Underdeck system offers a platform for success
ENGINEERING and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK, in collaboration with Layher UK, announced this summer that it had designed the world’s first underdeck scaffolding system...
Beaming with pride over iconic bridge role
LAYHER has revealed that the company’s FlexBeam system is ‘central’ to major maintenance work being undertaken on the iconic Forth Road Bridge. The solution...
NASC launches ‘groundbreaking’ solution to address talent shortages
NATIONAL Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announced the launch of a 'groundbreaking' solution aimed at addressing the need for skilled young professionals in...
Finalists announced for the 2024 NASC Scaffolding Excellence Awards
NATIONAL Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announced the shortlisted candidates for the 2024 ScaffEx24 Scaffolding Excellence Awards.
This year's nominees are said to demonstrate...
Full steam ahead for £116m Levenmouth rail project
A senior project manager on the £116 million Levenmouth rail project has told of the team’s ‘pleasant surprise’ at the condition of 19th century...
Acquisition strengthens Bilco’s access offering
HORIZONTAL access specialist Bilco UK has completed the acquisition of Profab Access, a manufacturer of vertical access panels, riser doors and steel doors with 75...
Innovation helps company to Span new heights
THE key point of a transport bridge is access for vehicles, which is why essential maintenance on the structures can become so problematic as...
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...
Updated scaffolding guide supports good site practice
AN updated version of the NASC’s free Scaffold Specification Template (Guide to Managing and Appointing Scaffolding Contractors) has been launched.
This popular scaffolding guide was...
Access all areas
EDINBURGH-based City Access Scaffolding has been involved in a project at the Capital’s prestigious St. Andrew’s House, the headquarters of the Scottish Government.
Main contractor...
Industry leaders confirmed for ScaffEx24
ScaffEx24 has announced a further update to its line-up of speakers at the event, due to be held in Belfast on November 29.
Julio Black...
Contractors support new handling guide
THE National Access and Scaffolding Confederation has issued a DVD and pocket guide to help its drive for better health and safety procedures.
Developed with...
Keeping designs simple on complex structures
Priscila Escobar, design manager from HAKI, explains why it is important to utilise simple systems to create the most complex of scaffold designs
IMPLEMENTING a...
David Brown appointed chairman of International Access and Scaffolding Association
DAVID Brown has been appointed as the new chairman of the International Access and Scaffolding Association (IASA), following the death of former chairman Wayne...
Deal struck to build North East scaffolding training centre
A deal has been struck to build the first scaffolding training centre in the North East of Scotland, providing much-needed facilities to the region.
The Construction...
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...
Scaffolding specialist propelled to new heights
THE Lochside Hotel in New Cumnock was the venue for a construction event with a difference recently.
Kilmarnock-based scaffolding specialist MJR Group invited guests to...
Innovation and quality recognised at Scaffolding Excellence Awards 2024
WINNERS of the Scaffolding Excellence Awards 2024 have been announced at a ceremony in Belfast.
The awards marked the culmination of the Scaffex24 expo, organised...
Revised kit testing standard welcomed by manufacturer
SPECIALIST safety manufacturer MSA Safety has welcomed the tightening of fall protection testing standards to better reflect real-life usage.
The global safety company, which acquired...
Scaffold business earns its Corn on complex Arbroath project
JR Scaffold Services has completed work on a town centre roofing project at The Corn Exchange, a JD Wetherspoons pub and restaurant in Arbroath,...
