ABC reports that a contractor was injured in a fall during scaffold erection at BlueScope’s Port Kembla steelworks on 29 October. SafeWork NSW inspectors visited the site.
NIE Networks is seeking scaffolding services across Northern Ireland's electricity infrastructure through two lots, with an initial four-year term and extension options.
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.
Ministers plan to require salary information in job adverts, with scaffolding employers awaiting details on scope, enforcement and when the rules will begin.
Proposed worker-status changes could put the burden of proving genuine self-employment on contractors. A new assessment puts the economy-wide annual net direct cost at £167.8m.
