Greetings Scaffs from around the globe and here at home. This started out to be a rant about how I don't think safety should be it's own profession (and cue the angry e-mails) and I sat back to ponder the roots of the average Safety Professional. In my mental timeline retrace of the possible origins of the Safety Professional I could only come to one logical conclusion about how "Safety and Compliance" could become a stand alone, salaried, I get paid just like everyone else, position. The…

Greetings scaffold professionals! How has your year started? I hope everyone is working. I see a lot of openings for scaffold professionals out there. Hit up "Simplyhired.com and sign up for updates using the keyword scaffolding. you will get some listings for medical stuff since they have started using "scaffolding" as a method for mapping  something or other, but you will see scaffold jobs as well so check that out. 

We have…

The picture was believed to have been taken at the Jim Bridger Plant in Point of Rocks, Wyoming. This is a CLASSIC example of why diagonal bracing is absolutely critical in all scaffolding applications. This is also a CLASSIC example of why there are professionals in our INDUSTRIES. We have heard rumor that this is an Atlantic Scaffolding job and this is not the case. Atlantic is not on this job site and this is not our scaffold.…

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome to the new mellenium. As I have posted a job and asked for resumes I have noticed a scary trend. While most of you are computer literate enough to find us and join up, most of you don't have a resume. While I can certainly understand that most people in our industry don't usually ask for resumes when they are manning up a job. We can also use this to possibly get ourselves ahead of the pack and when whoever is hiring you asks " What have you done?" You…

To steal a line from Steve Jobs,"The future is here."

The Wright Grip SB-TM Scaffold Wrench is an amazing tool with someone over at Wright asking the "Wright" questions.

The SB features a shorter handle that the previous version of the…

Unfortunately there has been another stage collapse in Italy. There were some injuries and maybe possibly even a fatality. Our thoughts and prayers are with the crew and their families. Please add to this blog if you can find any more details about the event.

JW

Unfortunately due to the recent spammers sending spam through the site. I will have to approve all new members. I apologize for the spam getting through and hope this will not too much of an inconvenience for new members.

Some people should just stick to chat rooms!!!!

Hope this finds everyone well this Christmas Season.

Cheers,

JW

I am looking for anyone who has tried the new Wright wrench to see if they like it? If anyone has one or has seen one please post a comment to let the rest of us know if you like it or not. I'm old school and still faithfully use a Tubelox racthet. It has served me well over the last 19 years and I am reluctant to try a new one. Post comments below. …

This from ScaffMag.com. 

Two workers were injured Tuesday morning when they fell nearly 20 feet off of scaffolding at a construction site in Sarpy County.

The two men were both wearing safety harnesses, but one worker hit the ground.

Jared Kirkendall, 27, of Auburn, Neb., was flown to the Nebraska Medical Center with head injuries after his safety harness failed to stop his 17-foot fall, said Sarpy County Sheriff’s Capt. Monty…

Check this baby out! I was in a hotel in St. Joe, MO and walked out in the morning to find this gem. I looked for someone working on it but maybe they decided to go home and think about what they had done.  Check out the super cool ratchet straps.  Look at how close that sucker is to the edge! No locks on the casters,…

If anyone knows of any upcoming work, please post it in the "Events-JOBS" section so we can gather up the finest crews to ever work in the business. Anything would be helpful for all those not currently engaged in work. 

LABOR DAY - Please read the following post from the man at Scaffold Dawgs. He lays it out brilliantly as to the roots of this holiday. Thank you Tom for posting this on Facebook. Everyone…

So this posts topic is something we deal with all of the time. Heat! Whether we are working in a plant in the middle of winter, or the side of a building during the dead of summer. Heat is a constant in our industry. Remember to drink plenty of water and lay off the caffeine and the alcohol when you know you are going to be exposed to high temperatures. I know the push back but alcohol is a severe cause of dehydration. It ironically is one of the causes of a…

Yes, I know. I can hear it now. " I love my job but hate the paperwork" For all of you out there in Supervision, you can certainly relate to this statement. While I completely agree with this statement I can also see it from the other side. Tracking a major project when the paperwork from the field isn't right can be a nightmare as well. The thing we need to remember when we sit down to fill out one of the 5000 forms it seems we have to fill out everyday, is that…

I have posted the inevitable question in the Forum section to see what we, as a collective group, think is the best modular scaffold system on the market today. Check it out and vote for your favorite today. 

As we are comming to the end of the 2011 Spring Outage season I would like to hear any comments anyone has about how their jobs went. Were the people good? Was the work managed well? Was it more than you expected? Sound…

Check out the new posting in the Forum section of the site and sound off on what you think about it. It is a great article from a knowledgeable source from inside the industry on how "common sense" seems to be going out the window. I heard one time that "common sense" had been re-named "good sense" because if it was so common everyone would have it. 

The article came from the SIA magazine and if you, and your company, are not…

$21.1M for fall at Qwest Center

From all of us to all of you!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

May God bless you and yours this day and everyday!

jw