NASC’s Managing Director Robin James is stepping down from the job after serving more than 20 years at the UK scaffolding trade body.
During his time at the NASC, Robin has undertaken numerous tasks within the organisation and has overseen significant increases in both NASC membership numbers and staff.
He will officially step down from the job on 31 October 2022.
Over the years Robin has been involved in raising the profile of the NASC Hire, Sale and Manufacturing Committee. Key achievements include the development of the NASC Code of Practice Product audit. This sets minimum standards for core scaffolding product supplied to the UK scaffold contracting sector by NASC supplier members.
Externally, Robin has engaged with UK industry stakeholder bodies, including the HSE, CLC, Build UK, CITB, AIF, JTC and CLG, helping to both forge and develop key relationships for the benefit of the NASC contracting membership within the construction sector. Alongside Dave Mosley, NASC Director of Training, Robin has helped to raise the profile of both the NASC and CISRS within Europe, where he sits on the board of the European umbrella scaffolding group UEG and helps to ensure that NASC requirements are perceived as a minimum baseline for the European scaffolding sector.Over the years, Robin has alongside committee members of the NASC overseen the development and maintenance of a vast body of NASC industry guidance, covering a wide range of Health & Safety, Technical, Product and Contractual topics. This includes iconic titles such as SG4, SG6, TG20 and TG1 which are widely used through the industry. These guidance titles continue to set new benchmarks for industry best practice, both here in the UK and abroad.
David Mosley will be acting Managing Director of NASC in the interim whilst the new MD is appointed. He said: “ I have worked with Robin for over 20 years, the organisation has changed immeasurably during his time at the helm. It been a pleasure working with Robin. Myself, the staff and the wider membership send him and his family our very best wishes for the future.”
UK Manufacturer Hydrajaws Limited has appointed a new Service Agent in the Republic of Ireland.Masonry Fixing Services Ltd, a family-run business will now be heading up the localised Hydrajaws service, sales, and calibration from its premises in Ireland.
Hydrajaws’ Adrian Morgan, Andrew Middleton, and Simon Harris recently visited the Masonry Services Technical team to give comprehensive training on the Hydrajaws offering. This included sales training, equipment maintenance, and calibration services and support, together with a detailed demonstration of the Hydrajaws Bluetooth Digital Report System and App.
Adrian said ‘We’re delighted to have Masonry Fixing Services Ltd as one of our official partners. Our visit was a great opportunity to reinforce our relationship as well as assist them in setting up their Hydrajaws Service Agent status. We’re looking forward to working with them to grow their business offering’.
Managing Director of Masonry Fixing Services Ltd, Bryan Carroll said ‘We’re excited to be the Hydrajaws Service Agent in the Republic of Ireland. This partnership complements our fixings offering as we are the exclusive distributor for Fischer and Spit fixings in Ireland since 1979.’
Hydrajaws provide the knowledge and support to ensure their Service Agents benefit greatly from promoting and selling Hydrajaws products and ancillary services. Localised services ensure that Hydrajaws’ customers benefit from a quicker turnaround, reduced shipping costs, and local knowledge.
Hydrajaws Ltd is the world’s largest and most trusted British manufacturer of hydraulic pull testers for load-testing anchors and fixings. With twenty-nine staff occupying a newly built 20,000 sq. ft HQ in Tamworth, Staffordshire UK Hydrajaws runs its’ manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, training, and service operations under one roof.
The UK’s largest trade body for the scaffolding industry the Scaffolding Assocaition is urging its members and the wider industry to engage with the #Big Conversation – an intuitive being led by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE)
The #Big Conversation is a chance for employers, training providers, business representative bodies, apprentices and anyone else who uses or is affected by technical qualifications to give their views and help shape the skills system.
They want to hear what’s working, what isn’t and how the system supports or could better support your business and the scaffolding and access sector among others.
