Technology

Microsoft outage disrupts scaffolding firms as NASC offers access support

NASC offers urgent compliance-sheet access support as Microsoft email disruption prompts scaffolding and construction suppliers to use alternative contact channels.
Projects

Tyne Bridge teams hit 70% protection deck target

ISS prepared and delivered more than 200 tonnes of scaffolding as teams completed 70% of the Tyne Bridge protection deck during its ten-day closure.
Business

Taylor Wimpey scaffolders’ pay dispute moves to strike ballot

Unite says voting in the Sunderland pay dispute opened on 9 November and closes on 23 November. The dispute involves 19 scaffolders and 31 joiners.

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Worker dies and another missing after New York bridge scaffold collapse

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Developing: One worker died and another remained missing after scaffolding collapsed at the Loop Parkway Bridge on Long Island.

NASC warns on scaffold loads and driver fatigue

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NASC highlights load security, fatigue and vehicle checks as a new free Truck Driver Toolkit puts scaffolding transport risks in focus.

Taylor Wimpey scaffolders’ pay dispute moves to strike ballot

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Unite says voting in the Sunderland pay dispute opened on 9 November and closes on 23 November. The dispute involves 19 scaffolders and 31 joiners.

Taylor Wimpey opens redundancy talks over local team changes

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Taylor Wimpey is consulting staff over local team changes that could lead to redundancies. The number of roles affected has not been disclosed.

Mobile scaffold falls three decks on offshore support vessel

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Marine Safety Forum reports a three-tier scaffold collapse during repositioning, with seized wheels and no exclusion zone on the deck below.
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North America

Worker dies and another missing after New York bridge scaffold collapse

Developing: One worker died and another remained missing after scaffolding collapsed at the Loop Parkway Bridge on Long Island.
Europe

Swiss scaffold agreement aims to make loading limits clearer

SGUV and Suva have developed a Swiss usage agreement covering material and heavy-load scaffold platforms, with loading limits, handover checks and client duties.
Australia & New Zealand

Acrow lifts FY27 forecast as industrial access work grows

Australian scaffolding and formwork group Acrow has raised its FY27 forecast, citing expanded contract scopes and stronger industrial access activity.
Business

Bilfinger Q3 earnings fall 23% despite €1.7bn order intake

Energy-sector orders rise as customer delays weigh on Bilfinger's quarterly results.

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Chris Woodley joins CISRS to lead Train the Trainer pilot

Chris Woodley will lead CISRS's four-week Train the Trainer pilot, helping develop instructors and improve consistency across scaffolding training.
Careers

Salary disclosure planned for job adverts as employers await details

Ministers plan to require salary information in job adverts, with scaffolding employers awaiting details on scope, enforcement and when the rules will begin.
UK

Scaffolding boss urges first aid training after saving colleague

Ascent Access Scaffolding MD Nathan Huband is calling for more first aid training after using CPR to help save colleague Raj Soni at the firm’s Netherton yard.
Training & Skills

MoJ awards £56,000 prison scaffolding training contract

Platinum Rail Services will deliver courses at Holme House and Low Newton, with links to employers offering paid vacancies.
Training & Skills

Free scaffolding pilot gives school pupils hands-on experience

Five XP Gateshead pupils tried practical scaffolding in a free two-day pilot delivered by W@H Safety Solutions and Dave Mosley Associates.
UK

ECITB launches PPE fit training for workers and employers

Two short e-learning modules cover wearing and managing PPE, with access initially limited to ECITB in-scope employers.
UK

CISRS postpones October webinar as CSCS licence talks continue

The 8 October session has been put back until late October or early November, with a revised FAQ due later this week.
Training & Skills

Band of Builders launches kit bursary for young construction workers

Band of Builders has launched a year-round bursary to help young construction entrants and apprentices with tools, PPE, workwear and essential equipment.
Middle East

Doka details climbing systems for Burj Binghatti tower

Doka’s project update sets out the climbing and edge-protection systems being used on Burj Binghatti, with a target of 1 floor a week.
Europe

Worker seriously injured in Swiss scaffold dismantling fall

A 37-year-old worker was seriously injured while dismantling scaffolding in Oberstammheim, Switzerland. Police are investigating the cause of the fall.

