I am continually perplexed by the questions that arise concerning platforms and planks. It appears that it starts with a misunderstanding of what constitutes a platform. For some, a platform is any ...

(The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program is tasked with investigating fatalities and making recommendations to ensure they do not occur again. This is one of their ...

A crew of more than 25 worked through the night to raise a 28,000-lb. platform 400 ft. in the air, signaling the official start of the tower’s historic Century Project renovation On Friday, September ...

BOSTON (AP) — A construction platform plunged 13-stories onto a Boston street, killing two workers and a passing motorist, after a worker removed a metal tie securing the scaffolding to the side of a ...

Manufacturer introduces its new suspended scaffolding hoist to the construction industry. Designated Tirak L-500 Series, the scaffold hoist has a 1,000-lb rated load capacity and is fitted with a ...

Heavy lift specialist Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology, has supplied Korea-based engineering company Kles with strand jacks as a crucial element in its innovative tower scaffolding system for power ...

One 5-by-5 section of scaffolding will typically cost around $30 a day. When a tornado hit St. Louis this past May, many houses underwent roof, window, and siding damage, and many homeowners are still ...

The scaffold might be used for a variety of purposes e.g. a camera platform, temporary access or a safety feature for a stunt. The Work at Height Regulations apply to all work at height where there is ...