Posted By graeme12345 Looks like the hse are bringing in the register regardless of the consultation process, (it's all ready marked down for coming into fruition in April 2010) be interesting to see how much extra this will cost, owners / clients / hirers / principal contractors / contractors, this will be apart from any training / refresher training / costs of being on the register / costs of not being on the register / new sets of certification and examination and likely costs of implementing these factors and the increases of registering yearly because it will be run by a private company just like all the other so called government bodies, DVLA, VOSA,TV licensing etc. Does anyone have a good argument for these new regs, because i just cannot see how they will reduce the accident / incident rate for tower cranes, and what about other cranes on site, if we already have legislation governing lifting equipment and appliances them why do we need more?

Posted By Terry Jones As a member of the United Crane Operators Association (UCOA), I strongly agree with a form of registration for all cranes not just TC's although, I have to say it hasn't been thought out properly and is completely missing the point. The proposed registration is unnecessarily complicated and far too expensive to administer. I too have filled in the form, which in itself doesn't allow enough space for valid points to be taken in consideration. This seems to be a knee-jerk reaction from the Government via the HSE, originating from pressure by the Battersea Tower Crane Accident Action Group.