How is Scaffolding Used Effectively in Construction?

Picturing a construction site conjures up images of a half-completed building with weird-looking step ladder type objects surrounding them and workers navigating themselves around these obstacles. The structure surrounding a building site that looks like a “weird step ladder” is scaffolding and without it, no build can be completed.

Providing Much-Needed Support

At the beginning of any construction or maintenance project, scaffolding is installed. It provides a platform that offers support and elevation, thereby enabling workers to carry materials and conduct the work needed during the construction process. The most important aspect is that it enables workers to work at heights safely whilst the building is being erected or maintained. Surprisingly enough, it also provides a degree of support to the standing structure.

Efficiency at Its Best

A crucial aspect of construction or building maintenance is being able to manoeuvre around buildings of any shape or size quickly and easily, thereby improving the efficiency of the project. With time being the main concern on builds, scaffolding takes a day to erect and whilst construction is being carried out, remains on site. It quickens the pace when time constraints are taken into consideration.

Safety at Heights

One of the biggest concerns on any build or maintenance project is the safety of the workers and passing foot traffic. Working at any height carries with it an element of danger and risk. Scaffolding provides workers with a safe platform to carry out tasks whilst working at considerable heights. Additional safety precautions such as barrier netting and fencing erected around the base of the scaffolding ensures the safety of passing pedestrians.

Easy Access

Not all buildings are four sides and a roof. Scaffolding plays a key factor in the construction of buildings that have been designed with a creative flair. The interconnected layout of the platforms can be set up in a way that will allow workers unhindered access to any part of the structure. Without it, many of the tallest buildings that you see today would not have been built.  

Bridging the Gap

Scaffolding places workers at strategic positions to allow them to carry out a build. It provides a bridging system, allowing workers to access all areas of the build easier, safer, and quicker than using ladders. There are a lot of precision tasks in construction that requires workers to be at their deftest, which can only be done if they are on firm footing. Scaffolding not only provides that stability but it also allows more than one worker to work side by side. 

Disc-O-Scaff has been supplying the building industry with scaffold solutions for over 10 years. Manufactured on site, we are able to offer construction companies the highest-quality Kwikstage and Selflock scaffolding. Contact us to find out how we can assist you with your next build.