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www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > August 2020 31 NEWS FROMCPA MEMBERS: 2 An award-winning Cornish based start-up and new CPA member has developed and patented a new product called ScaffFloat - a set of tough plastic floats specifically designed to integrate with standard scaffolding parts to make floating pontoons, rafts and versatile floating structures. Toby Budd, Founder and MD of WorkFloat said: “Interest has been much higher than we expected and there have been a number of applications for the system we never thought of. The system can also be delivered by scaffolding contractors once they are set up and trained as an approved delivery partner.” The company says that safety is key, so all pontoons and floating structures come with a full set of structural, buoyancy and stability calculations. Uses for ScaffFloat span several sectors including survey, drilling, geotechnical, renewables, oil and gas, civils, events, disaster relief and access. As well as standard flat top pontoons, the company is currently testing a range of ‘bolt-on’ modules that include spud legs, propulsion, welfare huts, lifting A-frames, deck cranes and loading ramps. Particular interest has also been shown for bridge projects, where pre- built structures can either be floated underneath and lifted into place, or a ScaffFloat pontoon can be lifted up under the bridge to provide access for repair works, or for scaffolders to install scaffolding. Float Your Scaffolding A ThousandWindows, Zero Scaffolding Restoration specialists Thomann-Hanry®have transformed the outward appearance of Marylebone’s Landmark London hotel, a member of the Leading Hotels of theWorld. The Grade II listed building features over 1000 windows and Thomann- Hanry®were tasked with redecorating all windows, window frames and sills, as well as over 50 doors and louvres as part of the external restoration. The project also encompassed around a mile of ornate metalwork, including the two main canopies, in addition to varnishing the main entrance woodwork and painting perimeter railings, balconies, downpipes and the front entrance canopy steelwork frame. The Thomann-Hanry® team of painters and decorators undertook the project over 20 weeks. As a company renowned for its façade gommage®work, carried out fromMobile Elevated Work Platforms, Thomann-Hanry®were a perfect fit for the Landmark’s management team - the use of MEWPs avoiding the costly and slow alternative of shrouding the building in unsightly scaffolding. In this way, the Landmark was able to operate entirely as usual throughout the works. Keith Price, the Landmark’s Chief Engineer said: “Painting the exterior wood and metalwork on a six storey, five star Grade II listed building in the busy Marylebone area has not been an easy task. The combined complication issues of occupancy and parking restrictions, compounded by adverse weather conditions, have been managed extremely well between the hotel management team and Thomann- Hanry®.” To submit news for consideration for future issues of the CPA Bulletin, please email: lisa@lisacollinscommunications.co.uk