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n Appointing a contractor nasc.org.uk
Specifying the criteria for a
scaffolding contract at tender/
pre-contract stage(s) can be
as onerous and uncertain a
task as trying to manage the
operations of an appointed
scaffolding contractor
Lynn Way, NASC President
Guidance on Appointing a
Scaffolding Contractor – to be used
in conjunction with the management
guide. This document provides
simple and accessible assistance
on a range of principal contractor
responsibilities, including:
l Monitoring of scaffolding
operations during erection/
modification/dismantle
Choose wisely Under The Construction Design l Scaffolding design, calculations
and Management Regulations
and risk assessment/method
(CDM), principal contractors and statement (RAMS)
Selecting a scaffolding contractor should contractors have an important role l Scaffolding inspections and
not be undertaken lightly. Here the in managing health and safety risks handover
NASC offers help with the process during the construction phase. NASC President Lynn Way
Among their duties, they are said: “For many main contractors/
required to check that anyone they clients specifying the criteria for
NASC offers a
comprehensive appoint has the skills, knowledge, a scaffolding contract at tender/
guide to selecting a experience and, where relevant, pre-contract stage(s) can be as
scaffolding contractor the organisational capability to carry onerous and uncertain a task as
out their work safely and without trying to manage the operations
risk to health. of an appointed scaffolding
To assist principal contractors contractor.
and contractors in appointing “The information contained
scaffolding contractors, the NASC within SG39:21 and the associated
has created the NASC Guide to management guide will be of great
Appointing a Scaffolding Contractor, assistance to those procuring,
a comprehensive management appointing and managing
guide which is available for free scaffolding contracts. It should
download via the NASC website. help ensure that the correct and
This 20-page document includes up to date scaffolding standards
information on competence, are incorporated into relevant
minimum scaffolding requirements, contract documentation and further
regulations, codes of practice requiring that appointed scaffolding
and best practice. contractors adopt recognised
The NASC has also published a scaffolding industry good practice
go-to reference guide - SG39:21 upon their site(s).” l
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