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Scaffolding collapses during storm killing two in South Taiwan

Taiwan News has reported that two people have died and one person was severely injured after being hit by falling scaffolding from a 20-story-tall building...
Australia & New Zealand

Foreign workers in New Zealand’s construction industry at all time high

The number of foreigners traveling to New Zealand to work in scaffolding and construction has reached a new record. According to figures obtained by Newshub show in...
Middle East

Partnership brings first CISRS approved training centre to Saudi Arabia

A new CISRS approved scaffolding training facility in Saudi Arabia has been launched by TAFE Arabia (Technical and Further Education) in partnership with Simian...
Asia

CISRS Accreditation Renewals in Oman & Nepal for Safety & Access

Training specialists Safety & Access have announced that following recent stringent audits by CISRS their partner centres in Oman and Nepal have passed with flying...
Asia

Bamboo Scaffolding to be ‘Upcycled’ In China

Hong Kong is backing the innovative upcycling of bamboo previously used as scaffolding on construction sites in the region. As a forward-thinking initiative, the practice...
Australia & New Zealand

Scaffolding catches fire after it was erected to remove fire risk cladding in Sydney

Scaffolding dramatically caught fire in Sydney, Australia yesterday after the office block cladding was removed less than a week ago because of concerns sparked...
Europe

Makers of worlds first on-site Scaffolding Robot bags €1M in funding

Munich based start-up Kewazo has successfully raised over 1 million euros of seed funding for their scaffolding robot. The funding will enable Kewazo to bring...
Middle East

First overseas scaffolding CPD courses get underway

Safety & Access in conjunction with their partners Special Technical Services (STS) in Oman has successfully delivered the first ever overseas scaffolding CPD courses. The...
Asia

First OSTS Scaffolding Supervisor Course Completed in Vietnam

A dozen experienced scaffolders have completed the first CISRS Overseas Scaffolder Training Scheme (OSTS) course delivered in Vietnam. The scaffolders comprised of 11 men and...
Australia & New Zealand

Snake bite kills Scaffolder

A 46-year-old scaffolder has been killed by an eastern brown snake in Queensland, Australia. Mr Aaron Bryant died after a 1.5m long juvenile eastern brown...
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