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In the past I have written about the effect of wind on supported scaffolds. Well, again it’s that time of year when cold weather scaffold users start wrapping scaffolds in enclosures for weather protection and warmth. Since wrapping a scaffold in an enclosure seriously changes the forces that are...

I recall being on a jobsite some years ago where I saw an incredible cantilever beam rigging system for suspended scaffolding. Okay, it was a lot of years ago. But anyway, it was a 4×4 wood timber about 12 feet long stuck out over the edge of the roof about a foot or so. On the cantilevered end was...

How much? No, not money, but how much can the scaffold hold? Have you ever wondered about that? If you have, that is not good for the simple and straightforward fact that if you are involved with the rental, sale, erection or use of scaffolds you are required to know the answer. That’s right; it’s...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created by the United States Congress in 1970 in response to the injuries and deaths that were occurring in American workplaces. The law requires that employers provide “employees employment and a place of employment which are free from...

Well, are you competent? What if your boss asks you if you are competent? What if you are interviewing for a job and you are asked if you are competent in what you do? What will you answer? I’d like to think that I am competent in what I do. As you may know, I write an article for this magazine. Am...