Up in the Derbyshire peaks, a large team of highly skilled Lyndon SGB operatives have been working on a two-year complex access contract at Stalybridge, near Glossop in North Derbyshire.

Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding

The project is best summed up by Lee Hamilton, Site Manager for Babcock International:

“I am happy to give a glowing report for the Lyndon SGB team who have been working for us over the last two years at Stalybridge.

We have required scaffolds in some very challenging locations, on steep slopes with limited space along tight busy roads and we have relied on Lyndon SGB’s teams vision, knowledge and experience to help us come up with designs/solutions to build scaffold structures to protect not only the crossings in the sections but also to protect the conductors we have had to lower to the ground to enable us to replace the towers.

We have also needed to change completion dates at very short notice on big and difficult items/builds for various reasons and Dave, Jamie and their teams have gone the extra mile to provide extra resource to complete them for us (which also included working night shifts) to ensure we still complete the contract on time.”

Another satisfied customer – just the way we like it at Lyndon SGB.

The large scale job on behalf of the National Grid through Babcock International, is in a challenging, remote region exposed to high-winds.

It required scaffold across the Stalybridge area (through the woods, alongside the reservoir, up the hillside and in and out of private and public dwellings and buildings).

The scaffolds to allow the Energy Alliance to carry out a major infrastructural improvement programme, replacing many of the 50-60m pylons.

The towers and overhead lines carry 400,000 volts – so specialist scaffolders who are used to working in this environment were required, erecting a mixture of tube and fitting and Haki system scaffolding.

Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding
Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding

The large scale job on behalf of the National Grid through Babcock International, is in a challenging, remote region exposed to high-winds.

It required scaffold across the Stalybridge area (through the woods, alongside the reservoir, up the hillside and in and out of private and public dwellings and buildings).

The scaffolds to allow the Energy Alliance to carry out a major infrastructural improvement programme, replacing many of the 50-60m pylons.

The towers and overhead lines carry 400,000 volts – so specialist scaffolders who are used to working in this environment were required, erecting a mixture of tube and fitting and Haki system scaffolding.

Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding
Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding

The scaffold and access solutions were all designed in-house by our design and engineering department, and carried out to DH-25 specification according to temporary scaffolding guidelines – ensuring maximum safety at all times, for the public, the energy workers and our scaffolding team.

Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding
Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding

When the towers were being replaced, the Lyndon SGB scaffold structures were used to support the six phase of overhead power lines – whilst also maintaining the safety clearance over the public highways that cross under the power network’s path.

Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding
Stalybridge Powerline Access Scaffold - Project - Lyndon Scaffolding

National Transmission Manager, David Carter said:

“It’s been an interesting job. Working in a National Park, over the Pennine Trail which couldn’t be closed to the public and on a very hilly location, next to a reservoir, with very limited room in places has provided plenty of challenges. It’s bread and butter for Lyndon SGB’s transmission team though, who are well trained and well used to projects like this.”