1. Why is scaffolding used?

It allows builders to safely erect high-rise buildings and/ or carry out necessary repairs and maintenance of any structure or building. Scaffolding also ensures fast completion of the construction work needed, whilst guaranteeing the safety of workers and the general public.

2. What are ledgers in scaffolding?

Ledgers are 48mm diameter tubes with a cast wedge fixing device at each end. They are positioned horizontally between two vertical scaffold standards to give the length of the scaffold bay, at platform level. They may also be fitted as a handrail.

3. What is scaffolding OSHA?

Scaffold means any temporary elevated platform (supported or suspended) and its supporting structure (including points of anchorage), used for supporting employees or materials or both.

4. What is the most common type of scaffolding?

Fabricated frame scaffolds are the most common type of scaffold because they are versatile, economical, and easy to use. They are frequently used in one or two tiers by residential contractors, painters, etc., but their modular frames can also be stacked several stories high for use on large-scale construction jobs.

5. Who introduced scaffolding?

Scaffolding theory was first introduced in the late 1950s by Jerome Bruner, a cognitive psychologist. He used the term to describe young children's oral language acquisition.

6. What is a cantilever scaffold?

Cantilevered scaffolding is a form of scaffolding that is usually used to overcome obstacles that prevent a scaffolding tower being erected, or reduce the chances or damage occurring to the structure beneath the cantilevered area.

7. When was scaffolding first used?

In ancient Greece, meanwhile, there is evidence of wooden scaffolding being used as early as 5th Century BC. The first real steps towards modern scaffolding, however, began in ancient China, where bamboo was tied together with rope to create something approximating the structures we still see today.

8. What is Kwikstage scaffolding?

George Roberts Kwikstage Scaffolding is a well established scaffolding system distributed throughout the world. Its adaptability and speed of erection enables it to be used for a wide range of applications ranging from house building to large industrial applications.

9. How do scaffolds work?

A scaffold is a temporary structure erected to support access or working platforms. ... Scaffolding work is erecting, altering or dismantling a temporary structure erected to support a platform and from which a person or object could fall more than 4 meters from the platform or the structure.

10. What is the difference between scaffold and scaffolding?

The simplest explanation I can find is that a Scaffold is the completed erection of parts to enable the required task whereas scaffolding is used to describe any or all of the disparate parts used within the construction of the scaffold. Scaffold is the whole, Scaffolding is the pieces.