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John Houlihan  
#1 Posted : 13 September 2012 11:59:18(UTC)
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John Houlihan

When will the construction industry adopt the principles of hierachy to safe work at height, It all seems to be about programme, profitability and gambling with peoples lives......when it suits comes to mind!
Lawlee45239  
#2 Posted : 13 September 2012 13:36:07(UTC)
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Lawlee45239

John Houlihan wrote:
When will the construction industry adopt the principles of hierachy to safe work at height, It all seems to be about programme, profitability and gambling with peoples lives......when it suits comes to mind!
Very much so when it suits. One of our clients would not allow us on the lorry beds owing to WaH, and insisted on air bags, which we were happy to do, another contractor turned up, and the PC let them unload as they required minus air bags. As you can imagine we were none too impressed, as it suited the PC at that time to throw out their previous requirement....This annoys me.
RayRapp  
#3 Posted : 13 September 2012 14:48:42(UTC)
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RayRapp

Yep, plenty of double standards in this industry. In ,I could write a book on what I've seen and maybe one day I will. It will not be pleasant reading for those in their ivory towers...harnesses at the ready chaps.
frankc  
#4 Posted : 13 September 2012 21:36:54(UTC)
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frankc

RayRapp wrote:
Yep, plenty of double standards in this industry. In ,I could write a book on what I've seen and maybe one day I will. It will not be pleasant reading for those in their ivory towers...harnesses at the ready chaps.
Don't you mean guardrails, Ray? Prevention over protection. :-)
roshqse  
#5 Posted : 14 September 2012 13:24:24(UTC)
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roshqse

Plenty of double standards in every industry I find. We have a client who wants me to jump so many hoops it would make your head spin, but when they need a job done urgently, .. no hoops! Amazing isn't it?
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