Masonry Magazine January 2007 Page. 38
ADJUSTABLE SCAFFOLDING
you are, because we have the ability for our scaffold to cut up walls by providing bearing points for your boards instead of guys out there having to rig something up."
Other manufacturers of adjustable scaffolding include Crank Up Scaffolding and Action Scaffold Manufacturing Co.
Care and Maintenance
EVERY MANUFACTURER of adjustable scaffolding likes to say a major benefit of investing in their systems is the lack of a requisite maintenance program. All a mason contractor needs, they say, is proper training on assembly and take down (provided at no extra cost by EZ Scaffold and Non-Stop), and he or she is ready to go to work. However, most companies provide daily and monthly inspection checklists that they recommend mason contractors follow.
"Inspections will reveal any problems they might have," Breithaupt said. "If there is a problem with a bad cable, they'll be able to spot it. Of course, that would be a replacement item rather than a maintenance item."
Bridges concurred with that statement. "We really don't have a lot of maintenance issues because we build such a strong, durable scaffold," he said. Of course, Bridges admitted that there are points of concern for which mason contractors should pay attention to keep a well-maintained scaffold.
"If the steel is damaged in any way that compromises the strength or the ability to keep the scaffold straight and plumb, then it needs to be taken out of service. Clint Bridges, vice president of EZ Scaffold."
Further, EZ Scaffold and other manufacturers recommend that contractors inspect their scaffolding every time they set it up. "Cross-bracing and the trueness of the scaffold are easy things to check while it is on the wall because [problems are] very easy to spot that way," Bridges said.
For other points of consideration, first think about the materials used to manufacture the bulk of the adjustable scaffolding. Heavy-duty structural steel is the material of choice, resulting in durable scaffold systems that generally are not too cumbersome to store and transport when using the proper equipment. Naturally, depending upon the climate and how much use one gets from a particular elevat-
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