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Welcome

Welcome to the latest issue of
Scaffolding, published on behalf of
the National Access & Scaffolding
Confederation (NASC) by
Construction Management.
This issue inclues the latest news
from the NASC, its outputs and
activities and profiles of the seven
NASC Awards 2021 winners.
It also includes practical
information such as best practice on
appointing a scaffolding contractor,
the latest NASC guidance, tables
of all technical and health & safety
guidance and four pages showing
NASC Contractor members by the
five NASC membership regions.
We first published this magazine
in 2018 as a way of reaching out to
Construction Management readers,
and we will continue to do so.
But through our recent changes
to NASC Information membership,
we hope many readers will reach NASC drives up safety and
out to us by applying for free
membership.
We recognise that scaffolding
and working at height in general standards in scaffolding
requires a host of specialist
personnel to be trained in their day-
to-day duties and aware of relevant Regularly updated guidance and strict entry criteria for
legislation to be able to work safely. various membership categories are essential to standards
This starts with scaffolding
operatives but extends far The NASC is the UK’s trade body Another way the NASC maintains
beyond that; including scaffolding
inspectors, designers, estimators, for access and scaffolding. It exists standards is through its various
supervisors and managers but also to set and maintain the standards membership categories, each of
principal and specialist contractors, for scaffolding, enabling those Members which has its own membership
procurement managers, HSQE involved in the industry – either criteria. There are seven categories
managers, health and safety must meet a
consultants and so on. directly or indirectly – to operate stringent set of membership:
Through this new, inclusive safely and compliantly. of criteria to l Contractor membership
approach to membership, we hope The NASC publishes guidance determine Open to access and scaffolding
to grow our network of members to help businesses do this. Its companies. Members must
for the greater good – ensuring whether the
many more organisations committees, comprising over 100 contractor is meet a stringent set of criteria to
and decision- NASC member representatives, competent determine whether the contractor
making individuals produce, publish and regularly review and compliant is competent and compliant. These
within them are its library of titles covering technical, cover direct operative employment,
informed and have
direct access to health & safety, contractual, product training, products and equipment
expert scaffolding purchasing, asset protection, and and more. Members are audited
knowledge whenever environmental & sustainability topics. every year to ensure minimum
they need it. All of these titles are available standards are maintained.
for purchase from the NASC’s l Supplier membership
website. Many can be downloaded Open to businesses that supply
free of charge. equipment to scaffolding

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