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The RUBB EFASS range is undoubtedly setting the standards for the design and rapid deployment of demountable structures. However many people are unaware that the EFASS range is also the pioneer for health and safety erection standards.
The building is designed to be erected at ground level. Each component has been engineered to be positioned using no more than a two person handling technique with smaller items ably carried whilst larger items can be wheeled into position where a forklift truck is unavailable.
Unpacking a 20ft container. Trolleys to move the aluminium.
The smaller items inevitably are fixed together at ground level to construct large portal building frames, complete with specific proven lifting points. Using these lifting points, along with a unique RUBB certified lifting technique, these frames are winched upright from ground level. Even the PVC covering membrane is installed at ground level using another unique specific installation method.
Overall if we compare the erection methods of the EFASS to the erection methods of a standard portal frame building, taking into consideration compliance to health and safety regulations the two could not be further apart on the scales.
For Example: The HSE work at height regulations (2005) set out a hierarchy of control for work at height, as detailed below:
- Low Risk = Avoid work at height where possible (work at ground level)
- Medium Risk = Work at height using work equipment or other measures to prevent falls (i.e. powered access platforms, scaffolding etc)
- High Risk = Work at height using work equipment or other measures to reduce the distance and consequences of a fall should one occur (i.e. fall arrest lanyards, netting etc)
Below is a table using the above information to compare the EFASS against a standard building erection method:
As you can see from the figures in the table above, the EFASS performs very highly on the hierarchy of control. When you add the fact that the work at height regulations were issued in 2005 and the EFASS was designed in 2000, the innovative design proves RUBB Buildings Ltd are working ahead of the times. Due to this fact RUBB Buildings Ltd have been and continue to be requested to provide site specific, as well as generic methods of erection to external contractors and clients.
