Masonry Magazine March 2005 Page. 27
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JUST AS WOMEN HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS that it's the accessories that make the outfit work, mason contractors who are "in the know" are just as savvy with how to accessorize their work equipment for that perfect combination. While bangles, bracelets and diamonds are a girl's best friend, it's brackets, hoists and weather enclosures that are the jewel of the mason contractor's eye when it comes to accessorizing their scaffolding units.
"When the scaffold is at the wall, it's doing what it is supposed to do, which is making the contractors money," says Justin Breithaupt, Owner of Non-Stop Scaffolding, Inc., of Shreveport, La. "Now, there are a lot of things that contractors do with their scaffolding. They have to move it from wall to wall, job to job, and they have to use it in unusable situations, like during inclement weather. But if it's efficient in one area, but for instance horribly inefficient to move from wall to wall, or from job to job, then it wouldn't be doing what people bought it for. That's the reason why we have accessories."
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