14th October 2019

Acheson Construction is carrying out various works to the Garde II listed church in Dorchester and have hired the SafeStand 800/5 system for the subcontractor LC Wills Contracts Ltd to carry out the works.
The works include removing sections of the existing carpark walls where they are crumbling and rebuilding using the same materials.
St Peter’s church is a Dorchester landmark, with its striking 15th century west tower it is the largest and most important church in Dorchester.

St Peter’s has been a chapel to Holy Trinity church since at least 1303.
The church was built at the upper end of the town’s Corn Market in 1454, while the church is almost entirely a product of the 15th century. St Peters Church was comprehensively restored from 1856 by the architect J Hicks and his student Thomas Hardy. This is the same Tomas Hardy of course who would go on to be the famous novelist, however he was an architect by training.

16th September 2019

The long standing relationship between SafeStand® and Kier continues to be cemented with the Kier Supply Chain.

Kier held a supply chain SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) event on Monday 16th September at the Marriott Hotel, Maida Vale. The event was well attended by multiple contractors involved in the Masonry, Steel and Roofing trades and included Swift, Lesterose, Pyramid Builders and Grangewood amongst others.

At the event the Kier Safety Team were actively promoting their “Minimum Standards” which include their “Minimum Standard for Low Level Access Systems” which specifically refers to SafeStand® Access Systems.

1st September 2019 

At SafeStand® we pride ourselves on being the leading provider of Low Level, Heavy Duty Access Systems.

With this in mind and in keeping with our ongoing remit of continual research and development, we are now ready to launch our “New & Improved SafeStand® 1200 System”.

In line with our customers feedback and in order to continue providing the best system of its type in the marketplace, we have now reduced the weight of our SafeStand® 1200 System by approx. 30% per stand whilst still maintaining the incredible Safe Working Load of 1000 kgs per stand.

Weight Comparison:

16th August 2019

Following on from the onsite presentation to apprentices and Steve Sherwood of Milton Keynes College, which we carried out in June at the McAleer and Rushe site in Avery Boulevard in Milton Keynes, we had the pleasure of spending the day at the Milton Keynes College, Woughton Campus with the Brickwork and Painting & Decorating tutors and technicians.
Many thanks to Steve Sherwood, Alfie Del Basso, Tony Rice, Ben Walker and Jordan Maxey for the invitation and for the time they dedicated to this. The team spent the day being shown how to erect the SafeStand® Systems to give themselves a better understanding of how SafeStand® equipment works. When working with groups who have never used the systems before, it is extremely rewarding when people realise how simple it is to turn a few stands and a pallet of components into a useable, safe, working platform, that is fit for purpose.

See above: Tutors and Technicians on SafeStand® 1200 System at a platform height of 2200mm and using a staircase for accessing the system.

Going forward, when the new intake of students arrive in September, we plan to return to the college and carry out similar training days for them.