Proactive Main Contractors

NASC
Registered in England: 4866191

Registered Address:
4th Floor,
12 Bridewell Place,
London, EC4V 6AP

Support for the NASC is evident throughout the industry the confederation operates in. Numerous pro-active main contractors, local authorities and clients are already insisting that their scaffolding contractor must be a NASC member.

	*“The HSE continues to support and work with the NASC in the development of best industry practice for scaffolding.”* Joy Jones,HSE Principal Inspector National Construction Sector Safety Team

	“Included in its aims to improve health and safety on construction sites, CDM2007 requires that no one should be appointed or engaged on a project unless reasonable steps are taken to ensure their competence. APS supports the work of the NASC which aims to provide the construction industry with a scaffolding workforce which is competent.” Brian B. Law, Chief Executive, Association for Project Safety (APS)

	“As an industry we must continuously strive to reach the highest standards of safety in the workplace. The statistics show that whilst our industry is improving its overall health and safety we should not be satisfied until we can confidently send every worker home safely. The best practice guidance and standards provided by the NASC are invaluable towards that aim and the CIOB fully supports their work.” James Wates, President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

	“BAM’s decision to use NASC members is a significant backing for the industry’s commitment to spread best practice and change regarding safe erection of scaffolding. It will help scaffolding contractors to use collective protection and comply with the Work at Height Regulations. [This protects both themselves and those around them].” Frank Garnett, Director of Health and Safety at BAM Construct UK

	*“The NASC have played an active part in the Safety Agenda over the last few years and I would recommend that all Scaffolding Companies join them on this important issue.”* John Spanswick, Chairman, Bovis Lend Lease

	“Carillion recognises that the NASC is the leading body for setting standards for scaffolding in the UK. It is therefore Carillion Plc policy that we use only NASC member companies to provide scaffolding on our sites.” Julia Fancourt, Scaffolding Relationship Category Manager, Carillion Plc.

	"Performing to the best standards is critical to the long term success of our business, with our Supply Chain partners performance contributing directly to the way we are perceived by our Customers. At the forefront of our minds is to ensure that all works are completed in a safe and healthy environment. High risk activities in particular scaffolding therefore require complete assurance that the correct environment is provided for our Workforce, and to this end it is Clugston company policy that we only consider NASC Member Companies work on our sites. Consistent and reliable performance is vital and through our ISO 9001 accredited procedures we carry out reviews of our Supply Chain. By this mechanism we are able to ensure that our select Supply Chain database only contains those businesses who we truly believe to be of the right quality. We commit to highlighting both outstanding and below standard of performance of any Confederation member to the Board, thus ensuring that the continued reliability of its Members is maintained." Rod Fry, Construction Director, Clugston Group Ltd

	“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.” James Meredith, Company Safety, Quality & Environmental Manager, John Sisk & Son Ltd

	“We have adopted this very clear policy of only considering awarding future contracts to those organisations and companies who are full members of the NASC. We believe that the standards of technical and professional guidance and customer service that the NASC embody, is exactly in line with our vision for the future.” John Cottington, Health and Safety Director, Midas Group

	“Health and safety and best practice are paramount to Osborne. Stipulating NASC scaffold companies is the natural and responsible decision. By choosing companies that are stringently regulated to ensure best practice, we massively reduce the risk associated with our construction projects.” Peter Robertshaw, Director of Health and Safety, Osborne

	“TfL will be adopting the NASC's full guidelines and applaud their ‘fight’ for a universal improvement into the tightening of conditions for scaffolding contractors.” Raymond Pierson, Quality Analyst within the Safety, Risk and Design Services’ (SRDS), Roads Directorate, Surfaces. Solely responsible for the whole QMS for Roads - including policy setting. TFL (Transport for London)

	"As a client, we have identified scaffolding operations as one of the key risks on site, and it is carried out under close public scrutiny. Consequently, it is important that we have confidence in the professionalism and competency of our scaffolders. In our view, membership of the NASC provides the evidence that the company will be able to meet these fundamental criteria and will be working in accordance with the industry best practice. We are already seeing the benefits of this approach during our busy schedule of summer works (totalling some £15m)." Nick Bell CMIOSH RMaPS Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner, Construction Safety Manager, University of West England

	“Safety is the highest priority for gas distribution company Wales & West Utilities (WWU). The NASC’s standards of best practice and safety for the scaffolding industry have resulted in WWU stipulating the use of approved NASC members only in its activities.” Martin Hooper, Chartered Safety & Health Practitioner, Wales & West Utilities Ltd.

	“Being a NASC member is the best way to demonstrate all round competency that includes compliance with all relevant CDM regulations. It’s a badge of quality that we expect from companies whose activity involves working at height to erect and dismantle scaffolding that poses a higher safety risk than usual on a construction site. We want to use all means available to create an incident free work place and this is an important part of that process. It gives us an assurance that our scaffolding suppliers are part of an organization with high standards which they must comply with.” Jim Higham, Willmott Dixon Group Head of Health and Safety