Themes include:
Qualifications: Breadth and range of qualifications
National System: How far the skills system supports national priorities, such as the levelling up agenda
Progression: How far the system allows you, your organisation, or your region to progress
Confidence: How confident you feel that the system can deliver what your business or region needs
Quality: Quality of the system and the qualifications which support it
Those wishing to take part can register their details here and someone from IfATE will be in touch to have a conversation – it’s that simple. Views will be analysed and used to create a report which will be published in March 2023.
Robert Candy, Chief Executive of the Scaffolding Association, said: “It’s vitally important that industry engages with this opportunity and has its say on what works well and what doesn’t. This industry faces a significant and growing skills and labour shortage and a fit for purpose apprenticeships system will be an essential ingredient to help resolve this.”
A podcast for the construction industry has been launched this week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Supporting the Work Right Construction: Your Health. Your Future campaign, this new episode discusses the impact and the prevention of the serious aches, pains and strains that can affect every part of a construction worker’s life.
In the episode, Matt Birtles, Principal Ergonomics and Human Factors Consultant at HSE, which is Great Britain’s workplace regulator, and Peter Crosland, National Civil Engineering Director at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), talk about what the construction industry can do to promote change and protect its workforce.
Last year, 40,000 construction workers reported suffering with serious aches, pains and strains, more formally known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
The conversation covers the impact that these injuries can have on workers, employers’ legal responsibilities and the sensible control measures that can be introduced regardless of the size of the construction site.
The podcast launches as HSE inspectors carry out 1,000 inspections this month and next, checking how workers are moving heavy or bulky materials.
Matt said that if moving and lifting is managed properly, a physical job on a building site should not result in aches, pains and strains which affect every part of workers’ lives.
He said: “They can struggle to get themselves dressed and undressed, they can be unable to pick up their children or grandchildren.“They can struggle to sit down and stand up, they can struggle to keep still and move around. The most intimate parts of their lives can be severely affected – they might be desperate to go the toilet but find themselves unable.“It’s not something that many people feel comfortable talking about, perhaps particularly on a building site, but if your back has gone or if you’re in agony whenever you move your arms, measures need to be put in place to address the causes.”
Listen to the podcast here: https://hsepodcast.podbean.com/e/manual-handling-in-construction/
Staffordshire-based Hydrajaws Limited has recruited a new Managing Director tasked with the job of continuing the successful growth of the business.
Stephen Hynes has joined Hydrajaws Limited with an extensive background in a diverse range of industries from automotive, and chemicals to off-highway and logistics experience in B2B manufacturing and distribution. Within these industries, he has gained knowledge of global export markets and has led commercial teams and manufacturing operations in large corporates and SMEs.
“It’s a very exciting time to be joining Hydrajaws Limited,” Stephen said. “We have an excellent established team and a trusted name within the pull testing industry. I am looking forward to leading and evolving the business during its next stage of significant development.”
Adrian Morgan, CEO of Hydrajaws Limited added “At a time when Hydrajaws is growing and expanding its footprint across our customer base worldwide, it is appropriate, as an important part of our growth strategy, to establish this new leadership role for the business.”
Hydrajaws Ltd is proud to be the world’s largest and most trusted manufacturer of hydraulic pull testers for load-testing anchors and fixings. With twenty-nine staff occupying a newly built 20,000 sq. ft HQ in Tamworth, Staffordshire Hydrajaws runs its’ manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, training, and service operations under one roof.
Established in 1988, the company supplies several large OEMs in the anchors and fixings sector, its comprehensive range of equipment working on several major construction projects, most recently Crossrail and now HS2. As well as growth in the UK market, exports have grown significantly with the business now supplying over 70 countries.
Scaffmag speaks with Layher Ltd UK’s new Operations Director Katherine Fox on transferable skills and tenacity.
How linear has your career been, to date? Did you enter the industry at an early age and then take a traditional developmental path, rising through the ranks via a combination of in-house and external training, qualifications, and promotions? Or can you still recall a former life lived in another sector?
