Housebuilders · Tool 02 of 18
Plot Scaffold Design Packs
One plot. One pack. £40. The scaffold design the site manager actually holds — drawings, base specification, trade usage schedule, method statement, risk assessment, inspection checklist and an indicative cost, plot by plot. Free your site teams from scaffold paperwork and put the hours back into quality.
From your site layout: plot drawings, base spec, trade-phase schedule, quality notes, method statement, risk assessment and checklist — one clear PDF.
Bricklayers, carpenters and roofers each get a one-page trade card. Five overlapping RAMS become one document everyone reads.
Packs are issued through the measured pilot programme while the self-serve upload launches. Pilot plots are free or half price, in exchange for the measurement.
What a pack saves — on your rates, not ours
Every figure below is an editable assumption. Change the rates to match your sites and the model recalculates the conservative and central cases live — the same model we measure against in an eight-week pilot. Nothing here is a guarantee; it is the hypothesis the pilot tests.
Your numbers
Defaults are typical UK housebuilding rates. The pack price is fixed at £40 per plot.
| Saving line | Conservative | Central | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total per plot | – | – | |
| Less pack cost | £40 | £40 | Fixed |
Preconstruction lines P1–P3; construction lines C1–C6. The incident line is an expected-value allowance only (1 in 500 to 1 in 200 plots) — it deliberately excludes the cost of a serious incident, which is the reason directors buy, not a line in a spreadsheet.
What £40 buys, every plot
- Scaffold drawings — plan and elevations with lifts, ties, loading bay, stair access, base and roof edge protection: the drawing the site holds
- Base and foundation specification — sole boards, hardcore strips, no standards on trenches or drainage, excavation zone-of-influence checks
- Trade-phase usage schedule — bricklayers, carpenters, roofers: which lifts, what load class, what loading-bay use, what hold point
- Quality-control notes — controls against mortar and cement staining, tube marks, tie damage and end-of-day protection, referenced to warranty standards
- Method statement and risk assessment — plot-specific, ready for the scaffolding contractor to adopt or mark up
- Inspection, permit and hold-point checklist — Work at Height Regulations 2005 inspections, handover, permit-to-load, alteration control
- Indicative cost — erect, hire, adaptions and dismantle as a range against your own rate card
Evidence you can put in front of anyone
Housebuilders are being asked to prove quality, not assert it — the New Homes Quality Code (2nd edition, in force March 2026) and the coming statutory New Homes Ombudsman make that direction of travel plain. The per-plot pack plus the site register is construction-stage evidence, ready without preparing anything special:
How did you plan, manage and monitor this scaffold? — the pack, base spec, inspection checklist and register, per plot (CDM 2015, WAHR 2005).
How was finished brickwork protected? — quality-control notes issued on every plot, tie strategy, making-good record at dismantle.
What quality controls were in place at construction stage? — a documented, repeatable per-plot control across the whole site.
An annual Temporary Works Control Statement from the register: plots designed, inspection compliance, alterations logged, defects trend — quality taken seriously, shown not said.
Pilot it, measured, in eight weeks
One site, ten to twenty plots, a two-week baseline, then packs on every new plot. We measure RAMS hours, adaptions, hire weeks, staining and inspection compliance against your baseline — and you keep the report. Pilot plots are free or half price in exchange for the measurement and a co-branded case study.
Scope & competence note
Every pack is a provisional design issued for confirmation by the scaffolding contractor’s competent person and acceptance by the Temporary Works Coordinator, in line with BS 5975:2024. Packs reference the Work at Height Regulations 2005, BS 5975-1:2024, BS EN 12811-1, BS EN 12810-1 and BS EN 1991-1-4. Outputs support scheme understanding and standard configurations; configurations outside a typical working range are flagged for engineered design, which Temporary Works Consulting & Design Ltd also provides. Savings shown by the calculator are illustrative assumptions to be validated by pilot measurement; no guarantee of savings, approval or compliance is given or implied, and no endorsement by any trade body or warranty provider is claimed.