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SAFEWAY-STYLE WALK THRU SCAFFOLDING FRAMES Walk-thru frames are great in situations where you need access to more than 10' of wall at a time. Workers can walk through the scaffolding frames and have easy access to the entire length of a wall. These frames work great standing alone or with side brackets. Our Safeway-Style frames are a tried and true scaffolding design and are compatible with all other Safeway Style Frames. These frames will take a cross brace. SWS-620B5'X6'4" Walk-Thru / Ladder C …

OSHA Scaffolding Requirements - Tie Off Locations If you are using scaffolding more than one set high, it’s absolutely necessary that you are aware of the OSHA scaffolding requirements for tie offs. This is important not only for your safety and the safety of your crews, but also to keep you from receiving a citation from OSHA. Scaffolding becomes more unstable as you build it taller. According to OSHA, the scaffolding must be tied off at specific intervals as you go vertically up the …

The Skinny on Consequential Damages. By: Karen Ensley, Esq. What are consequential damages and why do they matter? To understand consequential damages, you first have to understand direct damages. Direct damages are those that you’d typically think of as damages for breach of the duties one party owes another. On a breach of contract claim, they’d include the cost to complete a project, to repair faulty work, and added supervision costs incurred because a project takes longer to comp …

Hail Damage Insurance Claims (and Other Roof Damage Claims) - a Texas Construction Law Update Roof with Hail Damage Marked by Insurance Adjuster Case Summary On August 3, 2017, the 2nd District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth granted class certification against Lon Smith Roofing (LSRC), a prominent North Texas Roofer, for violation of the Texas Public Insurance Adjusting Act. Given the direction the courts in North Texas have gone in the past few years, the ruling is not a surprise. It is a warn …

Texas is one of the most debtor-friendly states in the country and, not surprisingly, it also has some of the most complicated mechanic's lien laws. The complicated nature of these laws often serves as a trap for an unwary subcontractor with a legitimate claim for payment. Lien requirements are different for each different tier of contractor so it is extremely important to know which tier you fall in. If your contract is directly with the owner, you are a first-tier contractor; if your contract …