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Why You Should Be Using Scaffolding in Construction
by Kevil Nill Nescaffold
The use of scaffolds
has been in the construction industry for many years. In recent years, it has
seen a significant uptake and approvals from governmental and
privately-instituted governing bodies. If you have a project at hand, whether
it has started or is in the planning phases, here are the reasons why you
should be using scaffolding.
Safety
The utmost benefit of
scaffolds is the safety of every construction worker at your job site.
Scaffolding remains popular as the best way of ensuring everyone working on
higher levels is safe from tripping or tumbling down. Since it has at least
four or more anchor points on the ground, you can be assured of significant
support throughout the project.
The structures give
workers firm platforms to work on. The workers can, therefore, stand, sit, and
work on them with all their tools and materials. Also, since they can be made
from stronger materials, scaffolding structures ensure that you get steadier
working platforms such as shoring
for supporting weaker platforms.
Providing Reach
Scaffolding structures
not only ensure that your workers are safe, but they also offer them reach
above arm's length. This will enable them to work on higher walls and ceilings
that would otherwise be hard to reach. If the shape of the structure is not a
normal one, maybe has curves or sharp corners, structures such as a swing stage
or suspended scaffold would come in handy for you.
The Right Position
The third benefit of
using scaffolding is getting the construction workers the right position
regardless of the structure’s shape and heights. Even though the right height
can be achieved using traditional structures like a ladder, scaffolds do the
work even better. A ladder has been used for thousands of years with the same
effectiveness, but they do not offer solid platforms for workers to balance on
as scaffolding does.
A ladder is usually
angled and may only be used for specific and limited tasks. On the contrary, a
scaffold helps in putting the worker directly opposite or in front of the
structure that they are working on. When leverage is anything to go by,
therefore, this becomes a major boon.
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