterior concrete walls and roof and other open decks of buildings always require waterproofing (repair) works, especially when defects like cracks are becoming obvious. Cracks are common indicators that the building foundation is moving, thus making repair works imminent.

  • Exterior concrete walls
  • Roofs and open decks
  • Crack repair
Second coat of cementitious waterproofing being brushed onto a roof deckFailed sealant cut out of a wall joint, with the job label held up for the record

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Inspection and Survey

Building audits up close, where other access is difficult or impossible.

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Building Audit has become a common practice in most properties, particularly buildings, to ensure the smooth and continuous operation, function and use of the building. Where access to inspect building exteriors are sometimes difficult or impossible for building maintenance group, utilization of rope technology system has been proven to be more efficient in getting satisfactory results.

  • Building audits
  • Facade condition checks
  • Hard-to-reach exteriors
A technician on rope checking a facade close upA rope rigged over a wall edge for an inspection drop

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Special Exterior Works

Facade material installation, planned around the rope system.

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As is not customary to the industrial rope access system industry, installation of façade materials can be hazardous not only to the rope system but to the lives of rope technicians. But thorough and deep study on how to safely address potential hazards, special exterior installation works can be successfully achieved using the industrial rope access system.

  • Facade material installation
  • Hazard study before work starts
  • Hard-to-reach installations
Technicians on ropes working on a steel frame structureAluminium composite panels ready for installation, high above the city

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Why choose us

Rope access puts a technician at arm's length from the facade, on a working line and a safety line, without scaffolding or a gondola parked in front of the building.

  1. Quality Professionals

    URABES management designed a small team of experienced personnel with over 20 years of collective experience in the building maintenance industry.

  2. Minimal Visibility at Work

    While at work in high angle positions, our rope technicians are rarely obvious and visible from the street level and to some adjacent buildings, making them less a distraction from the commuters and passing vehicles.

  3. Promotes Health and Safety

    In its desire to be recognized as the leading rope access service provider in the country, URABES adopts a ZERO accident policy in the workplace.

  4. Affordable and Flexible Rates

    URABES designs and maintains a reasonable and considerable pricing for its current and prospective clients, without compromising expected deliverables and quality service.

  5. Environment Friendly

    A rope access system (also known as a work positioning system) commonly employs a working line and a safety line.

About URABES

About us

URA Building Exterior Services, URABES, is a company solely owned and officially registered on 17 October 2013 with the Department of Trade and Industry to provide repair and cleaning services to building exterior surfaces and infrastructures that utilizes the Rope Access System technology.

  • Reliable after-sales support
  • Dependable industry partner
  • DOLE-OSHC safety-trained team leaders

Our mission

To be recognized as the leading rope access service provider in the Philippines.

Our vision

  • To be an Industrial Rope Access (IRA) service company whose measurable and continuous improvement service is the STANDARD.
  • To be recognized in the building solutions industry for our excellence in service, both as provider and industry partner.
  • To be acknowledged as an IRA company that renders healthy, friendly and transparent services as the Standard Level of Service in the industry.

Health, Safety and Environment Policy

The company adopts a ZERO accident policy in the workplace. Management thus understands, recognizes and accepts the obligations and responsibilities arising from any work to be rendered, prompting the formulation of these measures:

  1. Cultivate a continuing education in the correct and proper implementation of all operating system for the protection of the company, the employees and the environment
  2. Provide adequate control of health and safety risk arising from work activities
  3. Regularly consult with our employees on matters that may be affecting their safety and health
  4. Make sure all equipment are safe to use and always in good condition
  5. Regularly train workers on the proper and safe handling and use of tools and equipment
  6. Constantly provide information, instruction and supervision to employees
  7. Prevent work related accident by constant reminders and updates, and maintaining a safe and healthy working condition
  8. Regularly review and upgrade this policy, if necessary

Our approach: business statement

For the able and successful attainment of the terms of the Health, Safety and Environment responsibilities, URABES shall make use of all available resources for managers, supervisors and other key staff to become responsible officers of the organization.

The helpful information on Occupational, Health, Safety and Environment, which they will observe and exercise as part of their duties and functions, shall be regularly updated and examined.

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Projects

Photos from our own drops: cleaning, sealant, painting, waterproofing, inspection and special works on towers across the Philippines. Each service above has its full photo set. For references on work similar to yours, ask us and we will share them.

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