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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

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 of these items are the three important safety objectives that underpin the choice of erection methodology?

Choosing craneage to lift and place the steelwork
Maintaining the stability of the part-erected structure
Reducing the time taken for site operations
Providing safe access to working positions

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

Structural frames built in which one of the following materials are easily adaptable in use and readily demountable as well as recyclable?

Concrete
Steel
Timber
Masonary

Which of the following is the most important step that contributes towards safe practice?

Providing good canteen facilities on site
Only undertaking work during daylight hours
Ensuring that competent persons are mobilised to undertake the task in hand
Establishing a personal relationship with the site safety officer

Which two of these steps available during execution can most contribute towards making steel the safe solution?

Use of trial erection
Use of new cranes
Use of scaffolding
Use of the part-erected steelwork to gain access to subsequent working positions

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 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

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

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