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Unknown Contractors and Owners - Pre-Project Due Diligence It happens all the time; you have the low bid on a project with a contractor or owner with whom you have never done business. Maybe you haven’t even heard of them before. You call around and try to find out any information you can from other contractors with no luck. Do you take a leap of faith and sign the contract? After all, you need the work. Before you bind yourself to a business partner you don’t know, there are a few quick and sim …

Load Limits on Scaffold Boards in Medium Duty Applications OHSA designates three different categories for load bearing calculations on scaffold boards. They are:Light Duty - 25 pounds per square foot.Medium Duty - 50 pounds per square foot.Heavy Duty - 75 pounds per square foot. How Load Limits Are Calculated for Scaffolding These ratings are based on the intended load, which is calculated by dividing the total weight to be placed between two spans of scaffolding by the total area between the …

SWS-ST202B Brick and Block Dolly for Sale. Also called a brick cart, this cart will allow you to carry cubes of brick and block on your masonry project in places where a forklift is unavailable. The round hoes on the cart are slots for the forks and offer many different configuration options. The cart comes with two sets of forks of different lengths. GET A QUOTE Brick Dolly Specifications Load Capacity: 600 lbs Length" 30" Height: 53" Empty Weight: 115 lbs Comes with two 8" forks and two …

Types of Painters Scaffolding If you have a painting project where tall walls are ceilings are involved, you have plenty of access options to get your job done efficiently and within budget. This articles is going to cover some of the different types of painters scaffolding designed specifically for interior painting projects. Painters scaffolding is usually not required to hold a lot of weight and there is more emphasis on ease of use and the ability to set up and move it quickly and the abili …

The results are in! Our scaffolding frames are designed to handle heavy-duty loads with exceptional strength and durability. Scaffolding Frame Weight Capacity Compression tests show that a set of our scaffolding frames have an average weight capacity of 40,300 lbs. According to OSHA, each scaffold and scaffold component must support without failure its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.§1926.451(a)(1). Because our frame sets …