BS 5975 2019 Extract - Flipbook - Page 52
BS 5975:2019
10.7
BRITISH STANDARD
f)
whether the components conform to the requirements of an appropriate British or
European Standard;
g)
details and capacity of connections where loads are received into one or more components,
transferred from one to the other, and transmitted to other supports such as foundations; and
h)
any limiting deflection conditions.
The supplier need not publish test reports or manufacturing drawings but should be prepared to
share this information with specific users of the equipment, putting confidentiality agreements in
place if necessary.
Provision of information for the safe use of equipment
The supplier should provide the following and specify any specific testing, maintenance or
inspection regimes:
10.8
a)
detailed user guides, in an appropriate format, explaining how the items should be used;
b)
information on transportation and safe handling of temporary works equipment on site,
e.g. lifting points, safe stacking and storage; and
c)
identification of critical items requiring inspection, such as connections or items prone to
deterioration over a period of time.
Standard solutions
The supplier should provide published technical data in the form of arrangements of their equipment
based on certain conditions of use; these arrangements, known as standard solutions and often
presented in a tabular or readily assimilated format, should relate to the supplier's products only
(see 13.10).
11 Temporary works co-ordinator
11.1
General
11.1.1
For every site, responsibility for and the scope of the work of all organizations and individuals
involved in any aspect of temporary works should be established. Figure 2 and Figure 3 in 5.1 shows
the various lines of possible responsibilities that commonly occur on sites involving temporary works
where the PC manages and/or designs the works.
11.1.2
The person designated as responsible for the co-ordination of the temporary works should be named
as the temporary works co-ordinator. (See 9.3.2 for recommendations on the appointment of a PC's
TWC and 9.3.3 for recommendations on the appointment of a TWC not by the PC.)
11.1.3
One or more TWS may be appointed to assist the PC9s TWC and/or the TWC (see Clause 12).
11.2
11.2.1
11.2.1.1
The PC's TWC
General
For a given site, the PC9s DI should appoint a PC9s TWC who is responsible for the implementation of
their organization9s temporary works procedures and checking that other contractors who are directly
or indirectly in their employ are implementing their procedures.
NOTE
11.2.1.2
This includes contractors directly employed by the client.
The PC9s DI should define the PC9s TWC9s lines of responsibility in relation to each contractor9s TWC
and/or TWS employed on the site, using Figure 2 and Figure 3 for guidance.
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