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November 19, 2014

And Now The Weather Forecast – Wind, Wind and more Wind!

Autumn is traditionally the time of year for those South Westerly gales to be blowing across the country on a regular basis. Whilst they can bring obvious problems with working at height and creating dust, other, equally important issues need to be considered.

What about, for instance, your site hoardings or other types of barriers or fencing. They are all temporary works and as such need careful consideration and planning when being built, to ensure that high winds are taken in to consideration.

As past cases show, all too often these sorts of issues are not considered. The results can often be not only personal injuries to others, but financial costs to the companies.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-em-11013.htm

That's just one example of a prosecution by the HSE which illustrates the point.

Why not book a Temporary Works Course by emailing margaret@demolishdismantle.co.uk to learn about how to avoid these problems.

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