A lot of the blame lies with the two day super inspectors
how can just anybody take a two day course and be competent to inspect a job of that size?how would they know that the tie anchors were suspect?that there's no counter weight in a one bay return?that by stripping the loading bay their taking away its only form of buttress,that by loading the job with the stripped materials their making the job top heavy,that a single row of outside standards can buckle under great weight stress?all rellevant points to the experienced scaff,but even if the inspections had been kept up to date by the two day guy's,would they have had the experience to pick up on these points and take the nescesary remedies?these two day courses are aimed at site agents,so they can sign the tag......and save MONEY,a serious rethink of this is needed NOW