More and more people are approaching work listlessly, and if Katherine Fox’s story is much to go by, the most forward-thinking firms in our industry should embrace the opportunity to take in staff from other fields.
As the new Operations Director at Layher Ltd UK, Fox is tasked with delivering the scaffolding giant’s shared leadership strategy. Key to this is UK logistics, operations, stock ordering, depot functions, accounts, Credit control, HR and internal sales.
More importantly, though, she’s taken up the role as a fresh arrival in the construction world, entering at a senior level thanks to past experience garnered in very different environments. And that knowledge brings clear advantages to the company.
Cutting a long story short, while studying at university Fox actually dreamed of being a museum curator, but soon found herself drawn to a management programme at Marks & Spencer. Half a decade on, she moved to Homebase, gradually ascending to roles including learning & development advisor, and then KBB installations specialist.
From there, there were successive years at John Lewis, first as National Installations Manager and then within a discreet team focused on internal start-up activities — essentially, bringing staff up to speed on new niche consumer offerings that required particular skills, points of delivery and knowledge. Or, as she puts it, developing, piloting and rolling out “innovative concepts grounded in customer research, helping to augment the portfolio of services across both John Lewis & Waitrose”.“I’m a prolific ideas generator — there are only ever solutions, no problems,” Fox says, explaining that her last role with John Lewis was Vice President of Business Transformation, before diving into the skills she possesses as a result of that storied resume.
“I am passionate about creating a vision that others can buy into. I think it’s very important to be interested rather than interesting, asking questions and really listening has been a key skill I’ve learnt to help me become an effective leader. “I can lose a whole day listening to my team and seeking to understand what we can do differently to help them be more productive and feel valued. I’ve developed my skills as an agile practitioner and progressive change leader who is passionate about unlocking commercial and people potential.”
Suffice to say, you don’t achieve any of Fox’s success without making an impact, and she’s keen to point out that calculated risk-taking, and being brave enough to try out new ideas, is ingrained in her ethic. As is “a restless tenacity for improving the customer experience”.
“Failures have been few and far between over the years, but that’s not important. Instead, it’s the way we learn from those wrong turns, move on, and apply that knowledge to the next challenge that really counts. Because when your job is rethinking, that’s the only logical approach, and the only way to guarantee solutions are found”.“The home sector has always felt like a distant cousin of the construction sector, so it didn’t feel alien when I first researched the opportunity at Layher Ltd UK,” Fox says.
“I looked at the role and immediately thought ‘I can add real value to the development of this company’. The size of the international business that operates from the head office in Germany is very impressive and I was attracted to the concept of working within a worldwide business but with the autonomy of being a national subsidiary.“Within 5 minutes of my first interview, I knew this was the role for me,” Fox replies when we ask what made her feel construction was a logical sector to move into. “I’ve had the warmest welcome from both the UK and International team — it already feels like home. A real testament to how Sean Pike — Layher Ltd UK Managing Director has engaged and developed the team. “Layher Ltd UK have been extremely open to new ways of working, implementing new ideas and changes in process. Call it ‘transferable skills’ call it a ‘corporate mindset’ if you like, but at the end of the day, it’s about employing the right person for the right role,” Fox adds.
“Sean was transparent at my interview that he was recruiting for someone outside of the scaffolding sector and was looking for someone who has the right leadership behaviour to support growing the business,” she says of how open construction feels to those from other industries, before we move on to how the sector can improve external intake. “I think the most important step is to be open to change and engagement with other sectors. Being open-minded and not accepting the norm will help you to discover the wealth of experience, skills and diversity that are out there to explore.”
Fox also points out that, in an industry that’s used to high risk, being risk averse when it comes to shaking things up seems misguided. And, if one thing is for sure, there’s never been more reasons to consider the benefits of employees from other walks of life.
According to Construction Skills Network’s forecast from last June, the sector needs almost 217,000 new recruits by 2025 just to meet domestic demand. Since then, the world has changed dramatically, and the task of keeping the scaffolding up — literally and symbolically — has only become more complex.
