CONTENTS

04 Voice of the Sector: Delivering on a commitment to raise standards of safety and performance

05 Opinion: Quality and innovation drive our sector

08 Feature: Problem-solving with birdcage scaffolding

10 Commercial: Ensuring consistency in contract documentation

12 Technical: A look at sheeting versus shrink wrap

14 Technical: Ground conditions for scaffolding

16 Site Report: Rose System Scaffolding at the Burlington Square development in Manchester

19 Transport: Non-compliance and the ‘Public Inquiry’

20 Health & Safety: Lone workers –how to protect your employees

21 Guidance: Testing fittings affected by saltwater

FRONT COVER: Ducker & Young Scaffolding has introduced RhinoDeck to improve safety and boost productivity at the Wolvercote Mill Cala Homes development in Oxfordshire.

BSI issues new temporary works guidance

The British Standards Institution has updated BS 5975:2019 – Code of practice for temporary works procedures and the permissible stress design of falsework, to give recommendations for temporary structures on building sites, with practical guidelines for design, specification, construction, and the use/dismantling of falsework.

This is a significant revision of sections 1 and 2 of the BS 5975:2008+A1:20111, which was last amended in 2011.

The new guidance provides recommendations for safety and control around the various procedures and responsibilities of personnel involved for all construction projects. This includes the addition of procedures for clients, designers and suppliers and provides recommendations for education and training. The update also aligns the standard with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, with the new procedures now allowing other contractors to plan and manage their own temporary works while ensuring that the principal contractor retains overall responsibility.

Robert Candy, chief executive of the Scaffolding Association, said: “This is a very positive step and we welcome the updated guidance.

“It reflects the growth of subcontracting across the vast majority of construction works and provides clarity and more control for specialist contractors over the temporary works processes they are involved in.”

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Traffic commissioner revokes scaffolding contractor’s operator’s licence

J&P Scaffolding, of Edgeware Road, London, has had its operator’s licence revoked following a traffic commissioner’s Public Inquiry.

The decision to disqualify company director Jacek Pawlaczyk for a period of two years from holding or obtaining an operator’s licence in any traffic area, and from being the director of any company holding or obtaining such a licence, was made on 26 March 2019.

In his January 2019 report, the traffic commissioner highlighted that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) vehicle examiner had found a number of shortcomings, including a high MOT final failure rate of 30 per cent and excessive intervals between safety inspections on two occasions. Mr Pawlaczyk’s aggressive and threatening behaviour towards the DVSA examiner was also noted as being significant and warranting his disqualification from holding an operator’s licence.

Traffic commissioners have wide-ranging powers as part of a Public Inquiry and can revoke, refuse, curtail, suspend and, in severe cases, disqualify an operator from operating heavy goods vehicles.

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