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Technology

Microsoft outage disrupts scaffolding firms as NASC offers access support

NASC offers urgent compliance-sheet access support as Microsoft email disruption prompts scaffolding and construction suppliers to use alternative contact channels.
UK

KEWAZO to join debate on getting construction robots onto site

KEWAZO joins Groundworks in London on 11 November for discussions on the costs, buying models and practical barriers to wider use of construction robotics.
Columns

Forty CVs, and one of them is talking to ChatGPT.

Brian Webb examines how hidden instructions in CVs and other documents can influence AI responses, and what scaffold businesses should watch for.
Columns

Everyone has the same AI tools. No one else has your best work.

Brian Webb explains how scaffold businesses can get better results from ChatGPT by using their own covering letters, method statements and client communications as examples.
Technology

Robot inspection removes need for scaffold access on 70m Cemex kiln

A wall-climbing robot has completed ultrasonic testing across a 70m rotary kiln at Cemex’s Rugby cement plant, removing the need for personnel to work at height and avoiding a conventional scaffold or rope-access operation.
Technology

SMART Scaffolder to unveil AI-powered voice reporting at ScaffEx26

SMART Scaffolder will use ScaffEx26 to introduce a new AI-powered reporting system that allows scaffolders to complete digital forms using natural speech.
Technology

ScaffPlan sets sights on US market after Nashville platform launch

ScaffPlan has outlined plans for a major push into the North American scaffolding market after giving contractors their first...
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Avontus unveils AI platform linking scaffold design, inventory and business data

Avontus has unveiled a new artificial intelligence platform designed to connect scaffold design, inventory, project management and wider business...
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Projects

Tyne Bridge teams hit 70% protection deck target

ISS prepared and delivered more than 200 tonnes of scaffolding as teams completed 70% of the Tyne Bridge protection deck during its ten-day closure.
Middle East

Doka details climbing systems for Burj Binghatti tower

Doka’s project update sets out the climbing and edge-protection systems being used on Burj Binghatti, with a target of 1 floor a week.
Projects

PHD Access joins £190m Dungeness A decommissioning team

Aureos has named PHD Access as its scaffolding partner for the removal of eight 800-tonne boilers at Dungeness A. The overall programme is worth up to £190m.
UK

Shield tackles hilltop access challenge in 19-day scaffold build

Shield erected access around the 38-metre Lansdowne Monument in 19 days despite a steep, rutted route that kept vans and lorries away from the hilltop.
UK

Tyne Bridge to close for overhead scaffold deck installation

Advanced scaffolders will work around the clock during an October half-term closure to install a protection deck ahead of main arch restoration in early 2027.
Europe

86m Layher scaffold completed at Giotto’s Bell Tower

An 86-metre scaffold erected in just over four months will support a five-year restoration of the Florence landmark while keeping it open to visitors.
North America

Golden Gate Bridge prepares temporary access platforms for seismic works

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.
UK

PERI scaffolding supports major HS2 Birmingham dive-under works

PERI UK has supplied access scaffolding, formwork and engineering support for a 400m-long concrete dive-under being built as part of HS2’s Delta Junction near Birmingham.
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Interviews

Interviews

Confessions of an MD

At 21, John Trayfoot blacked out on a roof and fell 8 metres through a skylight into a Brighton timber yard. Now managing director of M R Scaffolding, he starts his company's safety sessions with that story, and with a question: why do experienced people who know the risks still cut corners?
Interviews

Des Moore: “The next five years are critical” for scaffolding

As Des Moore approaches his 70th birthday, he is not interested in nostalgia. After more than 50 years in...
Interviews

Second chances and scaffolding: the man giving ex-offenders a route back into work

When Aaron King talks about turning points, he does not hesitate. "It was when my kids had to come and...
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Breaking Barriers: Francesca Fuser on Innovation, Leadership, and Pilosio’s UK Ambitions

When Francesca Fuser sent her CV to Pilosio, she wasn't just looking for another job. She was looking for...
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