It has been very hard but we're almost completed, ' says Mr Godley.'We have tried to make it user-friendly.Īnd we've put in a lot more detail than in the original British Standards document.'
'I've been working on this for a year along with Peter Pallett of Pallett Temporary Works. The mammoth task of translating European engineering approaches into something more to British tastes has fallen to consultant Mike Godley of Oxford-based Slender Structures Ltd. It focuses on tube and fittings, as this was the area covered by BS 5973. 'BS 5973 will still be sitting on a lot of bookshelves, ' says consultant Chris Wilshere, chairman of the British Standards Committee and a specialist in temporary structures.'I think many contracts won't specify the eurostandard but just say that the scaffolding has to comply with the law.'įor those still confused help is at hand.The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation has commissioned a user-friendly guide to EN 12811. The standard is not law - its adoption will be principally the decision of clients to put it into their contracts.As a result it is likely that it could be required for major projects but is unlikely to be required for smaller scale work.And even though BS 5973 is being formally withdrawn, it will probably not disappear overnight.
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