Scaffolding
Preliminary and proof tests of tie anchors, the records and tags, and checks during a long job.
In short
The same pull tester is used in different trades under different rules. A scaffolder works to NASC TG4:25, a height safety inspector to the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and BS 7883, a building owner also to LOLER for cradles, a rope access team to IRATA's code and a fixings contractor to BS 8539. Each page below sets out what that trade should test, how often, and what to keep.
Industries
Scaffolding
Height safety installers and inspectors
What the Work at Height Regulations and BS 7883 ask of anchor points, eyebolts and lifelines.
Facilities management and building owners
Your duties for roof anchors, window cleaning eyebolts, lifelines and cradle davits.
Rope access
Anchor strength, inspection and competence as IRATA's code of practice sets them out.
Construction
BS 8539 site tests on post-installed anchors: roles, sample sizes, temporary works and records.
Testing in your industry
Roof anchors and eyebolts
Commissioning and periodic tests for height safety inspectors.
Horizontal lifelines
End anchors, swages and the force between posts.
Window cleaning eyebolts
Inspection, testing and records for building owners.
Davit sockets for cradles and BMUs
LOLER examinations, and socket proof tests where the examiner asks for them.
Rope access anchor points
IRATA's strengths, trial tests and proof loads.
Anchor testing for contractors
Building BS 8539 tests into the programme and temporary works.
Rebar and holding-down bolts
Pull testing to 358 kN with hollow cylinder kits.
See every application
From scaffold ties to rebar: which kit, which adaptor and how it's recorded.