Posted By David Hurst
Can anybody advise me on an issue surrounding scaffolding inspections?
Our Maintenance Teams repair/maintain property. In the course of their duties they will engage a competent contractor to erect scaffolding to enable them to undertake their operations from a safe working platform.
My question relates to the inspection of the scaffolding. Althougth the scaffold erector will provide an examination certificate to say that the structure has been erected safely, before any of our operatives work on the structure should a competent person from our organisation inspect the structure? (from construction information sheet 49 - before contractors allow their workers to use someone else's scaffold they must make sure it is safe)
What do other people do?

Thanks

Posted By Keith Carter
Alan is correct, the system we use is when scaffold has been erected or altered a hand over certificate is produced by the scaffolders for me to sign. At this point i along with the scaffolders will walk the scaffold and any thing of concern to me must be rectified then i sign the certificate. I then must complete a scaff check at least every seven days/after any adverse weather/or when any alteration to the scaffold has been made(by a scaffolder and no one else). the reason i make the inspection is i have sat a scaffold inspection course.

Hope this is of help
Keith Carter
construction site manager.