Why Debris Netting Requirements Differ on Urban and Public-Facing Sites
Debris netting requirements are heavily influenced by the relationship between the construction site and the public spaces around it. A site in open countryside with no public…
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Practical guidance on safety netting, fall protection and compliance, written for principal contractors, site managers and roofing trades.
The Role of Anchorage Design in Safety Netting Performance
Safety nets perform as fall-arrest systems only if their anchorages perform. The net itself is rated to absorb a defined energy from a fall, but that absorption depends entirely…
Vertical Safety Netting - When It’s Required and How It Should Be Specified
Vertical safety netting addresses a specific category of fall and falling-object risk that horizontal catch netting does not cover. Where catch netting is installed beneath an…
How Red Safety Netting Coordinates With Scaffold on Live Construction Sites
The interface between scaffold and safety netting is one of the more underrated coordination points on a construction site. The two systems share physical space, share fixing…
Why Safety Netting Is a Principal Contractor’s CDM Responsibility, Not Just a Subcontractor’s
Fall protection on UK construction sites is most often discussed as a subcontractor concern. The safety netting contractor is procured, the install is scheduled, the certificate…
What Happens After a Fall - Post-Incident Inspection and Net Replacement
A safety net that has caught a falling person has done its job. It has prevented an injury that would, in the absence of the net, have ranged from serious to fatal. But the net…
Managing Fall Protection Across Multiple Plots on Large Commercial Developments
Fall protection on a single plot is straightforward. Fall protection across a large residential development with dozens of plots at different stages of construction at any one…
ISO 9001 Alongside FASET: What Dual Certification Means for Principal Contractors Procuring Fall Protection
FASET accreditation is the procurement signal that has come to define competence in safety netting. It tells a principal contractor that the contractor has been independently…
How Clearance Geometry Determines Whether Safety Netting Will Perform in a Fall
Safety nets that look correctly installed can still fail to protect an operative in a fall. The reason is rarely the net itself or the anchorage. It is the clearance geometry…
Why CSCS Certification Matters When Appointing a Safety Netting Contractor
Site cards have become so routine on UK construction sites that they are often treated as a procedural formality - something checked at induction, recorded on a register, and…
Why Fall Protection Planning Should Start Before Work Begins
Fall protection on a construction site is too often treated as a reactive discipline - netting installed when the roofing gang arrives, edge protection erected when a gap becomes…
How Safety Netting Supports the Roofing Programme on New Build Developments
On a new build residential development, safety netting and roofing are not independent activities. They’re interdependent - the netting needs to be in place before roofing work…
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