[Closed] Anybody on here involved in temporary works coordination?

After today's exam I can see why no one has replied 🤣

A few of our site managers have done a course it did get a bit daft for a while... have you got a design for this that an the other,now tend to pass the temp design onto sub contractor with us main contractor approving. We go to structure Engineer for things like hoarding and fencing design as reqd. Hth

Involved in the design side. Frustrations on my end tend to be the crap info we get (particularly crane lift plans), last minute realisations that maybe someone should think about the structure at the edge of the 2-storey basement that's about to be constructed and an amazing amount of 'but there's tarmac down so surely you can just say the 100t piling rig next to the rail line will be fine' attitude. That and the unwillingness to pay for what has the potential to pay for high risk work. A good designer should make life easier for you as they'll provide the right info and raise the right queries. That and thinking about temp works as soon as the project gets going (ideally before).

It's the small items that concern me. I know it's the hse's favourite new subject. Register for everything from site cabins, to heras fencing, to pedestrian barrier. I can understand the design brief element required in say back propping an in situ floor that you suddenly what to put a 40t crane on but the other stuff seems crazy.
Been an eye opener for sure.

Effectively it's a project in itself to get the design and build completed. It will also out live the building project in some instances.

In 2007 I did several site visits to Canary Wharf whilst they removed all the sheet piling from the old coffer dam. As involved as putting up the buildings. Plus the fun of dealing with the Jubilee Line and not filling it with water and not annoying the office workers with the piling removal rig.