Making Waves
It is no secret that Cornish startup ScaffFloat has certainly made waves in the scaffolding industry since it launched its safe floating scaffold access system in 2020. For a Q&A, Scaffmag's editor Daniel Norton catches up with Toby Budd, founder and managing director of ScaffFloat to find out how it all came to be DN: Toby, thank you for taking...
Q&A on SG4:22 Preventing Falls in Scaffolding Operations
Ahead of the launch of the 2022 revision of SG4, Scaffmag spoke with Alan Harris about the guidance and what we can expect to see in NASC's flagship guidance note. Alan Harris is the chair of the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) Health and Safety Committee and also heads up the working party tasked with the revision and update...
No problems, just solutions
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...
TRAD Scaffolding celebrates apprentice award shortlist
TRAD Scaffolding Co, part of the TRAD Group, has announced that one of its apprentices, Stephanie Betts, has been shortlisted for the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award, part of the Construction News 2020 awards. Stephanie, who is halfway through the five-year apprentice programme and is due to complete her apprenticeship in 2022, has been shortlisted for her outstanding attitude to...
Interview: Lynn Way NASC President
Our man Richard Trenchard interviews Lynn Way, the new and first-ever female NASC President. Whichever way you look at things, there is still so much work to be done within the construction sector before anything like equality is achieved. Just look at the numbers if you don’t believe us. Statistics from 2018 suggest just 20% of people employed in British construction...
Business Spotlight: Cracking the Enigma Code
We shone the business spotlight on Enigma Industrial Services when we spoke to their Finance Director, Ian McDougall and Enigma’s Human Resources Director Geoff Hughes. Eighty five years is a long time in business. Industries change beyond all recognition in a decade, let alone the best part of a century. Staying afloat is hard enough, remaining at the forefront of...
Interview with CEO PHD Group Alan Brockhouse
Founded in 1984 by Bernard Dwyer, London-based PHD has established as one of the go-to construction access firms in the country, providing scaffolding solutions to a broad range of projects. In recent years those have included One Hyde Park, the London 2012 Olympics, the Cutty Sark’s restoration, Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, and both Kings Cross and...
SGB – Building It Back Up
After a tumultuous few years, legendary scaffolding and access company SGB are well and truly back in business as part of the BrandSafway group. We spoke to Kevin Fitzpatrick, head of commercial and mechanical businesses for the UK, about the company’s decision to return to their original name and the prospects for the future. What’s in a name? Quite a...
50 Years Of Success – Lyndon Scaffolding CEO Rob Lynch Interview
Being the best scaffolding company they can possibly be is what continues to drive on one of the UK’s top family firms – now into its 50th profitable year. No job is too big for Lyndon Scaffolding as it celebrates half a century of success. Grahame Anderson caught up with CEO Robert Lynch to discover the secret behind its...
Mohed Altrad: The Interview
ScaffMag was given an interview with one of the world's biggest movers and shakers, In order to find out more about this most enigmatic of business leaders. Grahame Anderson takes up the story. If ever there was proof people can succeed whatever their background in life, Mohed Altrad is the perfect example. Born into a Syrian tribe he moved to...
