BS 6037-1:2017
Planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment. Code of practice. Suspended access equipment
- Standard No.
- BS 6037-1:2017
- Release Date
- 2017
- Published By
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Latest
- BS 6037-1:2017
- Scope
- What is this standard about? It gives guidance and recommendations on the planning, design, installation, safe use, examination, maintenance and testing of permanently installed suspended access equipment (SAE). NOTE 1: SAE is generally a platform suspended by steel wire ropes from a securely mounted overhead structure (suspension rig). It is normally capable of being raised and lowered and moved laterally across the façade of a building. SAE includes equipment installed on a building to assist with continuing routine maintenance of the building. NOTE 2: This British Standard does not cover industrial rope access and work positioning techniques, recommendations for which are given in BS 7985 . Who is this standard for? It will be used in a wide range of sectors including: Building construction and maintenance, including building refurbishment Transport Shipbuilding and marine engineering Food and manufacturing industries Telecommunications Entertainment Equipment hire Work at height training organizations Test bodies Within these sectors responsibility for design and safe use and operation lies with the manufacturers and designers of SAE who will use the standard for design and quality management. Building owners, facility managers, safety officers and specifiers will use the standard to ensure the provision of safe equipment in construction, refurbishment and facilities management. Other users will include: Architects Structural and construction engineers Specialist access consultants Principal designers <...
BS 6037-1:2017 history
- 2017 BS 6037-1:2017 Planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment. Code of practice. Suspended access equipment
- 2003 BS 6037-1:2003 Code of practice for the planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment - Suspended access equipment