With that in mind, while there’s a clear need for more specialised skills on-site, as ScaffMag has addressed in the past, there’s also an urgent shortage of people with top level management and logistical nouse, many of which can currently be found treading different paths.
This article was first published in the ScaffMag Magazine Issue 17
South-West-based SRK Scaffolding Ltd is one of just five specialist contractors currently providing access scaffolds, temporary roofs, and protection structures at Hinkley Point C – Europe’s biggest construction project, Daniel Norton reports.
On completion, Hinkley Point C will be the first of a new generation of nuclear power stations and the first to be built in the UK for more than 20 years. It will provide much needed low-carbon energy to almost 6 million UK homes.
SRK scaffolding which is one of the South West’s largest privately owned scaffolding firms was employed to provide vital access scaffolds and structures when the massive project started in March 2017. Since then, their scope of works has expanded from the main site in West Somerset which covers a colossal 430 acre site at Hinkley Point C, to Avonmouth docks and even offshore in the Bristol channel.
Working with the multinational infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, SRK Scaffolding has recently been involved in Hinkley Point’s biggest lift at sea. This spectacular engineering achievement saw the precision placement of a 5,000-tonne intake head on the seabed of the Bristol Channel.
The structure is the second of four “intake” heads being connected to 5 miles of tunnels, which will supply Hinkley Point C’s two nuclear reactors with cooling water. The two “outfall” heads have already been lowered into position.
The work to install the system is regarded as one of the world’s most complex marine engineering projects – as the Bristol Channel has the second-highest tidal range on the planet.
Teams of skilled Scaffolders from SRK provided first-class support to Balfour Beatty’s lifting team during the operation.
However, it wasn’t all plain sailing as Graham Sims, SRK Scaffolding Regional Director explains the challenges the company had to overcome, he said: “Due to the time pressures on the project and weather windows for the head’s installations, I only had around 5 weeks to train and mobilise 9 scaffolders to take part in the offshore works. This also included getting the business in a position to be able to conduct offshore scaffolding.”“Also, the vessels are only over here for a few months due to the bad weather out in the channel, so all damage to vessels are time critical to the project and serious delays could push the project back months”, he explained.
“Hinkley Point C safety requires all scaffolding must go through a strict approval process including the Temporary Works departments, meaning each design has to be bespoke to the vessel and go through multiply checks before the construction drawing can be issued.Then 24-hour working is required to build the scaffold as quick and as safely as possible; this is to enable the vessels to get back out and complete the works in the channel”.
SRK Scaffolding Ltd has been operating for over 20 years after being formed by two brothers, Robert and Karl Trott. Originally the business operated from small premises at Bath pool close to Taunton, then moved to larger premises at Durston in 2003 and operated there until moving into a purpose-built office and yard at Chelston in 2016. In 2022 the company expanded its operations to the South of Wales, opening a new distribution yard in Cwmbran.
The company works in many sectors, including Asbestos removal and power station de-commissioning, it also covers many other sectors including – construction, rail, and marine.
Graham Sims concluded in saying, “Being on Hinkley Point C is an excellent achievement and something the company is really proud of. Having been named as 1 of the 5 access providers alongside some of the biggest names in scaffolding makes me extremely proud.”This article was first published in the ScaffMag Magazine Issue 17
CISRS has revealed for the first time ever it’s running a series of subsidised one-day COTS courses over the Autumn and Winter.
In a bid to attract new blood into the scaffolding industry for 2023 CISRS is funding participating training centres to put on COTS courses for only £50 per delegate.
CISRS hopes the nationwide initiative of reduced-price COTS courses will attract more young people straight from school or college into the scaffolding sector, with the right training.
However, existing Labourer card holders can also benefit – as CISRS Scaffolding Labourer (green) Card holders are required to take the COTS course to renew their card every five years.
