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Scaffold Estimating

Phil Waier

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Scaffolding is a very efficient method of providing access to workers up to approximately 60 feet, although it can be used to access much greater heights. It can be used in a number of ways. It can be erected and rolled from place to place as a tower. It can also be erected adjacent to a vertical wall for either the construction or maintenance of the wall or it can fill a cavity such as room in order to construct a ceiling. In each case the unit of measure is different.

A tower type scaffold is usually described by it …

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