Date: |
24 Jun 2025, 9.00AM – 4.30PM |
duration: |
7 hrs 30 mins |
Venue: |
Engineering New Zealand Wellington Office |
Address: |
Level 6/40 Taranaki Street Wellington |
CPD hours: |
8 hrs |
Cost: |
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Temporary works are highly regulated in the UK and Australia. In New Zealand, they’re becoming increasingly recognised as a fundamental element of on-site safety. The new Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) as well as WorkSafe guidelines, make clear and explicit the duties of clients, consultants, contractors and subcontractors towards temporary works.
This course, presented as a joint offering between Engineering New Zealand and the Temporary Works Forum NZ (TWfNZ) will be of value if you are involved in the consideration or implementation of temporary works, or have a responsibility to health and safety on sites that implement temporary works schemes. While the course does cover various technical aspects, a sound engineering background is not expected or required.
https://www.engineeringnz.org/news-insights/temporary-situation/
Learning outcomes
Key Areas of learning:
- Defining temporary works, common causes of failure and why they need to be adequately controlled.
- Duties towards HASWA, an introduction to procedural control and the role of the Temporary Works Coordinator.
- Basic concepts of design, working loads, factors of safety and common design checks.
- Awareness modules for the most common forms of temporary works, including factors that influence their design, correct use and errors.
- Where to find industry-recognised good practice and ongoing industry developments.
Each delegate will leave the course with a sound understanding of what constitutes good temporary works practice, with a grounding from which to act before poor practice leads to harm.
Target Audience
It is relevant for all levels of engineers, project managers, site managers, supervisors and foremen. H&S practitioners, contract managers and clients will all benefit from learnings of this course.
Course Format
Throughout the course, participants will review various examples of temporary works failures internationally and across New Zealand, what they have in common, understanding their root cause and where to find industry-recognised good practice.
Presenter information
Brendan Attewell (MICE, CEng, IntPE(UK), CMEngNZ, CPEng) is an Engineering Manager at Fletcher Construction and has duties across the wider construction division. His career has taken him from site-based roles constructing bridges, wharfs and outfall pipelines across New Zealand, Fiji and American Samoa, to working as a Principal Engineer at the UK’s leading specialist temporary works design consultancy (WHP) working on major rail infrastructure, deep basements and retained façade schemes across London.
Brendan’s extensive experience of working internationally for various clients, consultants and contractors has given him a unique experience on where New Zealand must improve to meet international best practice.
Melissa Bester with 12 years in civil construction and 5 years specializing in Temporary Works (TW), Melissa Bester excels in establishing and managing TW processes. Her meticulous coordination between site teams and designers ensures safe and efficient project execution.
This course looks at factors attributing to the safe design, construction, use, maintenance and removal of temporary works. Useful to engineers and managers working in the construction sector, the course will cover New Zealand Law, industry good practice, procedural control, basic design theory, and awareness modules for each of the most common forms of temporary works. Please scroll down for more information.
Temporary works are highly regulated in the UK and Australia. In New Zealand, they’re becoming increasingly recognised as a fundamental element of on-site safety. The new Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) as well as WorkSafe guidelines, make clear and explicit the duties of clients, consultants, contractors and subcontractors towards temporary works.
This course, presented as a joint offering between Engineering New Zealand and the Temporary Works Forum NZ (TWfNZ) will be of value if you are involved in the consideration or implementation of temporary works, or have a responsibility to health and safety on sites that implement temporary works schemes. While the course does cover various technical aspects, a sound engineering background is not expected or required.
https://www.engineeringnz.org/news-insights/temporary-situation/
Learning outcomes
Key Areas of learning:
- Defining temporary works, common causes of failure and why they need to be adequately controlled.
- Duties towards HASWA, an introduction to procedural control and the role of the Temporary Works Coordinator.
- Basic concepts of design, working loads, factors of safety and common design checks.
- Awareness modules for the most common forms of temporary works, including factors that influence their design, correct use and errors.
- Where to find industry-recognised good practice and ongoing industry developments.
Each delegate will leave the course with a sound understanding of what constitutes good temporary works practice, with a grounding from which to act before poor practice leads to harm.
Target Audience
It is relevant for all levels of engineers, project managers, site managers, supervisors and foremen. H&S practitioners, contract managers and clients will all benefit from learnings of this course.
Course Format
Throughout the course, participants will review various examples of temporary works failures internationally and across New Zealand, what they have in common, understanding their root cause and where to find industry-recognised good practice.
Presenter information
Brendan Attewell (MICE, CEng, IntPE(UK), CMEngNZ, CPEng) is an Engineering Manager at Fletcher Construction and has duties across the wider construction division. His career has taken him from site-based roles constructing bridges, wharfs and outfall pipelines across New Zealand, Fiji and American Samoa, to working as a Principal Engineer at the UK’s leading specialist temporary works design consultancy (WHP) working on major rail infrastructure, deep basements and retained façade schemes across London.
Brendan’s extensive experience of working internationally for various clients, consultants and contractors has given him a unique experience on where New Zealand must improve to meet international best practice.
Melissa Bester with 12 years in civil construction and 5 years specializing in Temporary Works (TW), Melissa Bester excels in establishing and managing TW processes. Her meticulous coordination between site teams and designers ensures safe and efficient project execution.
Presenters
Melissa Bester
