Posted By Sheffworker Hi My company works for most of the UK Water Companies, and in the past has had to wade through lots of Water Company-specific information to make sure we did things in each of their particular ways. This naturally introduced inconsistencies in methods and we have been caught out when teams have been jumping through Hoop X when they should have been jumping through Hoop Y, even though, in our case, they have not been working unsafely, IMHO (from the position of working in Confined Spaces for 20+yrs, etc, etc). In terms of the Water UK Guidance, while I wouldn’t go quite as far as to say it’s a fully adopted standard, it has enabled us to introduce some consistency in the way we work. We can (generally) now say “here are our procedures, they comply (or are more stringent than) the Water UK guidelines, our staff are trained to the relevant C&G standards and this is how we will work” and have it accepted. This has reduced (but not eliminated totally, don’t be daft!) the hoop jumping! Hope this makes sense (it is Friday!) and helps. Sheff