Construction Access Scaffolds need to be inspected every 7 days or after an event which could affect their stability or integrity – Such as, high winds, heavy snow, or being struck by a vehicle. This can be further explored here https:www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/workingatheight.htm Or by visiting the NASC Website https://nasc.org.uk/ and looking up NASC Guidance Note – SG35:21 “Handover of Scaffold Structures and First Scaffold
Inspection”
The hirer of the scaffold is responsible for ensuring the scaffold is inspected at 7 day intervals and remains compliant.
A scaffold inspection certificate lasts for 7 days.
Every 7 days if it is used for construction or as per design engineers recommendation if used for purposes other than construction.
You should ask the person responsible for the scaffold to see the Handover Certificate and inspections. There may be a Scafftag fitted to
the base or access point of the Scaffold. This is a visual indicator of conformity and should be signed no less than 7 days previously – see
https://www.scafftag.co.uk/visual-tagging.html
This is a very subjective question, that is, it is something of a personal choice. However, from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, the most versatile scaffold type is traditional Tube and Fitting but it is generally the slowest to build. For more information visit NASC Website https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021 where you can further explore TG20:21 System Scaffolds like Cuplok https://www.huennebeck.com/uploads/files/cuplok_system_scaffold_user_g uide_en_2015-05-29.pdf and Layher Allround https://www.layher.com/en/ Allround-Scaffolding are quicker and easier to build but are limited in what they can do as they use prefabricated components.
It depends on where in the country you are and what type of work you are doing. In England, on house building sites Tube & Fitting https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021 is mostly used, however on the same sites in Scotland, System Scaffolding such as Cuplok https://www.huennebeck.com/uploads/files/cuplok_system_scaffold_user_guide_en_2015-05-29.pdf is most prevalent.
A Scaffold that is designed for Bricklayers to lay bricks (build new walls) from.
A Transom is the short tube that normally lies front to back on a wall scaffold (for the scaffold boards to sit on) and is usually fitted with Single Couplers above the Ledgers (tubes that run the length of the
Scaffold). An Aberdeen Transom is fixed with Double Couplers and is usually found below the Ledgers.
A Cantilever Scaffold is a scaffold that projects from another scaffold, or structure that is generally supported by diagonal tubes either above or below the working platform. For more information visit the NASC
website and search for Cantilevers https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021
This is a Scaffold with only a row of outside standards that sits on/or in a wall for it’s internal support using “spade end” tubes. It is usually used in 1.5m high lifts for Bricklayers. For further information please visit https://scaffoldpole.com/putlog/
Scafftags are large white plastic devices fitted to the Scaffold with Green inserts slotted into the front face. These are a visual indicator of conformity and should be signed no less than 7 days previously – see https://www.scafftag.co.uk/visual-tagging.html
There is no legal requirement to “Tag” (Fit a Scafftag to) A Scaffold. However, if one is used, it is usually tagged once at the entrance point of the Scaffold and filled in each time the scaffold is inspected
Construction Access Scaffolds need to be inspected every 7 days or after an event which could affect their stability or integrity – Such as, high winds, heavy snow, or being struck by a vehicle. This can be further explored here https:www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/workingatheight.htm Or by visiting the NASC Website https://nasc.org.uk/ and looking up NASC Guidance Note – SG35:21 “Handover of Scaffold Structures and First Scaffold
Inspection”
The hirer of the scaffold is responsible for ensuring the scaffold is inspected at 7 day intervals and remains compliant.
A scaffold inspection certificate lasts for 7 days.
Every 7 days if it is used for construction or as per design engineers recommendation if used for purposes other than construction.
You should ask the person responsible for the scaffold to see the Handover Certificate and inspections. There may be a Scafftag fitted to
the base or access point of the Scaffold. This is a visual indicator of conformity and should be signed no less than 7 days previously – see
https://www.scafftag.co.uk/visual-tagging.html
This is a very subjective question, that is, it is something of a personal choice. However, from a purely pragmatic viewpoint, the most versatile scaffold type is traditional Tube and Fitting but it is generally the slowest to build. For more information visit NASC Website https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021 where you can further explore TG20:21 System Scaffolds like Cuplok https://www.huennebeck.com/uploads/files/cuplok_system_scaffold_user_g uide_en_2015-05-29.pdf and Layher Allround https://www.layher.com/en/ Allround-Scaffolding are quicker and easier to build but are limited in what they can do as they use prefabricated components.
It depends on where in the country you are and what type of work you are doing. In England, on house building sites Tube & Fitting https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021 is mostly used, however on the same sites in Scotland, System Scaffolding such as Cuplok https://www.huennebeck.com/uploads/files/cuplok_system_scaffold_user_guide_en_2015-05-29.pdf is most prevalent.
A Scaffold that is designed for Bricklayers to lay bricks (build new walls) from.
A Transom is the short tube that normally lies front to back on a wall scaffold (for the scaffold boards to sit on) and is usually fitted with Single Couplers above the Ledgers (tubes that run the length of the
Scaffold). An Aberdeen Transom is fixed with Double Couplers and is usually found below the Ledgers.
A Cantilever Scaffold is a scaffold that projects from another scaffold, or structure that is generally supported by diagonal tubes either above or below the working platform. For more information visit the NASC
website and search for Cantilevers https://nasc.org.uk/information/tg2021
This is a Scaffold with only a row of outside standards that sits on/or in a wall for it’s internal support using “spade end” tubes. It is usually used in 1.5m high lifts for Bricklayers. For further information please visit https://scaffoldpole.com/putlog/
Scafftags are large white plastic devices fitted to the Scaffold with Green inserts slotted into the front face. These are a visual indicator of conformity and should be signed no less than 7 days previously – see https://www.scafftag.co.uk/visual-tagging.html
There is no legal requirement to “Tag” (Fit a Scafftag to) A Scaffold. However, if one is used, it is usually tagged once at the entrance point of the Scaffold and filled in each time the scaffold is inspected
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ASC Edinburgh Ltd, registered as a limited company in Scotland under company number: SC220376.
Registered Company Address: ASC Ltd, Unit 19 Newbridge Industrial Estate, Newbridge, Edinburgh, EH28 8PJ.
2022 © Copyright ASC Scaffolding.