Scaffolding firm looks to Step up expansion plans after Glasgow relocation

Stepup Scaffold UK is targeting significant growth after relocating from Linwood to a 76,500 square foot site in Govan, Glasgow. Director Simon Russell told Project...

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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...

Music festival means Boom time for scaffold solutions

PERI recently supplied scaffolding for the popular Boomtown music festival near Winchester in Hampshire. With the event taking place for the first since 2019 due...
NASC and MOSA sign MOU

NASC expands global reach with latest MOU

NATIONAL Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) and Malaysian Occupational Scaffolding Association (MOSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), cementing close relations between the...
Tim Balcon

Keynote speakers confirmed for ScaffEx24

ScaffEx24, the scaffolding and access conference and expo, has announced two new keynote speakers for this year’s event. Tim Balcon, CEO of the Construction Industry...
Clive Dickin

NASC and CISRS recruit for new head of training and education

NATIONAL Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) and Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) have started the recruitment process for a new head of training...
Aerial of Port of Nigg

Mitsui acquires Port of Nigg and fabrication and access firms from Global Energy Group

GLOBAL Energy Group (GEG) has reached an agreement of the sale of three of its group companies - including The Port of Nigg -...
Cup type scaffold with bridge

An exciting new phase for NASC’s ‘game-changing’ platform for system scaffolding

Mark Collinson, head of technical at NASC, trade body for the access and scaffolding industry, explains the significance of the latest developments in its...

Civil engineering student honoured for research into design of Covid testing tents

HEPZI Rattray has been named the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland’s Emerging Engineer 2022 after producing a paper on the viability of scaffold...

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...

New concrete sensor tipped to save time on construction sites

PERI UK has announced the launch of the first of four concrete sensors. The SONO WZ is described as one of the first in the...

PERI employees tackle Big Hike Challenge in Loch Lomond

EMPLOYEES from PERI UK’s Glasgow office recently participated in the Big Hike Challenge in Loch Lomond for Cancer Research UK, the company’s chosen charity of...
Touch Water Treatment JR Scaffold project

‘Uniquely challenging’ scaffold project complete at Stirlingshire water treatment works

JR Scaffold has carried out what it described as a 'uniquely challenging' project at Touch Water Treatment Works near Cambusbarron in Stirlingshire. The team installed...

JR Scaffold operations director shortlisted for NASC President’s Award

JR Scaffold operations director Kellyanne Conway has been shortlisted for the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) President’s Awards. Winners will be announced at a...

Shoring scaffolding helping to make Mackintosh Building “safe and stable”

THE east gable of the fire-ravaged Mackintosh Building is within two weeks of stabilisation, a statement from the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has...
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...

Tower product now for hire

GLASGOW-based Scaffolding Access & Supplies has added the Euro 500 Alegro Tower System to its rental fleet. The Euro 500 Alegro aluminium tower offers a...
Clive Dickin

NASC warns scaffolding workforce shortage could impact delivery of projects

NASC has published its Skills Gap Report 2026, warning that the UK scaffolding and access sector faces a growing workforce shortage that could affect...

Next phase underway on rebuild of Glasgow’s Mackintosh Building

A protective white membrane wrap and temporary roof structure has been installed on the Glasgow School of Art's fire-damaged Mackintosh Building. The move comes as...
Ross Archibald (second from left) with the Access City Scaffolding team

City Access Scaffolding appoints new commercial director

CITY Access Scaffolding has announced the appointment of Ross Archibald as its new commercial director. The Bonnyrigg-based company said that it was clear Ross was...