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In order to refurbish and reglaze the Victorian station roof, Harsco Infrastructure devised and constructed an access structure which spanned the four District Line platforms. Using a carefully selected range of scaffolding, aluminium beams and heavy shoring components and erected during night time possessions, the completed structure allowed roof work to progress whilst the busy station operated normally below. Our designers worked constantly with the client to ensure that the supporting structure had minimal impact on passenger flow and posed no hazard to station operation. To find out more about Harsco Infrastructure, visit: www.harsco-i.comU.K. Edition
Wates wants to meet local firms to offer the the chance of becoming part of its project to build 466 new Council homes for rent across the district.
A range of different trades will be required including those specialising in metal work, tiling and scaffolding.
The event will take place at the Textile Centre of Excellence in Huddersfield on Tuesday September 11.
Ahead of the event, interested firms need to complete and return an expression of interest form by this Friday which can be found 
The NASC would advise members as follows:
The inspectors will target poor performance on smaller construction and refurbishment sites where scaffolds are in place.
The purge is part of a safety drive to reduce the number of workplace deaths an injuries.
In the press release the (HSE) reported that between 2006 and 2011 there were three fatalities and 250 injuries involving fixed or mobile scaffolds in Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
(HSE) inspectors will look at whether jobs that involve working at height have been properly planned to ensure that adequate safety measures are in place and that equipment is correctly installed, inspected, maintained and used.
Principal Inspector Jo Anderson, who will be leading the campaign, said:
“Scaffolding still poses a significant risk to those involved in its construction and dismantling as well as those who use it. Too many workers needlessly die because work was not properly planned or the equipment was incorrectly installed or used.
“Over the next three weeks, inspectors will target sites where poor scaffolding is putting workers at risk and when necessary take enforcement action.”
The administrators, David Hill, Julie Anne Palmer and Peter Dewey of Begbies Traynor, were drafted in to the company in early July, and then sold the business and assets on to Dixon Pentland Scaffolding Ltd and MTL Scaffolding Ltd, two related companies, for £390,000.
Two ‘Time to Pay’ agreements had been made with HMRC, but were both cancelled in early 2012 after the firm did not meet a payment of £10,000.
Established in 1968 by Mike Dixon, Dixon Scaffolding (Transmission) specialised in scaffolding for the energy and heavy industrial industries and had over 100 staff.
Mr Dixon took semi-retirement and bought in a new managing director and management team to run the business in 2009. A temporary dip in work from its largest customer the National Grid and some new long-term contracts at “uncompetitive prices” led to a loss of £633,000 for the year ending 31 December 2010.
The new management team exited the firm in May 2011, and Mr Dixon took the helm once again. Despite his efforts to bring the firm back to profit, losses of £293,000 were reported for the year ending 31 December 2011.
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The 61-year-old, who does not wish to be named, sustained multiple fractures in the incident at a house undergoing refurbishment on Lancaster Avenue, Hitchin, on 27 May 2010.
He fell approximately five metres to the ground and has yet to make a full recovery, or return to work.
Stevenage Magistrates’ Court heard that Stevenson’s P&H Ltd was the main contractor at the property.
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company had provided scaffolding, but had failed to fit suitable edge protection, such as a handrail, mid-rail or toe board, in the section where the fall occurred.
Stevenson’s P&H Ltd, registered to Wakefield House, High Street, Pinner, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £7,373 in costs.
After the hearing, HSE principal inspector Norman Macritchie said: “Falls from height are all too common in the construction industry, with unsafe scaffolding often the root cause. The risks are well known and safe-working guidance is readily available, yet still entirely preventable incidents occur – as was the case here.
“The painful, potentially life-changing injuries the worker sustained could have been avoided by the simple provision of edge protection on the section of scaffolding he fell from.
“It is vital that work at height is properly planned and organised, and that all necessary precautions are taken to protect workers.”
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