Two construction companies have been fined under work at height regulations following the collapse of a five-storey scaffold tower in Birmingham City Centre.rnIn December 2006, scaffolding measuring 50ft high and spanning 100ft along the side of a building, collapsed across a pedestrian walkway at 6.40pm. CCTV images shown to Birmingham magistrates court showed Christmas shoppers passing within seconds of the collapse.rnSGB Services Ltd, Surrey, the company that erected the scaffold, was fined a total of ￡4,000 and ordered to pay costs of ￡6,000, after pleading guilty to a breach of Regulation 8(b) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 (WAHR), in that it failed to ensure that the working platforms it had installed were erected to ensure that components did not become accidentally displaced as to endanger workers or passers-by.
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