Page 8 - NASC Scaffolding Matters - Spring 2022

8 | Scaffolding Matters Spring 2022
8 | S c a f f o l d i n g M a t t e r s S p r in g 2 0 2 2

Working Groups

Working Well

he NASC’s Current Affairs Committee,
Working Group Members set up as an agile, fast response

Sustainability T group intended to take on and
• Helen Gawor (Chair), GKR Scaffolding Ltd complete a broad range of projects quickly,
• Mark Collinson, Brand Energy & has recently created two topic-led sub-groups
Infrastructure Services UK Ltd T/A to help meet this brief in specific areas.
Lyndon SGB These working groups have been tasked with
• Sarah Klieve, High Peak Scaffolding Ltd
• David Brown, IBN Scaffold Access Ltd providing guidance, support and direction on
• Simon Robinson, NASC sustainability & environmental issues and
• David Packer, Severnside Scaffolding Ltd fleet & transport issues. Both groups have hit
the ground running. Their latest activities are
Fleet & Transport listed below.
• Mike Lloyd (Chair), LTC Scaffolding Ltd
• Nicola Aitchison, ASC Edinburgh Ltd Sustainability & Environmental
• Peter Booth, Benchmark Scaffolding Ltd This Working Group has initially been focused
• John McKeever, T/A Lyndon SGB on providing useful and accessible guidance
• Carl Druce, Denholm Industrial
Services Ltd to members about how they can reduce their
• Geoff Hughes, Enigma Industrial carbon footprint and work towards net zero.
Services Ltd It has recently produced an easy-to-use guide
• Sarah Klieve, High Peak Scaffolding Ltd to net zero carbon, including a glossary and
• Vicki Evans, LTC Scaffolding Ltd FAQ, quick wins, potential longer-term oppor-
• Simon Robinson, NASC
• David Packer, Severnside Scaffolding Ltd tunities, grants and incentives, a draft policy
statement and useful links. This guide is avail-
able from the NASC website.
Helen Gawor, Working Group Chair, said:
“The Group recognised pretty quickly that the
challenge it faced was helping NASC members,
which have displayed an enormous amount of “Our focus has been on
enthusiasm for net zero carbon initiatives, to get making decarbonisation
a solid understanding of the topic. Our focus has strategically accessible
been on making decarbonisation strategically to businesses of all sizes
accessible to businesses of all sizes by consol- by consolidating the
idating the information we need to get started information we need to get
and the potential sources of support. We hope started and the potential
our Guide will help empower members to start sources of support.”
their journey to net zero – enabling them to
make energy and cost savings. However, as Helen Gawor,
NZC targets are increasingly part of procurement Working Group Chair