Practical guidance on scaffold planning, design, inspection and safety, written for developers, contractors and QSs.
Any scaffold that overhangs or occupies a public footway requires licensing under the Highways Act 1980. The licence is issued by the local highway authority, is time-limited, and…
Chimneys on new build housing schemes are often an afterthought in the scaffold programme. The scaffold is planned around the main elevations. The chimney appears as a small…
On any scaffold of meaningful height, moving materials up and down efficiently makes a significant difference to the productivity of the trades using the platform. Bricks, mortar…
Every scaffold on a UK construction site is designed for a specific set of loads. Working platforms are rated for particular categories of use. Ties are engineered for particular…
Edge protection on a UK construction site is the visible part of the work-at-height safety system. Where it is well executed, it forms a consistent perimeter around every elevated…
UK construction programmes that extend through autumn and winter face a predictable productivity challenge. Rain, low temperatures and reduced daylight slow most trades. Indoor…
On a residential development, dry-in is the milestone at which the building is weather-tight enough for internal trades to proceed. The roof is on. The eaves are detailed. The…
Most scaffold problems on housing developments are predictable from the pre-construction information that exists before the first plot is broken. Site dimensions, plot geometries…
Scaffold decommissioning is the part of the scaffold lifecycle that gets the least attention at tender stage and the most attention when something goes wrong. By the time the…
Live scaffold is, by definition, exposed. It carries wind load, supports loaded materials, depends on tied structural connections to the building it sits against, and provides a…
The seven-day statutory scaffold inspection requirement is one of the most consistently underdelivered elements of UK construction compliance. The regulatory position is clear…
Scaffold is one of the most visible elements of any active construction site, and one of the most underestimated. To a non-specialist eye, scaffold looks like assembled tube and…
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