Scaffolding Association CEO talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector
In this Comment piece, Robert Candy, CEO of the Scaffolding Association, talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector. Scaffolding, and indeed the whole of construction, has often lagged behind other industries when it comes to searching for digital solutions and implementing new technologies. It’s well known that the scaffolding industry …
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Principal contractor fined after scaffolder suffered electrical burns
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has resulted in a vertical farming, glasshouses and energy company being sentenced after a scaffolder came into contact with an 11kV overhead power line. Beverley Magistrates’ Court heard that on 3 December 2018, a subcontractor scaffolding worker was unloading some scaffolding
Health and safety at work – are construction workers drinking too much?
Suzannah Robin, an alcohol and drug safety expert at AlcoDigital, discusses the problem of alcohol misuse within the construction industry, and explains how online training can promote staff safety during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Alcohol misuse amongst staff is a problem that will be sadly familiar to many employers
Budding scaffolder with Down’s Syndrome keeps making the impossible, possible
32-year-old Todd Scanlon, a budding scaffolder with Down’s Syndrome from Coles Scaffolding Contractors Limited, has been working towards his Construction Operatives’ Training (COTs) with the help of SIMIAN Risk Management Limited. In 2018, Todd approached Martyn Coles, director of Swindon based Coles Scaffolding, to be given an opportunity to pursue
IPSE: “Narrow” self-isolation exemptions list “leaves freelancers in the lurch again”
IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said that the government’s “narrow” self-isolation exemptions list leaves many freelancers – even those who are double-vaccinated – being forced to self-isolate and lose income in the coming weeks. IPSE has said that although it is understandable the government’s list
Company and director sentenced after two workers injured in falls from height
A company, along with the director, have been fined after a platform on a six-metre high scaffolding tower partially collapsed. Two men fell, with both suffering physical injuries and subsequent mental health problems. A HSE investigation found that the tower scaffolding was not suitable for the type of work being
CLC publishes guidance on Covid impact for NEC4
The Construction Leadership Council in collaboration with NEC has today published joint guidance to industry and clients on dealing with and accommodating the impact of Covid-19 on work under NEC4 contracts. The guidance adds to the suite of outputs from the CLC’s Business Models: Contractual Best Practice group which has
Everyone is family at South Molton Scaffolding Limited
Devon based, South Molton Scaffolding Limited (SMS) has always been a family business, and it has now gone full circle with the next generation starting to take up the reins. In this edition of our Families in Scaffolding feature we are focusing on SMS, where the whole team is like
Accelerate August 16 rules to offset construction ‘pingdemic’ says CLC
Industry leaders have called for acceleration of rules relaxing requirements for COVID19 self-isolation for double-vaccinated workers. On August 16 the regulations on self-isolation will be relaxed across the economy, when anyone who has been double-jabbed will be able to continue to work if they are notified that they have been
As COVID restrictions lift the British Safety Council urges the Government to re-think its face masks policy
The Prime Minister has announced the removal of almost all COVID controls from 19 July, including rules on social distancing and the cap on the numbers allowed at events. The wearing of face masks on public transport and in shops and hospitals will cease to be mandatory and will become a matter of personal choice.
Scaffolding Association CEO talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector
In this Comment piece, Robert Candy, CEO of the Scaffolding Association, talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector. Scaffolding, and indeed the whole of construction, has often lagged behind other industries when it comes to searching for digital solutions and implementing new technologies. It’s well known that the scaffolding industry has a worrying reputation for
As COVID restrictions lift the British Safety Council urges the Government to re-think its face masks policy
The Prime Minister has announced the removal of almost all COVID controls from 19 July, including rules on social distancing and the cap on the numbers allowed at events. The wearing of face masks on public transport and in shops and hospitals will cease to be mandatory and will become a matter of personal choice.
Scaffolding Association CEO talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector
In this Comment piece, Robert Candy, CEO of the Scaffolding Association, talks about digitisation in the scaffolding sector. Scaffolding, and indeed the whole of construction, has often lagged behind other industries when it comes to searching for digital solutions and implementing new technologies. It’s well known that the scaffolding industry has a worrying reputation for
No cause for alarm says Builders’ Conference
There was slight dip in the level of construction contract awards in the month of April 2021 verified research by Scaffolding Association partners, Builders’ Conference, showed. However, in this article CEO Neil Edwards explains why he remains confident and believes the sector still has much to look forward to in the year ahead. It is
