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Platform Sales provides a comprehensive sales and hire service, providing powered access equipment and training to a range of industries in the UK - whatever your access requirement, we have the solution.
We have a huge selection of access equipment for hire and sale: scissor lifts, boom lifts, manlifts, personnel lifts, aluminium scaffold towers, vehicle mounted platforms (van and truck mounts) and trailer mounted booms.
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Many safety requirements are simply the application of common sense, and accidents are more likely to happen when common sense is absent.
The construction project for the 2012 London Olympics is estimated to be twice the size of Heathrow's Terminal 5 build, but the Olympic build is due to be delivered in half the time, with at peak building time over 12,000 people being employed on site. 98% of the facilities for the Games have been built by British companies, including working with scissor lifts, which has a worth of almost £6bn to the construction industry. An estimated 75,000 firms have won work related to the 2012 Olympics.
No matter what industry you work in, whatever your access needs, there is always a powered access solution - from scissor lifts to personnel lifts, cherry pickers to trailer mounted units. It may be difficult at first to know what type of aerial work platform you need for a specific job, but with a little research and some expert advice from a professional powered access provider, you can find the right machine for you.
Having the correct training for the powered access equipment you hire or use is essential. Not only is it an industry requirement that could result in legal issues and loss of insurance should you allow an untrained operative to use your equipment, but there is a very real and serious aspect of safety to consider when using aerial work platforms.
A brief guide to some of the scissor lift and access platforms available for use by the railway industry.
A scissor lift is an aerial work platform that moves vertically to enable users to reach heights of up to 20m. The mechanism creates a criss-cross ‘X' pattern as it rises and lowers, much like a pair of scissors. Scissor lifts are used for construction, maintenance, repairs and general access to high or difficult areas and are utilised by many different industries.
Safety is an important part of using an aerial work platform or any powered access equipment, whether it's a scissor lift, boom lift or personnel lift.
When you need an aerial platform - for long or short term use - it can be confusing to choose between the choices available. Which platform is right for the job? Which will be most versatile for all the uses you need it for?
