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What would you do if I made you this offer: give me fifty dollars today, and in return you will get back one hundred dollars tomorrow? This is a no-brainer, right? Who wouldn’t want a 100% return on their investment – not to mention in one day! Unfortunately for all of us, there is no such...

While some may believe there are no useful regulations, and certainly the actions of some scaffold users would confirm that belief, the OSHA standards (regulations) governing how we use scaffolds are actually quite, well useful. Included are exciting minimum requirements such as who is to inspect...

Moving vertically on a construction project can be a challenge. While stairs are normally available, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to use those to climb 50 stories unless you are interested in a lot of exercise! Consequently hoists, elevators and lifts are frequently used to transport...

An April Fools Day sarcasm on scaffold safety, regulations and government control. April is the time for foolish things so I contacted the foremost authority in the field of scaffolding, Dr. Aiy Noitall. I caught up with the good doctor while he was at O’Hare Airport in Chicago preparing to leave...

The what? The Bovinean Slop Hypothesis. It’s a concept that I have formulated based on an incredible foundation of research in this exciting area of human behavior. While I have limited my research to the construction industry, I suspect, and there is some profound data supporting this suspicion,...