Ok, what do I need to know as a small business? Great question let’s take a closer look. Sourcing a contractor
Simply put, a designed scaffold is one that is out of scope of TG:20 this may be for a bespoke purpose or where additional factors need to be considered such as cantilever, gantry, or buttress scaffolds. Whereas scaffolds built from compliance sheets should be fairly straightforward such as a small scaffold built for some minor façade works. Scaffold Ties In certain situations, there may be a requirement to tie the scaffold structure to the building, scaffold ties come in different types, key points to remember is that there should be a design showing the location of the ties in the structure and highlighting any structural ties, which should not be removed. In addition to this scaffold ties should be “pull tested” by a competent person with a pull test machine that is in date for calibration the results should then be compared to the design information to identify any discrepancies. Records of pull testing should be kept on site in the scaffolder’s records. Scaffold Handovers/Inspection Scaffolding handovers should be completed in accordance with NASC guidelines, once the scaffold is complete a competent scaffolder should inspect the scaffold for compliance with legislation and best practice guidance once inspected the scaffolder should then issue a handover certificate to the client. The scaffolding at this point will be put into use and the handover certificate to be considered as the first inspection in the 7-day statutory inspection regime. The requirements for inspection of scaffolds are fairly straightforward and are conducted as follows:
There may be other more specific scaffolding requirements identified during your project planning these details should be discussed with your scaffolding contractor and your health & safety representative. All information contained in this article is only for information and not meant to be used to form any part of your company procedures or safe system of works. here to edit.
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