Regulatory maze: Standards, codes and guidelines

David Glabe

19 April 2022

The temporary structure industry is controlled by a significant number of rules, standards, regulations, guidelines, recommendations, codes and instructions. Frankly it’s a real maze, a mess.

Meriam-Webster defines a maze as “something confusingly elaborate or complicated.” This definition aptly describes the situation in the world of temporary structures, a world that includes supported scaffolds, suspended scaffolds, mobile elevating work platforms and other structures that provide temporary support for workers.

It is doubtful anyone really wanted to…

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