If you guys want to know anything about swingstage scaffold over public
areas,give me a ring. I`ve
spendt the last 24 yrs swinging off them.
                                         Regards El BJ

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>From:
>Date: Tue, Aug 7, 2001, 12:42 PM
>

>Thanks for the help. Feedback from two of the great
>tall cities in the world is certainly useful (even if
>it is negative!).  We're combing the local regs for
>loopholes, although not optimistic, and I'll let you
>know if we have any success.
>
>One thought is to fix vertical rails (such as
>unistruts) to the facade (fixings through the windows)
>to provide continuous lateral restraint to the swing
>stages.  Problem is how you accommodate the changes in
>plane of the building facade (projecting courses etc).
>
>Our other hope is to combine such an approach with a
>netting / hoarding below which is downgraded in total
>capacity to accommodate localised impact loads, but
>not an overall 5 or 10 kPa uniformly distributed load.
> This would significantly reduce the size of
>structural members required to cantilever it off the
>building.
>
>Thanks for the feedback.
>
>david west
>
> --- "Score, Robert" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Same story here in Chicago. We have tried in the
>> past to present to the city
>> a means of accomdating sidewalk protection with
>> modified enclosures around
>> swing stage, but to no sucsess, the sidewalk
>> protection is always required.
>>
>
>> From: Hammarberg, Eric
>> Subject: Re: enclosed swinging scaffolds
>>
>> It sounds like we in New York City have similar
>> requirements. Here, swing
>> stage can be used for access but not for protection
>> of the sidewalk below.
>> We must provide a temporary bridge, rated at either
>> 150 or 300 pounds per
>> square foot. We can also provide netting below and
>> within 3 stories of the
>> work (I forget the load requirements but assume they
>> are about 150 psf.)
>>
>> There is no way to realistically accommodate these
>> requirements with swing
>> stage plus by its nature, swing stage is loose even
>> if tied into the facade
>> it can swing around.
>>
>> Sorry, I can't help
>>
>> Eric Hammarberg
>
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