Masonry Magazine December 2015 Page. 40
SCAFFOLDING
A growing number of projects require masons to work in areas where there is little room between structures to set up scaffolds.
"Using the right equipment can mean the difference between profits and loss," says Clint Bridges, VP of EZ Scaffolding. ''A scaffold that puts the worker at a safe and productive level is what you strive to accomplish. Going cheap and rigging some�thing up can actually cost you much more in loss of production, not to mention injuries, etc. than using the right equipment"
A growing number of projects require masons to work in areas where there is little room between structures to set up scaffolds. Elevator shafts, stairwells, balconies and alcoves are familiar tight-squeeze tasks for masons, but more and more jobs are requiring masons to work in narrow alleys or breezeways between buildings or in confined courtyards.
"Elevator shafts and staircases seem to be at the top;' says Mike Solomon, CEO of Premier Scaffold Solutions. "It's also common in downtown areas across the USA and working in alleyways or off different floor elevations is becoming more frequent."
Elevating scaffolding and new mast climbers designed to work in tight spaces reduce the amount oftime masons must spend setting up scaffolding and make feeding materials up to the platform easier, as well.
Innovations in elevating scaffolding, mast climbers
JUSTIN BREITHAUPT, owner of Non-Stop Scaffolding, says that elevating scaf�folding products are proving to be very successful for tight jobs. In the past, elevating scaffolding has been considered only helpful for tall and straight walls. This is changing as masons are finding success in using elevating scaffolding for tight fit and cut-up jobs.
"Surprise, surprise, it turns out that elevating scaffolding happens to be the best solution for cut-up, sawtooth and tight spots:' he says.
lmage(s) courtesy of Premier Scaffold
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