14 Nov, 2021
TG20 provides the definitive guidance for scaffolding constructed with tube and fittings throughout the UK. TG20 comprises four elements; the Operational Guide, the Design Guide, the User Guide and the NASC’s innovative, user-friendly and widely-adopted eGuide software.
Up until March 2021, this bundle came only in the form of three hard copy guides and a digital download, and was titled TG20:13. TG20:13 was formally withdrawn, in favour of fully adopting TG20:21, on October 12 2021. Further information can be found here.
Through TG20:21 the guides and eGuide are now available online, with the improved and expanded software and the associated and updated Operational and Design Guides accessible via the NASC ePortal.
Keep reading for more on:
• NASC ePortal subscription costs • Accessing the NASC ePortal • What’s new in TG20:21 • Other NASC ePortal information
NASC ePortal subscription costs
New subscriptions and subscriptions renewals and be purchased from the NASC website shop. Users can pay for subscriptions on a one-, three- and five-year basis. Discounts are available to NASC members and for longer subscriptions. An itemised price list is available here.
Accessing the NASC ePortal
New TG20 users – Buy a new TG20:21 subscription. The purchase process captures the business name, contact email address and any NASC membership details. Registration instructions will be sent by email following purchase.
Existing TG20:13 users – Register for TG20:21, you will need your TG20:13 serial number which can be found by pressing the information i on the eGuide home screen.
The free period for TG20:13 purchasers in 2018 and before has now expired, a renewal subscription can be bought when logged in to the NASC ePortal. Purchasers in 2019 to 2021 still have free use until 12th January or 12th July 2022.
One serial number for each NASC full member has been set up as a continuous free subscription, the free subscription will last for as long as they remain an NASC member.
Subscription renewals can be bought before the expiry of the previous period, the new subscription period will be started from the end of the previous period.
What’s new in TG20:21
The TG20:21 eGuide builds on the TG20:13 eGuide software, with a number of revisions and additions to make the process of producing a compliant scaffold even simpler. Additions include exterior birdcages, tube and fitting mobile towers, tube and fitting loading bays without beams and tied independent scaffolds with three inside boards.
The TG20 compliance sheet is now double-sided, with the illustration and principal compliance criteria on the front side and the detailed compliance criteria listed on the reverse in landscape format.
The NASC has produced a PowerPoint presentation that provides a brief introduction to TG20:21 for scaffolders. It can be downloaded here. It explains what TG20 is and why it is needed as well as outlines some of the principal changes from the previous edition.
Lists of principal changes between TG20:13 guidance and TG20:21 guidance can be found at the back of the TG20:21 Design Guide and Operational Guide, they can also be found here:
- Principal changes between the TG20:13 Design Guide and the TG20:21 Design Guide,
- Principal changes between the TG20:13 Operational Guide and the TG20:21 Operational Guide.
The updated User Guide booklet was published in May, printed versions of the Operational and Design guides will be available shortly.
Other NASC ePortal information
In accessing TG20:21 via the NASC ePortal, users agree to abide by the Subscription Agreement and the End User Licence Agreement.
The ePortal is hosted in a Microsoft Azure data centre in Europe, which is accredited to ISO 27001.