TG20:13 update

September 2014
Introduction
• The NASC is continuing to improve
TG20:13, the comprehensive guide
to good practice for tube and fitting
scaffolding

• The first update to TG20, TG20:13

Supplement 1, launched in
September 2014

• It is accompanied by an update to
the TG20:13 eGuide, version 1.1,
now available for download from
the NASC website
What’s new?

• A specification for TG20:13 compliant

cold-formed high tensile steel tubes
in TG20:13 Supplement 1

• TG20 compliance sheets for cold-

formed high tensile steel tubes in the
new TG20 eGuide

• TG20 compliance sheets for sheeted

scaffolds with transom units

• Several minor enhancements to

TG20 compliance sheets
High tensile tubes

• TG20:13 provides a definition for TG20

compliant 3.2mm wall thickness high-
tensile steel tubes to BS EN 10210-1

• These tubes are manufactured by a hot-

rolling process and offer performance
comparable to type 4 steel tubes

• However, many 3.2mm high-tensile tubes

used in the UK scaffolding industry are
manufactured with a cold-formed
process

• Although these tubes have a higher

bending capacity than type 4 steel tubes,
they did not comply with TG20:13
because they have a lower axial load
capacity due to their reduced thickness
High tensile tubes

• TG20:13 has now been extended

to support these tubes

• The required tube specification is

defined in TG20:13 Supplement 1

• New TG20 compliance sheets are

available for tubes of this
specification from the new TG20
eGuide
High tensile tubes

• TG20 compliance sheets for cold-formed high-tensile steel tubes are printed
from the new version of the TG20:13 eGuide with this new option:
Transom units

• TG20 compliance sheets are now

available for sheeted scaffolds
constructed with TG20 compliant
prefabricated structural transom units

• Compliance sheets are available for

tied independent scaffolds and tied
towers

• Printed from the new TG20 eGuide

• Guidance is provided in TG20:13

Supplement 1
Compliance sheet enhancements

• Some minor enhancements have

been made to the TG20 compliance
sheets from the new eGuide based on
feedback

• A new note that ‘illustrations are

indicative’ – the compliance sheet
illustrations are not dimensioned
design drawings

• Specific compliance sheets for

scaffolds which are 2.0m, 3.0m or
4.0m tall

• Minor clarifications to the wording for

scaffolds tied to the inner face only
Compatibility

• The NASC recommends that the

latest TG20 compliance sheets
from the new eGuide are always
used

• However, this update to TG20 has

been designed such that
compliance sheets from the original
eGuide (and from the TG20:13
Operational Guide) are still valid

• There is no need to differentiate

between new and original
compliance sheets on site
Software download

• Version 1.1 of the TG20:13 eGuide

is available as a free software
update

• Available for Windows, Mac and

Android devices

• Download from the NASC website

• TG20:13 Supplement 1 is available

for download as a PDF

http://www.nasc.org.uk/tg20_13/tg20_13_supplement_1_and_eguide_update
Thank you
Questions?