What is this BS 7212 about?
BS 7212 gives recommendations for the installation, maintenance, examination, and operation of construction hoists, including hoistway protection, and on the management of these activities.
NOTE: Such hoists are used to transfer persons and/or goods between defined landing levels on sites of engineering and construction. They are not intended for use as temporary working places giving variable height access to specific areas.
BS 7212 is not applicable to:
- Rope driven passenger/goods hoists
- Hoists with platforms without sides providing protection conforming to BS EN 12158-1
- Inclined and vertical furniture hoists
- Concrete skip hoists
- Permanently installed lifts and hoists
- Mast climbing work platforms
- Mobile elevating work platforms
- Gin wheels
- Chain hoists and unguided wire rope hoists/winches
- Runway beams
- Suspended cradles
- Building maintenance units
- Wind turbine and tower crane access lifts
- Belt and chain conveyors
- Capstan winches
- Hoists powered by direct drive internal combustion engines
- Formwork hoist and climbing support system
Who is this BS 7212 for?
BS 7212 on safe use of construction hoists useful for:
- Civil engineers for the purpose of design and analysis of civil engineering structures such as buildings, dams, roads, railways, and airports
- HSE representatives
- Construction industries
- Manufacturer and supplier of construction elements or products
- Technical authority
Why should you use this BS 7212?
Construction hoists are commonly used when constructing high-rise buildings to transport personnel, tools, equipment, and materials between floors
BS 7212 provides recommendations for the selection, planning, siting, erection, alteration and dismantling of hoists. This will help you to ensure work methods are followed, maintain, and monitor all the controls in good working order to mitigate, reduce or control the risk identified.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS 7212:2016 supersedes BS 7212:2006, which is withdrawn.
This is a full revision of the standard, and introduces the following principal changes:
- New recommendations regarding the role of hoist supervisor
- New recommendations for dealing with temporary works
- New recommendations for transporting of scaffolding materials in hoists
- New recommendations for driverless hoists
