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Question 1 – Will the operative receive a Competence card after attending and completing The Building Safety Group’s half day Abrasive Wheel course? Answer – Yes you will. The certification/card is valid for 3 years. Near to expiry you will need to take a 1 hour refresher course, where on completion, you will receive a

Scaffolding contractor trade body NASC has launched an app version of its TG20:13 eGuide to give users fast and easy access to compliant design details. It has been estimated that using the guidance, which sets out practical everyday designs to comply with the latest industry standards, could slash industry design costs in half.  Owners of

Dave Dursley, The Building Safety Group’s Principal Safety Adviser for the Bristol area,  has been heavily involved in advising the site for the old Bristol General Hospital on their health and safety over a four year period. After a three hour inspection from the HSE it was left without action. The four year project to refurbish the old

New technical guidance on major inspections of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) has been produced to keep equipment safe beyond the manufacturer’s design life. The guidance document, published by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), sets down procedures for a major inspection scheme to validate structural integrity and functionality of critical components. Such a scheme

Now half way through the 10 week consultation on CDM 2015 and there seems to be two schools of thought on the implications emerging. One broadly shares the views and aspirations of the HSE, whilst the other is concerned that the HSE’s proposals create new and confusing responsibilities along the supply chain which could have

Contractors are beginning to turn down tendering opportunities in the face of growing workloads and skills shortages. The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors survey for the first quarter of 2014 found members reporting the highest upturn in workloads since the survey began 20 years ago. Private housing, commercial and industrial sectors, which represent around half national construction output, both

TG20: 13 is the latest update in guidance on tube fitting scaffolding from the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation. Highlights of the new guidance include: All  standard scaffolds in TG20:13 are fully proven by design and calculation and as  such no additional design work will be required. TG20:13  will adopt a more user-friendly approach than its