Masonry Magazine March 1979 Page. 5
MORGEN Scaffolding let Western States Masonry
bid low on year-long masonry job
When Western States Masonry bid the Bicentennial Arts Center in Salt Lake City, they were figuring in the production increase they were getting from Morgen Scaffolding and took the job from competitors who had frame scaffolding. The job called for 117,000 sq. ft. of brick and 57,000 sq. ft. of block.
The walls were 16" and 20" thick, all load-bearing, but requiring scaffolding outside the wall. Some walls were 90 feet high. On six-foot frames they would have had to jump the plank 15 times and wrestle 2" x 10" x 16" lumber up to 90 feet in the air.
Western States has used Morgen Scaffolding since 1971. Their first order was for 8 towers 20% feet high. They found it increased their production 20%. Now they own over 200 towers about 50 feet high.
They still own the 6-foot frames they had before they bought Morgen, but they use them only on jobs under 16 feet high.
Western States set up their Morgen Scaffolding on the Arts Center job and used it almost a year before it was disassembled to move to another job. They moved pairs of towers intact from wall to wall with a crane or fork lift. They stocked the scaffolding with a fork lift, crane or hoist.
The masons like Morgen because they are always at a good working height. The laborers like it because they have large platforms to work on. And Jerry Hofheinas, the owner, particularly likes it. Not only does it let him get the bids, but he sees an increased net profit when the jobs are done.
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