Designed Scaffolds

I'm not entirely sure if hse was involved or private or just theoretical Dave. It's hard to imagine hse having a problem with it.
 
granted mate but still private or not there is no problem with it

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and aom i see youve hit 1000 post congrats
 
Agreed, it would be interesting for chriseng or the like to give us a definitive answer.
 
for your luddite outburst dean in over 20years with sgb,we near had a drawing with every job(very rarely looked at may i add)by the finest designs minds in the trade.we were TRUSTED mate as we were highly trained by excellent scaffs,now it seems if an independant seems to be too much for some.
 
celticbhoy said:
lol your gaffer can call me what he likes mate,i speak the truth though.dose that rankle??????what did we do before drawings??????well lol.
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it wasnt meant to be personal mate i am not about insulting or ofending people. but you are negative about most of the stuff on here that is not 'like it used to be'
 
for one your right it aint what it used to be,i know you wernt getting personal dean.i give my view the way i see it,my call ill stand by that.apart from my negativity lol what did we do before the advent of drawings and digi cameras??????

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ps no offence taken or given.
 
Assess and over come. As I said problem solvers, but before anybody posts pics of collapsed scaffolds, we know times have changed as there is no other trade as adaptable than the scaffs.
 
lol here here aom.im off to toepuddle today anyone up for it.........so a fcking am lol.dave you go to didcot mate???
 
With all due respects to the safety people on here as they give helpfull answers, regarding scaffold inspection, most of the safety people I have come across on sites have limited knowledge on scaffold erection and do'sent extend further than guardrails and toeboards. Such people inspecting a designed scaffold is a joke. You know they have'nt a clue what they are looking at, but ;HEY PRESTO; they have a drawing just like paint by numbers, out comes the tape which they've borrowed and god help us if we're a mm out. If the design had to be changed however slighty due to unforseen circumstances then you've made his day, he's now going to let you know the hierarchal order on site and your at the bottom of it. Phoning, E mailing the designer to talk to him is a waste of time, he cant understand the the words, Max loads & deflections, Max Reaction, Max Sag BM, Max Shear Force, Max Sag Deflection, As for L/B. he dose'nt want to know. He wants a new paint by numbers so he can impress all how technical his job is, What a plonker, I'm sure you've come across the type I'm talking about. Interested in hearing your experiences.
 
Brandy I've come across this typr before :D. I did a monitoring visit for a very well known scaffold company at the beginning of this year . Then the building contractors H&S expert arrived on site 2 weeks later and gave me a right slating.
1 Why had I not picked up that the beamed section of scaffold had no design
2 Why had I not picked up on the fact there was no third handrail on the loading bay (standard requirement for the contractor)
3 Why had I not picked up that on the gable elevation one of the bays was 200mm larger than shown on the drawing.
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Oh this man is a 1st class pen1s, the fact is we photograph all our visits (this pen1s doesn't)
1 The beamed section wasn't erected at time of visit
2 The loading bays weren't erected at time of visit
3 I'm not a petty barsteward
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It should be noted this H&S rep is rumoured to have been an experienced scaffolder. I hear that when he delivers courses he likes to brag about knowing all the underworld from around Liverpool. The good news is I hear on the grapevine he recieved a phone call not long back from the underworld saying if he ever put in a bad report about their company again the owner was going to shoot the fecker. The man is really making a bad name for himself.
 
I think I can beat that Brandy, not that long ago during one of the many audits I have to endure for various agency's that believe their superior knowledge is required to make sure the wee diddy scaffolder is able to erect simple structures without hurting himself or others around him. After the usual slog through the paper work which can take a couple of hours depending on the mood they are in or whether it's raining or not, we eventually made it to a small job erected on the street. After about 10 minutes listening to me proudly discuss all the in built safety features, brick guard, scaff wrap, tredda plates, flashing lights, board retainers and advanced guard rail, they interrupted me to politely ask "Is that board on it's end what they call a toe board?" I totally gave up after that.
 
It may affect the platform it is build on for example pavements in london have voids which may force you to reduce it to 5 kn per sq m or even 3.but if its only couple of bays there shouldnt be a problem given the bloke checking the job is quite approachable and you are able to explain your reasons but ideally all the changes should be red lined and forwarded to temp works mnger b4 handover inspection.
 
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