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hms belfast bridge collapse another sign of contarctor cutting corner's to get the cheap quotes if you see a picture it looks like a full containment wrap with boards use as trannies for the monflex to be stapled to ha ha when will they learn cut corner costs lives feel sorry for the scaff told to erect that " it will be alright"

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BBC News - HMS Belfast: Two injured as gangway collapses
 
Quite scary, but surely a job like that would be designed?
 
steveo south east said:
hms belfast bridge collapse another sign of contarctor cutting corner's to get the cheap quotes if you see a picture it looks like a full containment wrap with boards use as trannies for the monflex to be stapled to ha ha when will they learn cut corner costs lives feel sorry for the scaff told to erect that " it will be alright"

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BBC News - HMS Belfast: Two injured as gangway collapses
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Oh it was a bit breezy in Town today!

I'll have a look at that tomorrow.
 
it was very breezy around today and it the scaffold was proberly designed but over engineered so much that they thought about weight saving ie monoflex lighter than tins, shirink wrap, erect in sections. the funny things about it is the fact they said on the news that the bridge was due to have strenghtening done because it knackered " i know lets add 40 tonnes of scaffold and cut cost buy using monflex".
 
If the scaffold wasn't being used to strengthen the bridge, what was it up for.
 
the scaffold is up for stenghtening and tarting up for the olympics.
 
it was extremely wind where we are today, maybe that had something to do with it? not good is it, that is two in the last couple of days in london.
 
Were you down there Steve and if so what do you reckon the wind speed was? Someone somewhere is for the high jump and my money is on the engineers and designers rather than the scaffs for that one.
 
aom said:
Were you down there Steve and if so what do you reckon the wind speed was? Someone somewhere is for the high jump and my money is on the engineers and designers rather than the scaffs for that one.
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i hope they erected to the drawing & got all signed off:unsure:

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like you said aom would not like to be that design company today:eek:
 
i was in st albans all day i reckon in our open areas we had gusts of 40/45 mph.
One thing i have learnt since i have been a scaffolder monoflex should not be used on the roof.
 
Obviously I could be wrong but 45mph or there by should be nowhere near enough to cause that sort of damage, it's 45mph here in June. I take it you are more used to sheeting tin on the roofs Steve?
 
Windy or not, the job should be designed and done properly!
Lets be fair, the HMS Belfast aint some old house front in Peckham... its a world famous tourist attraction that generates maybe £100K's each year in visits and excursions!

Its not on, tbh.
 
tins or specialist sheets with velcroe used for containments on big stuff i agree 45 mph doesnt seem like a lot but if prolonged over a wide space that is flexible bit of twisting on some bolts. i am not laughing at the scaffold company (because the scaffold is in one piece) but the contractor because this job seems to be a bit short on money
 
HMS Belfast director Phil Reed said one of the three sections of the walkway had "sheared" away from the rest of it.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will now investigate what had caused the walkway to collapse but Mr Reed said he feared the attraction would miss out on "thousands of pounds" of revenue while it remained closed.


Nice to see Mr Reed has his priorities right. People hurt and in hospital and he's worried about money. Prat
 
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HMS Belfast director Phil Reed said one of the three sections of the walkway had "sheared" away from the rest of it.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will now investigate what had caused the walkway to collapse but Mr Reed said he feared the attraction would miss out on "thousands of pounds" of revenue while it remained closed.


Nice to see Mr Reed has his priorities right. People hurt and in hospital and he's worried about money. Prat
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Like always... people in high places care about what?
OUR safety? Nope.

The care about THEIR safety, THEIR jobs and THEIR money.


He'll more then likely make some poor b@stard out to be a scapegoat, while he'll paint himself as the hero who resolved it... :mad:
 
A BIT OF WIND ITS BEEN NEAR HURRICANE UP HERE FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND NOT 1 FITTING HAS CAME DOWN,ARE NONE OF THE COCKNEYS GOING TO PUT THEIR HANDS UP FOR THIS:eek:
 
do you not think that 40/50 ton of scaffold attached to the gantry with a wind load of triple the normal calculation for the gantry had something to do with it.
 
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