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CAN YOU ANSWER THIS? It is somewhat surprising how creative workers can get when it involves scaffolding. Just when it seems all the questions have been answered, along comes a question that raises an issue that was never addressed. Challenge yourself to these questions and see if your answer...

Spring is in the air, the birds are chirping and scaffolds are being built. Can life get any better? It used to be that contractors feared winter in the northern regions of North America. Cold temperatures, snow, wind and generally miserable conditions prompted owners and contractors to curtail...

A description of proper scaffold bracing techniques for power plant boilers and similar industrial applications. When it comes to scaffold bracing, when is there enough bracing? Certain untrained erectors, and users, assume that if the scaffold isn’t falling down, then there is enough bracing; not...

The OSHA standards require a scaffold user to have training. One of the requirements of that training is that the user must know “The maximum intended load and the load carrying capacities of the scaffold used” [29 CFR 1926.454(a)(4)]. (In case you are wondering, erectors are suppose to know this...

Last month, we discussed the importance of bracing and the effect that bracing has on the strength and stability of a scaffold. We also discussed the effects the brace connection to the scaffold leg have on the strength of the overall scaffold. Finally, we discussed that there are various types of...