Skylift units from Nationwide were brought into action to meet the challenge of a mammoth window cleaning contract at the Home Office in London.

With over 800 windows to clean in just one weekend, the contract called for three skylifts to be on site for 12 hours a day, with each machine carrying two window cleaners and a Skylift operator.

A 44 metre Skylift gave the necessary working height to ensure that all windows in the 12-storey building could easily be reached, and 35m and 34m units - with smaller, two-axle chassis - were called upon to get into the courtyard area of the Home Office with restricted access.

All of the truck-mounted Skylifts had articulating jibs, enabling the window cleaners to easily manoeuvre around several areas of the building where its face jutted out.

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