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Posted By Leigh Johnston
I recently had a discussion regarding the wording on handover certificates. Apparently if a scaffolder writes 'structurally sound' on the certificate rather than 'built to design' then in the event of a collapse the scaffold company assumes liability. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience regarding this?
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
In my experience, the scaffolding company usually issue Scaffolding Handover Certificates, in order to identify when they have completed their construction phase.
Under Regulation 29 (2) of the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulation 1996 relating to inspections “where the place of work is part of a scaffold, excavation, cofferdam or caisson is STABLE and of SOUND CONSTRUCTION and the safeguards required by these Regulations are in place before his employees or persons under his control first uses that place of work”.
I.e. under schedule 7 of these regulations, the scaffolding must be inspected (by a competent person) before the scaffolding is first used. The handover certificate is not a substitute for the first Statutory Inspection.
If the scaffolding is built within the scope of BS 5973 rather than built to a design, this should have been identified at the planning stage of the project.
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