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As you see here, Lucia's elevating scaffolding conforms easily to this radius wall. With a lot of costly extra hardware and the labor to modify it. We also had some engine breakdowns that shut us down for days at a time.
"We switched over to our elevating scaffolding because our men could set-up these odd configurations almost as fast as straight walls," says McGraw. "It's also about one-third the money."
Lucia was also considering the use of the mast-climbing platforms along one side where the basement extended out past the face of the building.
"The engineers wouldn't let us do that because the point loads were so high," states Campbell. "Our adjustable scaffolding did a great job here because the point loads are only slightly higher than frames."
A Step in the Right Direction
TIM EVERETT, A MASON contractor in Braxton, Miss., regularly employed five to ten bricklayers. He saw an opportunity to make his business grow, but it was going to be a difficult growth phase and he saw hindrances in his daily operations.
"I was at a point where I knew we could do bigger jobs, but that would mean a big jump in the size of my crew and my payroll because I would be going after jobs with taller walls," explains Everett. "I was using frames and, if a couple of laborers didn't show up, my bricklayers would have to stop and raise their own walk boards, plus no scaffold got built ahead that day. That just cripples you unless you have a big crew you can shift around."
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