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Language: English Series: Construction Manager ; May 2006, 23(1)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: Examines the regulatory regime relating to scaffolding. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require all scaffolding to be designed by a competent engineer unless it conforms to a generally recognised standard configuration, whilst the new European Standard, BS EN 12811:2003, which favours modular scaffolding with a rigorous method of calculation, has replaced BS 5973:1993, which adopted a permissible stress approach for the more traditional tube and fitting method.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Examines the regulatory regime relating to scaffolding. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require all scaffolding to be designed by a competent engineer unless it conforms to a generally recognised standard configuration, whilst the new European Standard, BS EN 12811:2003, which favours modular scaffolding with a rigorous method of calculation, has replaced BS 5973:1993, which adopted a permissible stress approach for the more traditional tube and fitting method.