Meet our Experts: Simon Ham, CantiDeck Project Manager
CantiDeck Q&A.
(video transcript)

My name is Simon Ham and I’m a CantiDeck Project Manager.

What is a CantiDeck?

CantiDeck is a crane-loading platform predominantly used for high-rise construction, loading materials in and out of buildings but also used more and more now for underground shaft access.

What are your role responsibilities?

In my job role I look after the technical side of CantiDeck both the external consultancy with customers and also internally with our own staff but the office the workshop or the on-site teams.

How do you work with other teams?

The way I get involved with the project is, an enquiry would come in and our internal team would field it to me if there’s an element of technical consultancy needed.

What do you do to help customers with CantiDeck?

I help customers with the full life cycle of the product, when they’ve got it on site, looking after any technicalities they may come across, during the consultancy the installation or the use. I look after the teams of installers which can go from anywhere from providing a training service on site, all the way through to a full installation and product management package.

What is the benefit of using CantiDeck compared to traditional methods?

The benefit of a CantiDeck over a traditional method like scaffolding is the ease of deployment, it is very fast to set up, can be installed in anywhere between 30 minutes to just a couple of hours on a very complex installation. Traditional methods like scaffolding could take days, sometimes weeks to set up.

How is safety prioritised with the CantiDeck solution?

The CantiDecks have a number of benefits from a safety perspective, with the installation of additional edge protection which is available to increase the height of the sides. Other benefits include logistics, reducing the number of vehicles coming to and from site. Being a single unit the area beneath the CantiDeck is clear, reducing the amount of space that it obstructs on our site.

One project that I worked on was on the Crossrail Project, where we installed the CantiDeck into an adit down a shaft and built a completely bespoke propping system for it.

The benefits of the CantiDeck in this project was that they needed to carry on down with the shaft and still have access into the adits while the construction still continued below.

What training do we offer?

We offer CantiDeck training, which is a theory session, a question session and an installation session. It helps to ensure that your workers on-site are adequately trained and competent in using the system.