The COTS course teaches the basics of the industry and how to work safely with scaffolding and access equipment.
The CISRS one-day COTS course Includes:
• Relevant regulations and codes of practice
• General scaffolding responsibilities
• Basic scaffolding terminology
• Servicing of equipment
• Boards & stock
• Quality control
• Health, welfare, hygiene & housekeeping
• Electrical safety
• Mental health awareness
• Fire prevention
• Controlling NVH
• Working at height
• Accident prevention & reporting
• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
• Site transport safety (inc. loading & unloading)
• Equipment & tools
• Manual handling
• Lifting equipment
• Using a rope & wheel
CISRS will also waive the usual costs of the delegate training folders and card application fees normally incurred in the delivery of these courses.
David Mosley, CISRS Scheme Manager and NASC Director of Training said: “The commissioning of these subsidised courses will see CISRS reinvest in excess of £100k in 2022. This subsidy is making great use of CISRS generated income – offering a chance to get new people into the scaffolding sector on fantastic value COTS courses.“CISRS is a not-for-profit organisation, and as such we are always keen to look for positive and beneficial initiatives like this to redirect income back into supporting the scaffold training industry. A big thanks to all of the fantastic training centres for participating in this – supporting the industry from the bottom up. We are sure the courses will be successful and inject a burst of new energy and numbers into the sector, assisting with the current labour shortages many firms and the whole construction industry is facing.”The Subsidised CISRS COTS course dates and venues are:
• 3B Training (Blackburn) 12th December 2022
• 3B Training (Doncaster) 11th November 2022
• AIS Survivex (South Shields) 24th October 2022
• All Access Training Services (Glasgow) 4th November 2022
• Aspects Total Training (Coventry) 29th November 2022
• Britannia Safety & Training (Wymondham) 21st December 2022
• Construction College Midlands (Birmingham) 16th November 2022
• CITB NI (Northern Ireland) 5th December 2022
• CWIC (Swansea) November (date TBC)
• Fulcrum Scaffold Safety & Training Ltd (Flintshire) 21st November 2022
• LTC Training Services (Cullompton) 9th December 2022
• LTC Training Services (Plymouth) 16th December 2022
• NCC East (Bircham Newton) 10th December 2022
• NCC South (Erith) 10th December 2022
• NCC Scotland (Renfrew) 9th November 2022
• Richmond Bright (Birkenhead) 31st October 2022
• Safety Services (UK) 30th November 2022
• Safety & Access (Immingham) 7th December 2022
• Safety & Access (Nottingham) 9th December 2022
• Simian (Waltham Forest) 19th December 2022
• Simian (Anglesey) 14th December 2022
• Simian (Warrington) 22nd December 2022
• Simian (Weston-Super-Mare) 25th November 2022
• Simian (Carshalton) 11th November 2022
Delegates will need to contact the training centres directly to check availability, with places offered on a first come first served basis. CISRS centre contact details can be found on the CISRS Website.
Lyndon SGB has unveiled new branding for its Taylor’s Hoists and MASTCLIMBERS™ mechanical access arms of its business.
Designed by its American owners BrandSafway, the modern, yet simple bold new logos aim to align with the existing Lyndon SGB logo in the UK and the rest of the BrandSafway group branding globally.
The open, simple and fresh designs now make up a group of master logos to be used in all forms of marketing and communication for the business.
Lyndon SGB Mechanical Access Director Paul Price said on Linkedin: “We are proud to be able to unveil the brand new logo range for our growing mechanical access division. The old Taylor’s Hoists by BrandSafway logo was a re-working of the existing, original legacy branding that BrandSafway inherited when they acquired Lyndon Scaffolding Plc and Taylor’s Hoists in January 2019. So it is fitting as our hoist operation continues to grow in 2022, that we now have a new logo that represents our prime position in UK construction and within BrandSafway’s leading global access provider’s portfolio. And the addition of an all-new MASTCLIMBERS™ logo is a great, vital new marketing tool for this part of the business too.
