Masonry Magazine January 2006 Page. 18
ADJUSTABLE SCAF
Simply Working Faster
MARK MCKINNEY, owner of Tremont, Miss., is a young, up-and-coming masonry contractor who has been in commercial masonry for a while. "It's tough to get good, dependable people," he said. "I'm in there competing with my competitors, so to compete, the job keeps moving faster by using our Non-Stop Junior scaffolding. That saves me a lot of money," he said. "We never have to stop working to move to another wall or to hop plank." McKinney employs 10 to 12 people and keeps a watch on all of the jobs himself to ensure everything runs smoothly. "We get our jobs done faster by using our Non-Stop Junior scaffolding."
When asked about other advantages he gains by using the lightweight adjustable scaffolding, McKinney said, "I am really safety-conscious and this is the safest scaffolding I've seen. The guardrails and everything go up with you, and there's no erection or dismantle. The bricklayers love it, too. Choosing between working for my competitor on frames or working for me on towers, they'd rather be here where they don't strain their back."
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High-lift Grouting
RANDY JENSEN is the vice president of Coastal Masonry Inc., in Pompano Beach, Fla., and inventor of the Smart Masonry Clean-out System (www.masonrystore.com). He has been involved in the masonry contracting business since 1969 and has studied production enhancement methods his entire career. "Stopping and moving your crew is the single most expensive thing masons do," he said. "The key is to get your men working and keep them in that productive rhythm. If you stop to grout every four feet, you break their rhythm and you lose production. It takes at least 30 minutes to get them back into a productive rhythm on the next wall. But, if you can increase production by 25 percent by eliminating downtime, the profit increase is exponential. Twenty-five percent of your labor number is many times higher than your profit number-double, triple, or more. Working on continuous climbing scaffolding... and utilizing high-lift grouting techniques is the absolute peak of efficiency."
Photo courtesy of Non-Stop Scaffolding
Randy Jensen invented this reusable window to solve the problem of neatly sealing off a clean-out. It allows for easy inspection and lets Coastal Masonry use high-grouting techniques to save thousands in labor.