SMART Scaffolder adds new features to 2020 version

SMART Scaffolder has launched ‘SMART Estimator 2020', the latest version of its scaffold estimating software. Every year since its launch in 2009, SMART Scaffolder has...
Façade access solution development must also be a long-term process

The growing complexity of facade access

Mohamed Merchant, an associate director at TÜV SÜD’s UK real estate facade access division, explores how the introduction of increasingly convoluted building envelope designs...

New initiative champions improved safety culture

A Glasgow-based scaffolding contractor has introduced a new health and safety initiative designed to raise awareness of risks and encourage employees to consider the...
ScaffEx Awards

Entries sought for Scaffolding Excellence Awards

THE National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announced that entries are now open for the Scaffolding Excellence Awards. In the new era of NASC’s...

New chapter for historic scaffold firm

ENTREPRENEUR Colin Butt is the new owner of the UK’s oldest scaffolding contractor. Palmers Scaffolding was founded in 1880 by Edwin Palmer.  In a divestment...

Special access solutions keep rail project on track

FOLLOWING months of design planning, Palmers Scaffolding has been providing special access solutions and scaffolding for HS2 enabling works at London’s Euston Station. An archaeology...

Showing who’s BoSS

BoSS has unveiled two new configured access solutions which the firm claims have been designed to make working at height and over obstacles easier...

Improve payment process through schedule of rates

David Brown, managing surveyor at IBN Scaffold Access Ltd and chair of the NASC contracts committee, explains why the use of a schedule of...

Latest innovation will offer ‘safety, speed and versatility’

LAYHER has revealed it is adding a new system to its range that will ‘simplify and enhance’ façade scaffold installation. The company’s AGS system features...
Clive Dickin

NASC appoints new CEO

CLIVE Dickin has been appointed as the new CEO of the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC). He has worked for more than 25 years...

Lightweight characteristics aid Highland bridge work

LAYHER has revealed the ‘simplicity, versatility and lightweight characteristics’ of the firm’s scaffolding have been clearly demonstrated during a maintenance project on the A9...
Scaffolding on a church

Challenging scaffold works aid historic Glasgow church renovation

JR Scaffold Services has been supporting the renovation of a B-listed church in Glasgow's west end. The firm installed around 3,000 square metres of Cuplok...
Paul Napper

NASC strengthens senior team with double appointment

NATIONAL Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has strengthened its senior team with two new appointments. Paul Napper has been named head of training and education,...

Scaffolding training facility opens in Aberdeen

A new "top quality" scaffolding training centre has officially opened in Aberdeen to benefit future scaffolders in the north of the country. The facility, which has received...
The Kelvin Viaduct project

Transport projects help drive Cumbernauld scaffolding business forward

ACCESS Solutions Scaffolding’s promise of delivering a ‘hassle-free’ service, made upon its founding in the 1990s, remains as relevant today as it’s ever been,...

Scaffolding capability drives ahead bypass project

THE Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project will significantly improve travel in and around the north east of Scotland. Linking Stonehaven in the south to...

Scaffolding sector steps up mental health focus

WITH research from the Office of National Statistics showing construction workers to be 1.6 times more likely to take their own life than the...

Scottish projects add to SGB success story

ALMOST 100 years ago, Scaffolding Great Britain – known today as SGB - was founded by industry innovator Daniel Palmer-Jones. He immediately launched the ‘universal...

Scaffolding passes exam on capital student scheme

HARD Rock Scaffolding has made extensive use of the Layher Allround Lightweight system to provide multi-level façade access for Graham Construction – main contractors...

Solar panel project boosts PERI’s green ambitions

PERI has installed Photovoltaic (PV) cells at its three logistics depots in the UK as part of the firm's climate protection strategy. The solar panel...