Masonry Magazine January 2011 Page. 25
With a complete installation system comes complete confidence. Shown is Winco Masonry's jobsite at Hyatt Place in Houston.
The last couple of years have been difficult in our industry. With tighter budgets and more people bidding for projects, I feel like I have to show why mast climbers still are the best choice for masonry projects. Mast climbers are, in my opinion, the most efficient, most economical and safest way to scaffold any job in the commercial masonry industry. For these reasons, mast climbers dominated the industry during the last 10 years. With things looking up in the future, I feel they will again.
The case for mast climbers
THE MAIN REASONS for choosing mast climbers over traditional scaffolding are versatility, speed, lifting capacities and increased production. I mentioned earlier that using mast climbers will increase production by 20 percent or more. Here's how: A typical mast climber has fewer pieces and parts than traditional scaffolding, making setup and installation easier and less time consuming.
Mast climbers use bridges that connect to the main climbing units, which gives you the ability to fit a mast climber into an area as small as five feet or as wide as 144 feet. Mast climbers also give you the flexibility of working around different types of facades using longer outriggers or forward-extension bridging. With speeds ranging from three feet to 39 feet per minute, and lifting capacities up to 20,000 pounds, mast climbers allow versatility that traditional scaffolding cannot. The working platforms vary in size from 42 inches to seven feet wide, allowing laborers to have more room to stock material and assist the masons.
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