What does digital transformation actually look like inside one of the world's largest industrial services companies?

In this episode of The Brace Yourself Podcast Steve Corden, Operational Excellence & Technical Director at KAEFER UK & Ireland shares the lessons from almost four decades in the industry.

Starting as a scaffold design engineer after a professional football career was cut short, Steve covers how engineering has evolved from drawing boards to digital delivery, why KAEFER focuses on being an early adopter of proven technologies, and how better use of data is transforming projects around the world.

What does digital transformation actually look like inside one of the world's largest industrial services companies?

In this episode of The Brace Yourself Podcast Steve Corden, Operational Excellence & Technical Director at KAEFER UK & Ireland shares the lessons from almost four decades in the industry.

Starting as a scaffold design engineer after a professional football career was cut short, Steve covers how engineering has evolved from drawing boards to digital delivery, why KAEFER focuses on being an early adopter of proven technologies, and how better use of data is transforming projects around the world.

Too often, scaffolding  is treated as a commodity instead of one of the biggest drivers of safety, programme and cost. 

In this episode, Ben and Simon are joined by temporary works specialist Francis Kwateng, who brings over 25 years of civil engineering experience from both contractor and client-side leadership. 

They explore why so many scaffolding projects go wrong before a single standard is erected, why early engagement changes everything, and whether the industry should finally move beyond the endless debate of system scaffold vs tube & fitting. 

If you're involved in scaffolding, temporary works, construction management or civil engineering, this episode is packed with practical insights you can apply on your next project. 

What really happens behind the scenes at ScaffChamp? 👀

In the first of 3 brand new in-studio episodes of The Brace Yourself Podcast, Ben & Simon take a look back at this year’s ScaffChamp competition.

Featuring clips from the event, familiar faces from the scaffolding community, behind-the-scenes moments and plenty of laughs — this episode breaks down the stories, characters and moments that made ScaffChamp one to remember.

From different teams and different approaches, to the chaos that happens away from the build — we’re bringing you the moments you might have missed.

This week Ben and Simon are joined by the brilliant Brandon Marton, President of the Access Association of Canada and CEO of Hinton Access Solutions.

This episode covers the conversation of how we make moves in the industry to raise standards, get scaffolding recognised as a trade globally and takes a deep dive into what scaffolding is like at site level in Canada.

Talking all things apprenticeships, ScaffChamp 2026 – and Jay Brown takes on our 30-Second Doghouse challenge.

And trust us, it’s well worth a watch 🫣 🤣

Steve started his career as a Rope Access Technician back in 2004 – yeah, we're not sure why we allowed him on the pod either! 🥊

Since then he's spent the last 20 years working on some of the most complex and iconic bridge structures in Europe. 

Watch to the end for an EPIC Penthouse segment, you won't want to miss it.

Ben and Simon put their burning questions to two of scaffolding’s biggest trade bodies.

This week’s guests, Clive Dickin, CEO of NASC and Rob Thiess, Chair of SAA are put under the spotlight in our most heated episode yet.  

Brace Yourselves! You won’t want to miss this one 

Hosts Ben and Simon from ScaffPlan welcome Simon Turner, GM at ScaffDeck for a deep dive into suspended access, Simon's 20+ years experience, his favourite projects over the years and what it's like living and working in the scaffolding industry in the UAE. 

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Ben and Simon are joined by Nick Kozik from boutique investment bank, TKO Miller talking all things mergers and acquisitions. 

Stay to the end for everyone's favourite segment, Penthouse to the Doghouse, where your hosts and their guest judge the best and worst scaffolding from around the world.

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