Masonry Magazine March 2004 Page. 52
ADJUSTABLE SCAFFOLDING
While some contractors have continued to use
conventional frame scaffolding
due to tradition, the ones that have changed
say they are never going back.
After studying the possible advantages he could gain by
changing to elevating scaffolding, he decided to go ahead.
"I've never looked back!" says Everett. "When we roll up
on a job now, we set up the scaffold one time and we're
done. No more building and tearing down frames. I've got
a man who can grab those towers with the forklift and
move them around in no time. My bricklayers don't do
anything but lay brick. My production has gone through
the roof."
At the time he was interviewed, Everett had been using his
new scaffolding for about 16 months, and has stepped up his
daily operations, now working 20-25 bricklayers efficiently.
When asked if it had helped him out of any especially tough
spots, he didn't take long to ponder his response.
"That's an easy one to answer," Everett immediately
says. "We had a bunch of 25-foot-high gable walls to build
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Tim Everett uses a crane to place complete towers in tough spots.
on top of a three-story church. That would have been a
nightmare on frames hauling every piece up there and
then the erection and dismantle on every wall. It would
have taken absolutely forever.
"I made a deal to use the General Contractor's crane
and fly the towers in place, boards and all," continues
Everett. "In six picks, we were done. It only took us an hour
to scaffold that first gable, and about two hours to fly them
from wall to wall after that. We mopped up."
The use of adjustable scaffolding has not only helped
this mason contractor with how his crew is working, but
also where they're working.
"This new way has really streamlined my day-to-day
operation," says Everett. "It helped me step-up to doing big
commercial work and still maintain tight control. We are
very productive, with fewer men, which is good because it's
really hard to find bricklayers around here."
The experience of these two companies is pretty typical
of elevating scaffolding users. While some contractors have
continued to use conventional frame scaffolding due to
tradition, the ones that have changed say they are never
going back. They all agree that adjustable scaffolding has
assisted in their bottom-line.
John Clements, co-owner of Masonomics, Inc., of
Louisville, Ky. has been using elevating scaffolding for over
ten years and can adequately sum up the main overall
advantage for mason contractors.
"When the block stops the money stops," states Clements.
"It would be a giant step backward to do our jobs with any-
thing other than our climbing scaffold."
Justin Breithaupt, Jr. is the Owner of Non-Stop Scaffolding,
Inc. Non-Stop has been manufacturing elevating scaffolding
since 1975.