The Canadian Standards Association has published the new Z91-17 Standard entitled “Health and safety code for suspended equipment operations”. Key changes in this edition include a) updated requirements for davits; b) clarification of requirements...
ScaffMag, the leading digital Scaffolding Industry magazine in the UK, has just released their FIRST print edition for Winter 2017! The editor, Daniel Norton, has done an awesome job! ...
In Part 1 of this series, I suggested that we have a “Heavy Duty” problem with the lack of proper Load Calculations on North American scaffolds. It appears that I was not alone in...
We have a HEAVY DUTY problem in the North American scaffolding industry. The issue is: scaffold load calculations and duty ratings. Required by law, all scaffolds in the United States and Canada MUST be...
