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38 Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings<br />

300 mm maximum gap between<br />

building and working platform<br />

Head plate<br />

Guard rail<br />

910 – 1159 mm<br />

Working<br />

platform<br />

Guard rail<br />

Fibre<br />

reinforced<br />

sheeting tied to<br />

scaffold<br />

Reveal pin<br />

(adjustable<br />

steel strut –<br />

must be<br />

secure)<br />

Sole plate<br />

Minimum 150<br />

toe board<br />

Ledgers<br />

Bracing<br />

Transom<br />

Ledger<br />

Scaffold board<br />

sole plate<br />

Note: Adequacy of existing structure to be checked to ensure it is able to support the<br />

loads applied by the scaffold (such scaffolding must be designed and checked by a<br />

structural engineer)<br />

Figure 2.13 Trussed-out scaffolding.

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