Taylor Wimpey Scaffolding Practical Element

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Is access to the plot provided with adequate unobstructed head access?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a suitable exclusion zone been established for ongoing scaffolding works?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the exclusion zone comprise of eight barriers and four warning signs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all access provided to main working platforms via a stairwell?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If tube and fitting stairs are utilised, is a proprietary stair set attached? Note: scaffold clips must not be used to secure steps.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are stairs not in use secure to prevent unauthorised access?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where ladders are used, are they EN 131 compliant - Professional - 150 kg SWL?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do ladders extend no more than 5 rungs above the working platform?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladders secured by both stiles using proprietary ladder fixings?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladder rungs profiled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are birdcage scaffolds rated light duty? (10 boards@1.5m centre supports).

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the scaffold braced and has foot ties in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all joints in standards and ledgers staggered?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all scaffolds back propped to the ground floor?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all engineered components supplied with data sheets/ loading calculations, e.g. Ladder beams.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are gallows brackets tested and of known capacity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the ground level and firm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the ground prepared and maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffold foundations located at least 1m away from excavations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolds located on the edge of a slope grounded on sole boards set back at least 300mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are guardrails set at a minimum height of 950mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are intermediate rails set at a maximum height 470mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are toe boards set at a minimum height of 150mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are verge guardrails installed where table lifts do not offer suitable protection whilst working on roofs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are single guardrails left in place on un-boarded lifts to enable safe dismantling?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are guardrails and toe boards fitted to foot scaffolds?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are brick guards suitably attached to toe boards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are roofs exceeding a 40 degree pitch protected by additional external guard rails?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where the gap between the working platform exceeds 225mm, has a handrail been installed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a tube and fitting scaffold, is the height of the platform set at 1.8m above the slab level to achieve the installation of first-floor joists?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On non-system scaffold, is the height of the working platform set at 2m for render adaptions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where access is required onto the roof, is the top lift set at a maximum of 200mm from the underside of the eaves?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the loading bay based out properly and well founded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have loading bay towers footed on ground 1.5m below slab level been installed with a kicker rail set a 300mm from ground level?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the loading bay tied to the main scaffold?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the maximum gap between the outside standards not exceeding 3.85m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all standards punched up to each lift from the ledger below with load bearing and check couplers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is bracing fitted to the front and side elevations at every lift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is plan bracing fitted at each lift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the loading bay comprise 6 boards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the loading bay supported on 13 transoms at 320mm centres?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is spur bracing attached on the loading bay's handrails?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are brick guards secured on all sides?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are loading bay gates of a self-closing design?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a mesh infill section secured to the gate frame?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are gates closed securely at the bottom to prevent the fall of materials?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where system scaffolds are used, are the standards on the loading bay secured against lift by locking bolts or pins?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a small low roof, does the scaffold provide sufficient access to the front and sides of the roof?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a small low roof, is the working platform a minimum of 4 boards wide?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is ladder access provided with a self-closing gate providing continuous edge protection?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a large low roof, does the scaffold provide sufficient access to the front and sides of the roof?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a large low roof, is the working platform a minimum of 5 boards wide?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is ladder access provided with a self-closing gate providing continuous edge protection?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a loading bay included for the loading of materials?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are wooden boards in good condition not excessively split, cut or warped?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are wooded boards banded at both ends?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are boards clipped to prevent movement?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there any red painted boards as part of a working platform?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J2. Scaffold components: fittings

• Are putlog clips, sleeve couplers and joints under no load bearing capacity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do components have any distortion or flaws?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are any components missing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all moving parts well maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J3. Scaffold components: internal standards

• Are the top of internal standards flush with working platforms?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If not achievable, do standards protrude a minimum of 1m and are capped?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where a putlog scaffold is used, are load bearing couplers used on the corner returns?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where bridle supports are used, are load bearing couplers in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J4.Scaffold components: joints

• Are joints in standards and ledgers made using joint or sleeve couplers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are joints staggered between lifts for standards and bays for ledgers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J5. Ledgers

• Are ledgers horizontal? (+/- 20mm in 2m)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ledgers secured to standards using load bearing couplers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J6. Standards

• Are standards plumb? (+/- 20mm in 2m)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are standards secured at all node points?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On independent scaffolds, are standards spaced at a maximum of 2m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On putlog scaffolds. are standards spaced at a maximum of 1.8m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J7. Sole board/ base plates

• Are sole boards and base plates used on all tube/fitting and system scaffolds?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are sole boards a minimum 775mm x 225m x 35mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are sole boards of sound condition?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On block and beam, are sole boards doubled up and span at least 3 beams?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J8. Transoms/ putlog

• Are spade ends or adaptors fully inserted into the brickwork?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are adaptors inserted into only bed joints?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are adaptors mixed with conventional putlogs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the spacings between transoms/putlogs not exceeding 1.2m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are transoms placed no further than 50mm from the wall?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

J9. Tubes

• Are tube ends squarely cut, not bent or distorted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are tubes free from splits, creases and dents?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is any scaffold fitted with netting/ sheeting above 1 lift been subject to a design?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are 'Check your Working platform' signs displayed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are '3 Points of Contact' signs displayed near ladders?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are 'Scaffolding Incomplete' signs utilised where scaffold is being adapted or is left incomplete?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are 'Scaffolders Exclusion Zone' signs utilised where scaffolding works are underway?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all nodes (lugs/ caps) secure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are standards secured by pins/ splice tubes on loading bays?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are hop ups fixed a maximum 1 node above/ below the main working platform?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there are copy of the manufacturer's user instructions on site?.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are single table lifts set at a maximum height of 2m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the table have adequate ledger/ knee bracing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is access to table lifts provided via a ladder and self- closing half gate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladders positioned adjacent to the table lift so the step off point is to the side?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all tube and fitting scaffolding tied to a structure as work progresses at a ratio of 1:16m2?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have 5% of drill/anchor ties or a minimum of 3 ties been subjected to 'pull out' tests?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ties secured at the lift below the lift that is being worked on?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are tie tubes fitted to both ledgers within 300mm of a standard using double or swivel couplers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are at least 50% of ties fitted to ledger braced standards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is façade braced every six bays with a minimum of 2 bays braced?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there ledger bracing every other bay on each lift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• On a putlog scaffold, is there a ledger brace every other bay to a load bearing bridle and a foot tie in the first lift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have buttressed scaffold been specifically designed as a support structure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has any underpropping been subject to a design by a structural engineer?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where blocks are loaded on the floor above the underpropping, are they placed on a run of two boards against the direction of the joists?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where block and beam floor/ jet floor is used, is the base of the underpropping spread across three support beams?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are sole boards doubled up and extend across the three support beams?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where independent scaffold standards are used to punch through floors, are the gaps minimal?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is ledger bracing provided on every alternate pair of standards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the working platform Class 1? (3 boards wide for the passage of men and materials).

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the working platform Class 2? (4 boards wide for light duty).

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the working Class 3? (5 boards wide for general construction work).

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do boards on the first lift over sail?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all inside gaps kept to a minimum and not exceeding 225mm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the waste chute been installed as per the manufacturers guidance?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the chute assembly leave a clear space of 1m between the bottom of the chute and the top of the skip?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do truss racks have a maximum span of 10m?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do all truss racks have a maximum load of 4.5t?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are trusses stored on truss racks rested on node points?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all tubes and boards temporarily rested against scaffold positioned securely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolding materials stacked in excess?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are materials stored in stillages?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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