Morris Homes

Morris Homes are one of the largest independent housebuilders in the country. With over 50 years experience building award winning homes, they pride themselves on outstanding build quality, high specification, good design and energy efficiency. Indeed, Morris was the first housebuilder in the UK to comply with the Government’s SAP 80+  accreditation for scheme energy efficiency.

The Challenge

Whilst Morris Homes already had a scaffold inspection system in place, they wanted to introduce a system that produced evidence that the inspection had taken place. The system had to be user friendly so that busy Site Managers and qualified scaffolders wouldn’t feel that the completion of the inspection was becoming cumbersome.

The SG World Solution 

SG World’s Safe-scaff inspection system which was designed in conjunction with the CITB is a paper-based system that allows a scaffold inspection to be undertaken quickly and easily.

The product consists of a set of safety certificates featuring a checklist of items to be inspected and a set of Scaffold Status paddles.

Before the inspection takes place, the paddle which is fitted to the scaffold indicates that the scaffold is unsafe for use.

As each certificate is completed, a log is automatically generated that provides a chronological list of all inspections undertaken.  

Once the certificate has been successfully completed, it is placed inside the paddle indicating that it is now safe for use.

Should a scaffold fail its inspection, then the reasons are recorded on the certificate which is passed to the Site Manager for rectification. The paddle remains untouched indicating that the scaffold is still unsafe to use.

What the customer said…  

“After installing Safe-scaff, subsequent scaffold audits by the safety department have shown a significant improvement in the quality of scaffolds on our sites and Site Managers report that the system is user friendly and works well in the context of housebuilding. However, the most impressive statistic arrived recently when I completed the accident analysis for the past year. The number of accidents attributable wholly or in part to a scaffold defect had fallen from 17% to 1.7% - a huge improvement by any standard”.

Lisa McCaulder

Health & Safety Director

Morris Homes