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NASC accreditation compulsory for all Sisk scaffold contractors
John Sisk & Son Ltd (Sisk), one of the largest construction groups in the UK and Ireland, has announced that scaffolding contractors on all of its UK projects must be members of the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC). Sisk is certain this will reinforce its best practice approach to health and safety on its construction sites, and further improve its already impressive incident records.
The announcement comes only weeks after Sisk and Sisk Rail won RoSPA Gold awards at RoSPA’s 2009 Occupational Health and Safety Awards. Combined, the NASC accreditation and the RoSPA Gold award reaffirms that health and safety is at the forefront of Sisk’s operation.
Access and scaffolding is an important part of the majority of Sisk’s construction projects. The NASC requires member organisations to abide by a strict code of conduct to improve on-site practice. This has been a major contributory factor in reducing the number of reported accidents and incidents on scaffolding over the last two decades. The number of reported accidents in 1980 was 532, by 2007 that figure had reduced to 174.
With almost 200 member companies, who account for over 75% of the UK’s total spend on scaffolding, it is one of the largest associations linked to the building and construction industry.
James Meredith, Company Safety, Quality & Environmental Manager, Sisk commented:
“Health and safety best practice is of the utmost importance to Sisk and we are committed to working with like-minded companies to deliver safe construction sites. Our policy to exclusively use members of the NASC ensures we are only working with companies who have demonstrated a high level of competence in this high risk area of the industry. We would encourage all scaffolding contractors who have not achieved NASC membership to raise their game and meet the high standards required. ”
Bob Whincap, President, NASC, added:
“Sisk are adopting a proactive and dynamic approach to their scaffolding works that will ensure only strictly regulated and audited contractors work on Sisk sites. This provides them with the confidence that work will be done safely and to the latest guidance on their sites. This is excellent news for Sisk and will provide a wake up call to all scaffolding contractors who still want to work with them”
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