Masonry Magazine April 2011 Page. 31
A Product is Born
Back in 1970, Justin Breithaupt Jr., co-owner of Non-Stop Scaffolding Inc., found firsthand that a small increase in production causes a big jump in profit. He explains how his scaffold product came to be.
"I was interested in the idea of working waist-high, because I figured it would help me get more work done. There was a local Morgen dealer here, so I rented some. I did a job with it, and sure enough, we finished about 20 percent faster. When I ran the numbers, I was blown away. I more than doubled my profit. I knew right then I would never do another job without elevating scaffolding, but the scaffolding I rented had too many shortcomings, so I designed my own.
"I was so excited when I discovered the extra money I could make, I tried every idea I came across that would help my bricklayers work faster. I even made my own corner poles. My jobs were paying off like never before. I was doubling and tripling my estimated profit.
"I designed our scaffolding to work in individual towers, instead of having to be braced together continuously, like Morgen and all the other scaffolding available back then. Now you have seven-foot-wide modules you can place exactly where you need them to scaffold really cut-up work. You can turn them sideways to set up deep insets. It sets up just as fast on cut-up work as on straight walls. I also designed it to start on the ground, so you don't have to run any more walls scaffold-high and move your men." IMAS
A rule of thumb is that
105 feet of elevating scaffolding will replace two bricklayers.
this way, "On our 40-foot-and-under work, especially if there are ins and outs, we'll use our Non-Stop. On 40-foot-and-over long, straight walls, we'll tend to use our mast climbers, but only if there are multiple moves to make it worth the initial setup."
Does it make sense to buy elevating scaffolding in this economy? Only if it will pay its own way - meaning, returning more money in labor savings than is going out to pay for the scaffolding. An easy way to find out is to simply figure what it costs you to pay a mason for a month. That varies from $3,800 a month to $8,600 a month, depending on where you live. A rule of thumb is that 105 feet of elevating scaffolding will replace two bricklayers, and it may cost around $28,000 to buy it. Therefore, if you have four months of work ahead, the scaffold can save you $7,600 a month and pay for itself. Go ahead and buy it. IMAS
Justin Breithaupt Jr. is co-owner of Non Stop Scaffolding Inc.
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