Steel the safe solution quiz

Please answer the following 10 multiple choice questions, then click 'submit' to check the result. The pass mark for a CPD certificate is 8 out of 10, and you may retake the quiz as many times as you wish, but the questions will vary! Please note that one, two, three or all of the possible answers presented for each question may be right, and to gain a mark for that question all correct answers must be identified.

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Steel the safe solution

When erecting a single storey building which is the type of crane that would most generally be used?

Tower crane
Mobile telescopic crane
Crawler crane
Gantry crane

Which two of the following statements are true?

Designers are not obliged to consider whether their schemes can be safely built
It is necessary to consider every conceivable scenario when planning for safe construction
The choice of building materials has a major influence on what is achievable in terms of safe construction
The benchmark of safe practice should be established by industry practitioners

Which are the three main hazards that occur during steel erection?

Moving large heavy components into position
The part-erected structure can be unstable
Erection is done on sites that are difficult to reach
Each project is different

How can frame designers contribute most effectively to ensuring steelwork is erected safely?

By having a dialogue with those responsible for planning and undertaking the work on site
By a comprehensive series of notes on the drawings issued for construction
By designing to keep the weight of each steel member as low as possible
By specifying that steel erectors should never exit the basket of a MEWP at height

Which one of the following would be beyond the scope of competence to be expected of a typical steelwork contractor?

Erection on a city centre site
Drilling concrete
Using bonding adhesives
Erection on a contoured site

Which two of the following are the necessary steps in getting a site task done safely?

Reporting back to company head office on progress
Setting out what is involved in the task in hand
Completing each task as quickly as possible to reduce the time at risk
Identifying who is to undertake the task

When should steel erectors be allowed to climb on to the steelwork?

Never
Any time that an experienced erector decides
Only after a suitable method has been established in advance
Only whilst two safety lanyards are both attached, one to a MEWP and one to the steelwork

The BCSA has developed industry safe site practice for which three of the following situations?

Erection of multi-storey buildings
Erection of grandstands and stadia
Steel erection in windy conditions
Metal decking and stud welding

Which of the following statements is true?

Steel erection is always risky
Steel erection is never risky nowadays
Steel erection is hazardous but not risky if properly managed
Steel erection is always risky even if properly managed

Which three of these steps available to the designer can contribute towards making steel the safe solution?

Use of computers to model the erection sequence
Use of Eurocodes
Use of connection types that are standard wherever possible
Use of off-site prefabrication as far as practicable