Building Tomorrow Together: Uniting Insights and Innovation in Construction

II 5 is the operated by CS Platforms, a UK-based construction machinery SME. 

Inefficient and unsafe ladders, scaffolding and work platforms pose safety hazards for tradespeople. Conventional climbing equipment is cumbersome, prone to causing accidents and difficult to transport. In the UK, 10Million workers work at height annually (APPG,2020), resulting in over 330K reported non-fatal injuries annually from falls, slips and carrying. The toll for 2022 includes 3.4Million+ lost working days and 66 fatalities. Based on the forementioned the data shows, that employers faced cost impact of £1.9Billion/year. In addition, the UK government was the cost bearer of £2.1Billion/year in workplace injuries and work related ill health, with the NHS incurring £294Million/year in extra expenses due to additional A&E costs and 98K extra bed days annually, threatening the sustainability of the entire industry (HSE,2022). 

CS Platforms is developing the first self-propelled, modular mobile work platform for UK-based tradespeople and businesses working at heights below 3m.

Compared to competitors, CS Platforms’ solution has a unique combination of modularity and multifunctionality that ladders, scaffoldings and bulky work platforms do not have. C-Surf One’s portability and multifunctionality reduce setup time by 60% and logistical efforts by 70%. The product enables safer, less physically demanding work. Existing elevated work equipment is heavy, prone to accidents and logistically challenging. C-Surf One reduces the risks of accidents by 90%. Other key features include its self-propulsion and automatic lifting capabilities, which are missing from traditional elevated working equipment. This increases efficiency by up to 50% compared to conventional climbing equipment.