New guidance for temporary roofs and buildings
Since the publication of the original technical guidance there has been very little up-to-date advice available for the design of temporary roofs and buildings.
Since the publication of the original technical guidance there has been very little up-to-date advice available for the design of temporary roofs and buildings.
TG20 does offer some basic advice on temporary buildings and temporary roofs up to 15m in height, but BS EN 12810/12811 specifically excludes these types of structures.
The new guidance is intended to give design and construction information to the suppliers and erectors of temporary roofs and buildings constructed from scaffolding materials, and intended for use by contractors during the building process.
The guide covers some of the more basic requirements and considerations that should be made to provide an economical, but safe, completed temporary structure, taking into account modern industry practices and legislation.
Sections of the final guide are dedicated to management considerations and safe systems of work which give advice on the requirement to erect and dismantle temporary roof structures using collective fall prevention measures whenever possible.
The new Eurocode (BS EN1991) has now superseded BS6399 for the assessment of snow and wind loadings and, as a consequence, TG9:10 now includes guidance on the use of these standards for the designer. The information contained in the new guidance will also be compatible with the data included in the current version of BS5975 รข€” Code of Practice for Falsework.
