For the marine side it is the MCA, PLA & IMO which cover manning, safety equipment, stability standards and minimum freeboards. Most of TG20:13 and other scaffolding regulations are not relevant to what we do, but we do use elements of it for things like edge protection. For lifting, we use Lloyd’s Register Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment and all our cranes are LOLER tested. To assess the structure, if needed, we use EuroCode EN1993-1-1-2005 & DNVGL-T-0378 and also refer to BS5975:2019 for temporary works. On larger projects we can also offer customers an independent Cat 3 check by our partner Richter; this gives our customers reassurance that we have taken a safe and prudent approach to our design and planned method of works.
We have delivered over 60 projects and 5,000 hours of safe floating access in the last two years and on every one we have been able to satisfy the client and principal contractor in terms of safety, design, and conformity to relevant standards. This includes scrutiny by the Royal Navy, BAE systems, Network Rail, Port of London Authority, MCA, numerous Harbour Authorities and Harbour Masters including QHM (Now KHM), Canal & River Trust, Environment Agency and numerous principal contractors like Volker, Dyer Butler, J Murphy, Amco Giffen, Laing O’Rourke, Balfour Beatty, Story & BAM.
As standard all ScaffFloats come with:
In addition, the following is available:
GPS MACS required floating access on a narrow concrete-lined drainage channel in Tottenham, London. ScaffFloat mobilised 6no 8 x 4.2m pontoons, which were moored in the channel.
APCL A&P Falmouth used an 8x4m self-propelled workboat, which was already on hire, to conduct water-based Marine Oil Spill Response training, approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in collaboration with their pollution specialist partners, Ambipar. The ScaffFloat served as a spacious, stable platform for deploying the booms and allowed participants to practice… Continue reading Marine Oil Spill Response training – Falmouth
AR Demolition required water access to demolish an old set of piles and dolphins on the upper River Trent. The structure provided moorings for visiting barges to moor to, along with support for a conveyor that ran from the quarry.
GPS MACS, working on behalf of Story Contracting and Network Rail, required marine support with the Grade II listed* Levens Viaduct in Ulverston. The viaduct, originally built in 1857, comprises 49 similar spans, with the piers constructed on a concrete apron which required extensive restoration
Northern Divers required a self-propelled pontoon with a Hiab crane to support the installation of 14 x 700kg rock bags to provide scour protection to an exposed pipeline in the River Towy near Carmarthen.
GA Marine required assistance to undertake welding and replating of a roll on/roll off ferry ramp in Southampton docks that had been identified as requiring immediate repair
Our client in Africa needed a safe and efficient way to access and work on a long series of newly installed piles stretching from the shoreline to a jetty. The project required workers to have 360-degree access to each pile for maintenance, and the solution had to be easily repositioned to over 100 different locations.
A private resident in St Mawes, Falmouth, needed a temporary, high-quality fixed walkway built for the summer season. The walkway needed to provide easy access from their waterside property to the water, even at low tide, for their holiday guests.