“The new logos are a great step forward in showcasing to the UK construction sector the full extent of our hybrid access solutions offerings – scaffolding, hoists MASTCLIMBERS™, QuikDeck® suspended access and rapid edge protection, all under one roof, with full design capability offered in-house by our expert engineering team.
“Our Tier One clients are thrilled to be able to get an access ‘one stop shop’ – offering up the high standards we have carved a reputation for in scaffolding right across all forms of access provision here at Lyndon SGB and Taylor’s Hoists by BrandSafway. The new logos help us represent our total hybrid access solution offerings superbly. We look forward to rolling them both out.”
The TRAD Group’s final fundraising event of 2022 has taken its appeal over £30,000 smashing its overall target of £22,000.
TRAD’s ‘£22k for 2022‘ appeal, which the company set up this year in memory of one of its most popular directors, John Paterson, has far exceeded the original target of £22,000, and the final event of the year proved just how well thought-of John was in the industry.
A very special Golf Day was held at Gleneagles – John’s home club – on October 8th. Teams took part from around the country:
TTAG Scaffolding
RDA Scaffolding
A S Scaffolding
Starfish Construction
Kong Scaffolding
Team Patty (John’s friends)
They were joined by a team of TRAD UK representatives, and by John’s widow Jane, who wanted to be there to meet and thank all the people who had taken time out to support the appeal. Everyone enjoyed a friendly but competitive day, with an auction was held in the evening. The whole day raised around £11,000.
“This Golf Day is a fitting way to end our year of fundraising for the Anthony Nolan Trust, in memory of our dear friend and colleague, John,” said Des Moore, CEO at TRAD Group.
“John would have been delighted to see so many people from across the industry come to play at ‘his’ club, and it was great to share stories and do something so positive in his name. We are especially grateful to Andy Smillie from A S Scaffolding, who donated another £1,500 to help us reach our extended target. All this goodwill just goes to show what a great industry we are part of, and how much John touched all our lives.”Des Moore with Andy Smillie from A S Scaffolding
There is still time to donate to the appeal, which closes in November, when TRAD will present a cheque for the final amount to the Anthony Nolan Trust. Until then, you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tradgroup
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Masonry Fixing Services Ltd, a family-run business will now be heading up the localised Hydrajaws service, sales, and calibration from its premises in Ireland.
Hydrajaws’ Adrian Morgan, Andrew Middleton, and Simon Harris recently visited the Masonry Services Technical team to give comprehensive training on the Hydrajaws offering. This included sales training, equipment maintenance, and calibration services and support, together with a detailed demonstration of the Hydrajaws Bluetooth Digital Report System and App.
Adrian said ‘We’re delighted to have Masonry Fixing Services Ltd as one of our official partners. Our visit was a great opportunity to reinforce our relationship as well as assist them in setting up their Hydrajaws Service Agent status. We’re looking forward to working with them to grow their business offering’.
Managing Director of Masonry Fixing Services Ltd, Bryan Carroll said ‘We’re excited to be the Hydrajaws Service Agent in the Republic of Ireland. This partnership complements our fixings offering as we are the exclusive distributor for Fischer and Spit fixings in Ireland since 1979.’
Hydrajaws provide the knowledge and support to ensure their Service Agents benefit greatly from promoting and selling Hydrajaws products and ancillary services. Localised services ensure that Hydrajaws’ customers benefit from a quicker turnaround, reduced shipping costs, and local knowledge.
Hydrajaws Ltd is the world’s largest and most trusted British manufacturer of hydraulic pull testers for load-testing anchors and fixings. With twenty-nine staff occupying a newly built 20,000 sq. ft HQ in Tamworth, Staffordshire UK Hydrajaws runs its’ manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing, training, and service operations under one roof. 
Suffice to say, you don’t achieve any of Fox’s success without making an impact, and she’s keen to point out that calculated risk-taking, and being brave enough to try out new ideas, is ingrained in her ethic. As is “a restless tenacity for improving the customer experience”.
