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Managing director of AR Demolition<\/a>, Richard Dolman, has urged contractors to re-think scaffolding to increase levels of safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness<\/h2>\n

Richard Dolman, MD of\u00a0AR Demolition\u00a0and vice-president of the\u00a0Institute of Demolition Engineers<\/a>, said it was time for contactors to consider new ways of dust suppression and protection from flying debris on demolition jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dolman has invented a modular debris protection frame and has initiated the use of blast mats.<\/p>\n

He is now urging other contractors to embrace change and modernise, in order to increase levels of safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n

Dolman said: \u201cFor many years, I\u2019ve never understood why people think is a good idea to fasten scaffolding to a building, then demolish the structure behind the scaffold using a machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cScaffolding is useful if it\u2019s used to take a building apart in reverse of how it was constructed, but I\u2019ve never thought that it goes well with big machinery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not even great for stopping dust because the minute you disassemble it, the dust goes everywhere. If there\u2019s a structural collapse<\/a>, you\u2019re in real trouble as the recent incidents show.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur modular frame system took six months to design and can be transported in sections and bolted together in a day. The mats hang off a crane or a demolition rig \u2013 they\u2019re six metres wide, 15 metres high and act as shield to stop debris and dust. Only a few companies use it and as far as I know, we\u2019re the only one which uses an incorporated jet system to spray water back on to the work face.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth systems are very unusual but they work brilliantly \u2013 as long as used they\u2019re used within the right application and well within an exclusion zone \u2013 and we\u2019ll be using them on several jobs over the next few months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolman continued: \u201cOf course, embracing new technology requires investment, but the fact is that many contractors are set in their ways and afraid either of costs or of change.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my mind, these are simple things to do and the benefits are widespread for the client, the public and for demolition staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout scaffolding you don\u2019t need people working at height, which as we all know is the biggest cause of serious injury throughout the construction industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd scaffolding also gives the public a false sense of security, making people walk right next to a building being demolished rather than giving it a suitably wide berth.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me emphasise that I\u2019m not saying there is no place for scaffolding in demolition. There are occasions \u2013 mainly during floor-by-floor, very controlled, small-scale demolition \u2013 when it is the most appropriate method of dust suppression and protection against debris.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think that there are better methods which should be more commonplace. My fellow contractors should embrace change, not be afraid of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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