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Located in the heart of London’s medical quarter at 64 Wimpole Street, the BDA’s Headquarters was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1967. The building has a variety of facilities for members and non-members alike, from an extensive members only library and informal working zone to Europe’s largest Dental Library and Museum Collection. The building is also used as a venue with numerous meeting rooms available for hire.

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We refer to the the industry workshop held on 2nd April 2008 and the report entitled ‘Risk issues associated with large TV/Video screens at public events’ ( www.scoss.org.uk/publications.asp ) which was issued at the same time.  
 
The HSE investigation into  the Millennium Point Fun Park TV screen collapse in June 2006 has now concluded. It is clearly important that the generic lessons are learnt from this incident; luckily no injuries occurred, but it could have been very different.
We have summarised these lessons below: -
 
Co-operation and co-ordination
  • No project can proceed effectively or safely without adequate co-operation and co-ordination between all parties. These must be implemented according to need, rather than on the basis of contractual obligation, payment or other determination.
Design issues
  • Where design is split between different parties it is essential that:
    • each party has suficient knowledge of the actual project circumstances,
    • one party has overall charge of the entire structure and is responsible for ensuring its overall robustness in all conditions.
  • Designs should be independently checked and reviewed.
  • The design wind speed must be chosen in conjunction with a credible management plan in the event it is predicted on site to be exceeded.
Competence
  • All parties must be competent to undertake the allocated role. Those engaging them must be satisfied as to their competence. This infers that the engaging party must themselves have the ability to assess the competence of other organisations. SCOSS has suggested the use of the CDM ACoP Appendix 4 as a model.
Management
  • The project must be managed appropriately, starting with the Client and including all other parties. This action should include a site operational management plan and explicit consideration of adequate timescales for safe execution.
  • In particular, the means by which design limited wind speeds are monitored, and the means by which action is taken if they are likely to be exceeded, must:
    • be managed by a competent person, able to take command of events on site where necessary.
    • be robust enough such that site inaccuracies in measurement do not compromise the safety margin allowed.
 General
  • The above comments represent no more than good business practice. As such they feature amongst the recommendations of the industry guide (Temporary Demountable Structures: Guidance on procurement, design and use. 3rd Edition) published by the Institution of Structural Engineers. They also reflect the comments made in the SCOSS Report noted in the opening paragraph.
  • However, the procedures and processes mentioned in 1-7 are also required by law: either directly (e.g. competency), or as a means to achieving a safe system of work.
 
 Further information can be obtained from:
 
John Carpenter
The Institution of Structural Engineers
11 Upper Belgrave Street
London
SW1X 8BH
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7235 4535
Fax: +44 (0)20 7235 4294
 

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