Bondeck

Bondeck recently completed this major safety decking project for one of the UK’s largest commercial developers. The build required a 2.8 metre high platform for the construction of a 800 square metre cut roof. Erected in only two days, the decking (a combination of our full-height and Lo-deck systems was installed in a fluid rolling programme to provide a working platform and leading edge protection for the carpenters installing the roof.

The client estimated the use of decking provided a fourteen day saving in the build programme (the alternative had been birdcage scaffold).

The system was fully braced and tensioned to ensure a stable lightweight working platform. Both the client and the carpentry sub-contractor, neither of whom had used the system before, declared themselves delighted with the result commenting that they “liked the simple solution the system brought to the project”.

Bondeck (and our sister company Bond Brick) have attained full accreditation to CHAS (Contractors Health & safety Assessment Scheme). As fully accredited companies, we will be required to undergo an annual audit to ensure our ongoing compliance with Health & Safety best practice.

Rick Bond, Managing Director of both companies, is delighted with the success; “these prestigious awards further demonstrate our ongoing committment to health and safety by ensuring that our personnel, systems and management reflect best practice”.

Not all Safety Deckers work to the same standards.

 We witnessed this mess at a site near our offices. The decking platform has clearly been erected by operatives who have no idea how to install the system they were using.

The platform collapsed shortly after it was installed. Apart from the dangerous gaps left between rows of decking, the overlapped boards have been incorrectly installed (see rear right hand corner of plot) and the overlapped area in the foreground has collapsed completely.

This unfortunate circumstance may be the result of a lack of training or the drive toward cost & resource cutting (or both).

 At Bondeck we work hard to price competitively but we always price to do the job properly. All our installers are trained and certificated and undergo continuous professional development. As a CHAS accredited company, our systems and procedures are audited to ensure we acheive the highest standards of health and safety.

As these images show, not all safety decking companies work to the same high standards.