Scaffold Design & Safety Standards

Building & Construction:

Scaffold Design & Safety Standards
Resource Guide ---July 2011

 Singapore Standards

1. CP 14: 1996

 

Code of practice for scaffolds

This code provides guidance on the building, design and use of scaffolds as temporary structures in construction, maintenance, repair and demolition work.

2. CP 20: 1999

Code of practice for suspended scaffolds

This code specifies the safety requirements for the construction, operation, maintenance, and use of suspended scaffolds.

3. SS 280: Part 1: 2006

Specification for metal scaffoldings

(Part 1: Frame scaffoldings)

This standard specifies the minimum requirements for the usage of metal scaffoldings as temporary structures to provide support for the materials used.

4. SS 280: Part 2: 2009

Specification for metal scaffoldings

(Part 2: Modular scaffoldings)

(Incorporating Corrigendum No. 1, May 2011)

This standard specifies the minimum requirements for steel modular scaffolds as temporary structures to provide support for the materials used.

5. SS 311: 2005

Specification for steel tubes and fittings used in tubular scaffolding

This standard specifies the requirements pertaining to steel quality and mechanical properties of the steel tubes and fittings, the finishes and the requisite tests for their usage in tubular scaffolding.

Other Standards

6. BS 1139-2.2: 2009

Metal scaffolding

(Part 2: couplers- Section 2.2: Aluminium couplers and special couplers in steel- Requirements and test methods)

This standard covers the requirements and test methods for aluminium couplers and steel fittings for their usage in scaffolds.

7. BS 1139-4: 1982

 

Metal scaffolding

(Part 4: Specification for prefabricated steel splitheads and trestles)

This standard covers the requirements for steel splitheads and trestles for their usage as supports for temporary working platforms.

8. BS EN 39: 2001

Loose steel tubes for tube and coupler scaffolds- Technical delivery conditions

This standard covers the requirements for steel tubes with couplers in the construction of falsework and working scaffolds.

9. BS EN 12811-1: 2003

Temporary works equipment

(Part 1: Scaffolds- Performance requirements and general design)

This standard covers the performance requirements, methods and structural design for the working scaffolds in general.