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How do you get off the tools? Two men who did it properly

UK Daniel Norton -
The latest episode of The Brace Yourself Podcast puts the question every scaffolder has asked to two guests who made the move into design: Buckley Design Solutions founder Lee Buckley and Altrad Denmark Technical Authority Tony Nicolaisen.

Saudi firm plans SR1.2bn scaffolding manufacturing complex

Middle East Daniel Norton -
Manar Al Omran plans a million-square-metre industrial complex in Saudi Arabia to manufacture scaffolding and formwork for domestic projects and export markets.

More than 2,100 buildings still await cladding remediation start

UK Daniel Norton -
Government figures show 46% of monitored buildings in England are recorded as awaiting work on unsafe cladding.

Scaffold collapses at Sydney site weeks after two workers seriously injured

Australia & New Zealand Daniel Norton -
The scaffold came down at a development on Wattle Street in Ultimo, inner Sydney, shortly before 6:45pm on Saturday,...
UK

CISRS says CSCS notice was served to negotiate “from a stronger position”

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NASC president Sarah Klieve says CISRS served CSCS notice to negotiate from a stronger position, as Build UK says the card rules don’t block other sectors.
North America

Golden Gate Bridge prepares temporary access platforms for seismic works

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Night-time lane closures will allow crews to lower access platforms beneath the roadway as work progresses on the bridge’s final seismic retrofit phase.

Right-to-work rules extend liability through construction supply chains

Housing permission slump raises questions over future scaffolding workload

Builder fined £120,000 after fatal fall through unsafe floor

Queensland coroner calls for mandatory tower scaffold controls after fatal collapse