Serving Covington
Safety Consulting in Covington, KY
Old masonry, tight streets and unstable hillsides make Covington work unlike anywhere else nearby.
Get a free quoteCovington is the oldest building stock in Northern Kentucky and it behaves accordingly. Italianate brick terraces in MainStrasse Village, Mutter Gottes and Licking Riverside sit shoulder to shoulder with no side yard, which means scaffolding over pavement, restricted drops, and permits before a single plank goes up. Repointing, tuckpointing and stone cutting on those facades generate respirable silica, and the paint layers underneath bring lead into almost every renovation.
The hillsides are the other story. The shale under Devou Park and the slopes running up from the river is notoriously prone to slipping, so excavation and shoring decisions in Covington are not the same as they are on flat Boone County ground.
Add steep slate and standing-seam roofs, combined sewer access, and downtown work near the river towers, and the trades here need fall protection and confined space plans written for the actual building, not a template.
Where we work in Covington
- MainStrasse Village
- Licking Riverside
- Latonia
- Devou Park
What Covington calls us for
Fall Protection Planning
Steep historic roofs and narrow rear yards in Covington rule out most standard anchor and ladder arrangements.
Silica and Lead Exposure Control
Almost every masonry repair or window job in the older neighbourhoods disturbs lead paint or cuts historic brick and stone.
Excavation and Trenching Safety
Covington's slide-prone hillside shale makes soil classification and shoring a live judgement rather than a formality.