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Defying the Odds: How Sidewall Scaffolding Rose in a Downturn

Apr 12, 2025

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While the world began to halt during the global pandemic, a bold new player quietly took shape in Auckland’s residential construction sector. Born in one of the most uncertain periods in modern economic history, Sidewall Scaffolding (www.sidewall.co.nz) emerged not just to survive—but to thrive. Founded at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, when businesses worldwide…
Company fined £30k after workers climbed rungs of unsafe scaffold

Mar 10, 2025

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A scaffolding company has been fined £30,000 after failing to ensure a tower scaffold was constructed correctly. The HSE identified serious issues with a scaffold at a block of flats in Rice Hey Road, Merseyside, including a failure to follow assembly instructions during its erection. Workers climbed the rungs of the scaffold to access it…