PASMA Timeline

BS1139 part 6 updated

Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 250 introduced

PASMA Hire and Assembly founded

PASMA opens office in Glasgow

PASMA and HSE approve 3T and AGR tower build methods

HD1004 standard becomes EN1004 after 20 years development

Work at Height Regulations (WAHR) introduced

BS1139 part 6 standard launched

PASMA changes its name from Prefabricated Aluminium Scaffolding Manufacturers Association to Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association to reflect changes in the market

WC Youngman’s acquire Access International

WC Youngmans introduce Boss tower

Eurotower starts manufacturing

Access International formed merging Stephens & Carter, Zig-Zag and Hi-Way

PASMA employ a part time secretary

PASMA introduce tower users course

PASMA technical committee start work on HD1004

Monopolies & Mergers Commission estimate size of tower sales market as £12.6m

PASMA engage a full-time secretariat

PASMA employ a full time General manager

Genie start manufacturing GRP tower

Alto start manufacturing Alto heavy-duty tower

PASMA introduce first Code of Practice

PASMA employ Eric Abbey as a part time secretary

First PASMA tower users course run at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Stephens & carter launch their Climalite tower using 3mm thick walled tube with the outside diameter of scaffold tube to challenge steel towers

GKN Kwikform introduce Kwiktower using thicker wall but smaller diameter tube

Eiger Tower introduced as interchangeable with ZipUp

PASMA technical committee produce a first draft of an outline customer training programme which could be personalised by each manufacturing member

Zig-Zag start producing Zig-Zag tower

Aliscaff start manufacturing Aliscaff

Youngman start manufacturing Easi-build/SnapLock

PASMA first meetings with 4 founding members

Zig-Zag start tower production using a design produced by ex Access Equipment staff

Aliscaff start producing an alloy tower having starting out repairing damaged Access Equipment stock

W.C.Youngman start manufacturing Easibuild/Snaplock tower designed by ex Access Equipment staff

By autumn name of the association agreed as Prefabricated Aluminium Scaffolding Manufacturers Association (title suggested by Mike Mcguire) and a technical sub committee set up chaired by MM

By summer the four UK manufacturers meet to discuss setting up trade association

Health & Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) introduced

Fatal accident in spring time involving a Climalloy tower being moved on a US airbase in East Anglia

Stephens & Carter start manufacturing Climalloy

Official launch of Climalloy and S&C start returning their Martin Thomas contract hire stock

Stephens & Carter start producing Climalloy tower at Maldon

Mike McGuire starts at Stephens & carter, scraps Safeway, closes their factory and clears all Safeway stock to S&C factory at Maldon Essex

Stephens & Carter buy out Safeway, contract hire aluminium towers from Martin Thomas and approach Mike McGuire to develop a new aluminium tower

Mike Hancock sets up Safeway Towers in West Midlands

Access Equipment launch a new version of Zip-Up

John Rusling leaves Access Equipment and joins UpRight (Ireland)

UpRight moves production from Italy to Ireland

Martin Thomas start manufacturing Hi-Way

John Nichols starts Martin Thomas ltd and is joined by Grey Wilson also from Access Equipment

Mike McGuire interviewed for job at Access Equipment Ltd by John Nichols and starts working there in September

Werner apply for US patents for an aluminium tower design

William Moss start making Zip-Up under licence to Up-Right for a 10 year contract period with John Rusling as the M.D. of Access Equipment Ltd

William Moss move their access equipment production facility from N.W. London to Hemel Hempstead

William Moss and Wally Johnson in discussions about a new UK patent and a licence to manufacture (Zip-Up)

William Moss imports UpRight towers into UK

US Army Signal Corps issue tender for 204-ft missile tracking towers

Sales of UpRight tower begin

Wallace “Wally” Johnson patents design and builds factory

Wallace “Wally” Johnson designs a modular aluminium tower over Xmas break

Darnell Corp patent a locking castor for lightweight towers