“Failures have been few and far between over the years, but that’s not important. Instead, it’s the way we learn from those wrong turns, move on, and apply that knowledge to the next challenge that really counts. Because when your job is rethinking, that’s the only logical approach, and the only way to guarantee solutions are found”.
“The home sector has always felt like a distant cousin of the construction sector, so it didn’t feel alien when I first researched the opportunity at Layher Ltd UK,” Fox says.
“I looked at the role and immediately thought ‘I can add real value to the development of this company’. The size of the international business that operates from the head office in Germany is very impressive and I was attracted to the concept of working within a worldwide business but with the autonomy of being a national subsidiary.
“Within 5 minutes of my first interview, I knew this was the role for me,” Fox replies when we ask what made her feel construction was a logical sector to move into. “I’ve had the warmest welcome from both the UK and International team — it already feels like home. A real testament to how Sean Pike — Layher Ltd UK Managing Director has engaged and developed the team.
“Layher Ltd UK have been extremely open to new ways of working, implementing new ideas and changes in process. Call it ‘transferable skills’ call it a ‘corporate mindset’ if you like, but at the end of the day, it’s about employing the right person for the right role,” Fox adds.
“Sean was transparent at my interview that he was recruiting for someone outside of the scaffolding sector and was looking for someone who has the right leadership behaviour to support growing the business,” she says of how open construction feels to those from other industries, before we move on to how the sector can improve external intake.
“I think the most important step is to be open to change and engagement with other sectors. Being open-minded and not accepting the norm will help you to discover the wealth of experience, skills and diversity that are out there to explore.”
Fox also points out that, in an industry that’s used to high risk, being risk averse when it comes to shaking things up seems misguided. And, if one thing is for sure, there’s never been more reasons to consider the benefits of employees from other walks of life.
According to Construction Skills Network’s forecast from last June, the sector needs almost 217,000 new recruits by 2025 just to meet domestic demand. Since then, the world has changed dramatically, and the task of keeping the scaffolding up — literally and symbolically — has only become more complex.
With that in mind, while there’s a clear need for more specialised skills on-site, as ScaffMag has addressed in the past, there’s also an urgent shortage of people with top level management and logistical nouse, many of which can currently be found treading different paths.
This article was first published in the ScaffMag Magazine Issue 17 
SRK Scaffolding Ltd has been operating for over 20 years after being formed by two brothers, Robert and Karl Trott. Originally the business operated from small premises at Bath pool close to Taunton, then moved to larger premises at Durston in 2003 and operated there until moving into a purpose-built office and yard at Chelston in 2016. In 2022 the company expanded its operations to the South of Wales, opening a new distribution yard in Cwmbran.
The company works in many sectors, including Asbestos removal and power station de-commissioning, it also covers many other sectors including – construction, rail, and marine.
Graham Sims concluded in saying, “Being on Hinkley Point C is an excellent achievement and something the company is really proud of. Having been named as 1 of the 5 access providers alongside some of the biggest names in scaffolding makes me extremely proud.”
This article was first published in the ScaffMag Magazine Issue 17 
SRK Scaffolding Ltd has been operating for over 20 years after being formed by two brothers, Robert and Karl Trott. Originally the business operated from small premises at Bath pool close to Taunton, then moved to larger premises at Durston in 2003 and operated there until moving into a purpose-built office and yard at Chelston in 2016. In 2022 the company expanded its operations to the South of Wales, opening a new distribution yard in Cwmbran.
The company works in many sectors, including Asbestos removal and power station de-commissioning, it also covers many other sectors including – construction, rail, and marine.
Graham Sims concluded in saying, “Being on Hinkley Point C is an excellent achievement and something the company is really proud of. Having been named as 1 of the 5 access providers alongside some of the biggest names in scaffolding makes me extremely proud.”
This article was first published in the ScaffMag Magazine Issue 17 
