Inspections
ACCT Accredited Inspections
Vestals Gap Ventures provides inspections for all types of challenge courses including high and low ropes courses, rappel and climbing towers, aerial adventure parks, zip lines, and climbing walls. VGV does not have to have built the challenge course in order to inspect it.
What is included in an inspection?
Inspection Report
Following ACCT guidelines, VGV delivers a full Inspection Report once the inspection is complete.
This document details your course’s elements, structural history, any modifications, alongside the working condition of every element and piece of equipment. It also features tailored recommendations for ongoing upkeep, repairs, and best operational practices.
If any element or gear does not pass inspection, it will be clearly flagged in the report. Beyond documenting safety compliance, the report serves as a practical roadmap for your long-term budgeting and program development, helping your team tackle routine, in-house maintenance early before minor wear evolves into costly repairs.
If you need hands-on assistance, the VGV Construction crew is available to address both small punch-list items and complete course overhauls and new builds. We utilize premium-grade materials and components for every fix to ensure lasting durability.
We encourage booking maintenance well ahead of your peak operational season to keep your programming running without interruption.
In accordance with ACCT guidelines, our inspector dedicates most of the visit to evaluating vital challenge course components, including hardware, fasteners, support trees, utility poles, wire rope, synthetic lines, and primary structural systems. This process involves both a hands-on tactile check and a thorough visual review of high and low elements, climbing gear, personal protective equipment (PPE), and the surrounding site conditions.
Our inspector will also review your facility’s internal record-keeping, such as daily pre-use checklists, periodic maintenance logs, and rope/gear tracking histories. Should any component or piece of equipment fail to meet safety standards, your staff is alerted right away—both verbally and in writing via our On-Site Documentation report—so the affected items can be taken out of service immediately.