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This European Standard specifies performance requirements and methods of structural and general design for access and working scaffolds. Requirements given are for scaffold structures that rely on the adjacent structures for stability. In general these requirements also apply to other types of working scaffolds.

The purpose of a working scaffold is to provide a safe place of work with safe access suitable for the work being done. This document sets out performance requirements for working scaffolds. These are substantially independent of the materials of which the scaffold is made. The standard is intended to be used as the basis for enquiry and design.

Thus the requirements of BS EN ******1. TG*0 is largely based on BS ***3 with extracts taken directly from the old code, it also uses permissible stress design method. However, TG*0 received a mixed response from the UK industry and as a result TG*0 is being re-written and the new version is due for release sometime in ***8. This is the reason for the 'limbo' situation. Until the release of the revised TG*0 the HSE continue to allow scaffold to be built in accordance with BS ***3.