Health and Safety Executive

Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations

2010

Gavin Bye, Construction SectorA presentation to CONIAC, March 2010

New Regulations

laid Monday 22 February 2010

coming into force 06 April 2010

Scope - ‘conventional’ tower cranes on construction sites

Requirements Notify to HSE certain information:

crane owner/lessor details;address of construction site;crane identification details;date of thorough examination (t/e);t/e carried out for whom? Details;did t/e reveal defects ‘reportable’ defects?

Trigger for notification – the t/e.

INDG437

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/indg437.htm

Web-friendly version available at:

Guidance

The Register

Available at: http://www.cranesregister.org.uk.

Cost - £20 per notification, payment via the website.

Input - uploaded directly by duty-holder.

Enquiry - enquiry form available on website.

Output - interrogation by HSE only.

Holding the notified information

HSE will be able to handle hard copy Input, payment, Enquiries

The Register http://www.craneregister.org.uk/

The Register – crane details

The Register - enquiry

Communications

Duty-holdersHSE website; trade press;mail shots; press releases…

and…

Around 6 April, with…

Communications

Members of the public:

site posters;

HSE website…

Around 6 April, with…

Evaluation

• Report to HSE Board, Ministers after a year on:

– the numbers of registrations by duty-holders;

– number of enquiries from the public;

– enforcement and other activity taken by HSE inspectors in relation to Regulations

Operational Work

• Head office visits done - report prepared and results shared with tower crane industry body

• Industry committed to full competence 31.12.2010

• 2010 – 11 plan shifts emphasis to on site visits with contractors

• Follow up work on design underway on early HSL results (wind)