1. Health and Safety Executive Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations 2010 Gavin Bye, Construction Sector A presentation to CONIAC, March 2010

2. New Regulations laid Monday 22 February 2010 coming into force 06 April 2010 Scope - conventional tower cranes on construction sites

3. Requirements Notify to HSE certain information: crane owner/lessor details; address of construction site; crane identification details; date of thorough examination (t/e); t/e carried out for whom? Details; did t/e reveal defects reportable defects? Trigger for notification – the t/e.

4. INDG437 http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/indg437.htm Web-friendly version available at: Guidance

5. The Register Available at: http://www.cranesregister.org.uk. Cost - £20 per notification, payment via the website. Input - uploaded directly by duty-holder. Enquiry - enquiry form available on website. Output - interrogation by HSE only. Holding the notified information HSE will be able to handle hard copy Input, payment, Enquiries

6. The Register http://www.craneregister.org.uk/

7. The Register – crane details

8. The Register - enquiry

9. Communications Duty-holders HSE website; trade press; mail shots; press releases… and… Around 6 April, with…

10. Communications Members of the public: site posters; HSE website… Around 6 April, with…

11. Evaluation Report to HSE Board, Ministers after a year on: –the numbers of registrations by duty- holders; –number of enquiries from the public; –enforcement and other activity taken by HSE inspectors in relation to Regulations

12. Operational Work Head office visits done - report prepared and results shared with tower crane industry body Industry committed to full competence 31.12.2010 2010 – 11 plan shifts emphasis to on site visits with contractors Follow up work on design underway on early HSL results (wind)