Scaffolds

Types, Terminology, Design and Operation

Terminology

Scaffolds

Scaffolds

can be very dangerous place to work, If they are not erected properly

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New-Scaf

Provision of Scaffold and Means of Access

Suitable and sufficient scaffold shall be provided for all work that cannot safely be done from the ground or from part of the building, or from part of a permanent structure or from a ladder or other available means of support, and sufficient safe means of access shall as far as reasonably practicable, be provided to every place at which any person has at any time to work. 5

Scaffold
Any temporarily provided structure on or from which building workers perform work in connection with building or other construction work Any temporarily provided structure which enables building workers to obtain access to or which enable materials to be taken to any place at which such work is performed. Includes any working platform, gangway, run, ladder or step-ladder together with any guardrail, tow board or other safeguards and 6 all fixings.

 Standard means a member used as a vertical support or column in the construction of scaffolds which transmits a load to the ground or to the solid construction. Transom means a member placed horizontally and used to tie transversely one ledger to another, or one standard to another in an independent tie scaffold.

 Ledger means a member spanning horizontally and tying scaffolding longitudinally and which acts as a support for putlogs or transom. Putlog means a horizontal member on which the board, plank or decking of a working platform are laid.

 Frame or modular scaffold means a scaffold manufactured in such a way that the geometry of the scaffold is predetermined and the relative spacing of the principal members are fixed Bay in relation to scaffolds, means that portion of the scaffold between horizontal or vertical supports whether standards or supports from which the portion is suspended, which are adjacent longitudinally.
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Rule 196

Guardrails
Hand Rail/ Top Rail- 1.2mtr

Mid Rail / Knee Rail-0.52mtr Toe board - 150mm wide

Top Rail

Mid- Rail
Toeboard
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 Guardrail means a horizontal rail secured to uprights and erected along the exposed sides of scaffolds, floor openings, runways and gangways to prevent persons from a falling.

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Independent scaffold

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 Independent ties scaffold means a scaffold, the working platform of which is supported from the base by two or more rows of standards and which apart from the necessary ties stands completely free of the building.

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RIGHT-ANGLE COUPLER- Carbon steel fitting with high tensile bolts, connection at Rt. Angle , designed SWL capacity 635Kgs

Right angle coupler means a coupler, other than a swivel or putlog coupler, used for connecting tubes at right angles.
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 Sole plate means a member used to distribute the load from the base plate or the standard of wooden scaffolds to the supporting surface.

Base plate means a plate for distributing the load from a standard in the case of metal scaffolds.

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 Sound or good construction means construction conforming to the relevant national standards or in case such national standards do not exist, to other generally accepted international engineering standards or code of practices.

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 Sound or good material means materials of a quality conforming to the relevant national standards or in case such national standards do not exist, to other generally accepted international engineering standards or code of practices. Tubular scaffold means a scaffold constructed from tubes and couplers.

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Rule 191(a)

Joint Pin or Spring lock Pin Standard : Vertical tube , 40mm Dia conform to IS-1161-1963

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Suspended scaffold means a scaffold suspended by means of ropes or chains and capable of being raised or lowered but does not include a boatswains chair or similar appearance.
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Brace means a member incorporated diagonally in a scaffold for stability 21

 Trestle scaffold includes a scaffold in which the supports for the platform are any of the following which are self-supporting, namely_ Split heads Folding Step-ladder Tripods; or Moveable contrivances similar to any of the foregoing
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Trestle Scaffold

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