A pedestrian passage provision incorporates an agreed walking route beside or beneath scaffold work into the assessed project arrangement.
What does this mean for your project?
The concept means more than an open bay between uprights. The route, activities overhead and people using it need consideration together. A shop visitor or resident does not automatically have the same access arrangements as someone participating in the construction activity.
Identify the entrance that must remain reachable and periods of concentrated use. Describe opening doors, deliveries and practical user requirements. This establishes a functional brief against which the executing parties can prepare an appropriate arrangement instead of assuming any visible gap will be sufficient.
A passage provision does not authorise every activity above the public. Different tasks may need further coordination. Keep information about temporary interruptions current and identify who warns users when the agreed route is unavailable or changes during the work.
Explore this subject through Access route and Guardrail.
One more
thing.
Is an open gap beneath scaffolding sufficient?
That cannot be concluded generally. The combination of route, activities and required provisions needs assessment.
Is the same passage available during erection?
Not necessarily. Erection and dismantling may create different temporary conditions requiring separate coordination.