What Type of Scaffolding Should be Used for Low-Rise Buildings?

December 7, 2017

It's a good question, one that's perhaps been overlooked. Time has been consumed while describing tall scaffolding towers. Uncommon staging outlines have received attention, as have the safety procedures that guard those structures. What about low-rise buildings? Tall enough to require staging, it's our duty to describe the scaffolding types that work best within and around this work domain. Let's start off by talking about supported scaffolding.

Deconstructing Supported Scaffolding

This is a staging solution we've all seen at some point. Several platforms are stacked, one atop the other. Between the platforms, enough space is provided so that a team of workers can work or climb to the next level. It looks like a grid, a squarely balanced frame made of galvanized pipes. Ladders are fastened to the rigid vertical frame sections. They rise straight up or are mounted at a slight angle. Alternatively, lightweight flights of stairs climb in a staggered manner.

Turning to the Might of Suspended Scaffolding

Outside, a scaffolding solution is taking shape inside the foreman's head. There are obstructions below. Perhaps there are trees surrounding a building that's part of a renovation project, or maybe there's some other obstructive structure that negates the use of a standard supported scaffolding solution. Suspended scaffolding works well if the building has a flattened rooftop. The modular staging is assembled on that rooftop, then it's lowered on a group of strong cables or rope. Safety harnesses are a must here, for this scaffolding is constantly in motion.

Room for Cantilever Scaffolding?

This staging format is popular, but it's not always a practical high-rise scaffolding type because of the off-centre loading issues we associate with the leveraging principles in use here. Basically, a small tower climbs vertically, as seen in that supported scaffolding type. The difference occurs as the tower moves its business end at an angle. It's an efficient staging solution, but there are angled fittings to install, and these fittings require expert attention. Again, this framework is called upon when there are ground obstacles or the structure employs an unusual geometrical profile.

The low-rise scaffolding frames move indoors now. Trestle frames move on toughened castors. They're topped with teams of engineers and technicians, the workers who install air conditioning ducts and lighting fixtures. Meanwhile, as those fixtures and ducts are installed, the low-rise scaffolding assembles outside, perhaps as a standard supported frame or a moving swing set platform. One thing's for sure, there's no shortage of options here, not when a competent person takes charge of scaffolding.

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