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Latest figures from Glenigan, a construction industry specialist, forecast a 7.4% rise in construction activity over 2014. Its 2014 Mid-Year Construction Review and Forecast also predicts a growth in construction targets – with figures revised upwards from 4% earlier this year. In addition, output during the first four months of 2014 climbed 6.2% from a year earlier to £38.7 billion ... more
IPAF has announced that there are now over half a million valid PAL Cards worldwide, marking the success of IPAF’s voluntary, industry-led operator training program in keeping the use of powered access equipment safe. “This is a tremendous success for IPAF members,” said IPAF CEO Tim Whiteman. “Our members created and launched the platform operato ... more
New Managing Director brings extensive operational experience to lead the next phase of growth Facelift has promoted its Operations Director Paul Standing to Managing Director, and he has made it his stated aim to make the business the UK’s no.1 supplier of powered access equipment. After starting his career at Facelift in 1999, Paul has worked his way up through the business, and in ... more
The HSE’s ‘myth busters’ panel of experts has just ruled on its 300th case. Set up to expose incorrect, overzealous and downright ridiculous interpretations of health and safety regulations, the panel encourages members of the public to tell them when they think ‘health and safety’ has been cited incorrectly. It draws on the knowledge of a range of panel members, fro ... more
A house builder and a scaffolding company have been fined after two bricklayers were hurt falling from an unsafe scaffold. Lincoln Magistrates’ Court heard the two men, who have asked not to be named, were working for Persimmon Homes Ltd on a development site in Bunkers Hill, Lincoln, when the incident happened in April 2012. They were about to start work on a scaffold platform six metres f ... more
An Essex salad grower has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker suffered extensive injuries when she had to jump from a runaway mobile working platform at its nurseries in Nazeing. Zofia Jurek, 63, jumped from the moving platform at a height of about 1.4 metres as it accelerated down a ramp and towards a greenhouse door during the incident in July 2013. As she landed on the concre ... more
A Cambridgeshire company and its director have been prosecuted by the HSE after an unsecured scaffold collapsed into a street.It fell onto the pavement and road in High Street, Stretham, on 18 April 2013 three days after it was erected in front of a house by Buckden firm Crusaders Scaffolding Ltd and director Gary Driver. An investigation found the two-storey structure, which was around 11 metr ... more
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve just opened a new depot in Ashford, Kent. Based on the Lympne Distribution Park, in Hythe, just off junction 11 of the M20, the Ashford Depot will boast our full range of powered access equipment, both self-drive and operated units of up to 61 metres. The company has also opened a large indoor training facility at the depot in response to a gro ... more
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) hosted mobile access tower industry body PASMA’s first ever CoreSkills+ workshop in order to launch the next phase of its safe towers campaign. PASMA’s ongoing campaign, which launched in May, has so far seen the association give out hundreds of Tower Safety Packs, as well as providing specialist information to businesses. ... more
IPAF is currently celebrating its 30th year of helping keep our industry safer. Launched in 1984, its founding members had one main aim: to promote the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide. IPAF members reaffirmed the Federation’s original objectives and re-adopted them into the Federation’s rules at the recent annual general meeting in April. Among others, ... more
