Posted By Richard Webber Hi Chris, The basic guidelines for scaffold are: • Only two working platforms. One working platform shall be loaded with the full service load and one adjacent platform with 50% of the service load. • Lift heights should normally be 2.0m. • The recommended tie pattern for all scaffolds is 4m centres vertically, and every other bay horizontally. This applies to unclad, debris-netted and sheeted scaffolds. • Facade bracing should be fitted full height to the outside standards every five bays. • Ledger braces, generally fitted in alternate bays, may be omitted on any two adjacent working lifts. • Where scaffolds are greater than 8m high, plan bracing shall be fitted as one braced panel every ten bays and every four lifts. • Ties connecting the scaffold to the facade should be capable of transmitting lateral forces unless other provisions are made. In the UK the NASC has published a document entitled TG20:05 which states that all scaffold must be properly designed, unless it conforms to some ‘basic’ designs contained within that document. Hope that this helps Richard