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New Forum Questions and other rants

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…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on April 13, 2011 at 9:01am — 2 Comments

Hiring at Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services

Sunbelt Rentals is hiring Supervisors, Foremen and Erectors in Nashville TN, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, Charleston, SC, Louisville KY, Wilmington, NC and Jacksonville, FL.

Added by Bill Thayer on February 14, 2011 at 9:13pm — 6 Comments

New Topic posted in the Forum Section!!!

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…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on February 2, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Fall Protection Suit!!!

Published Friday January 14, 2011

$21.1M for fall at Qwest Center

By Todd Cooper

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on January 14, 2011 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments

MERRY CHRISTMAS

From all of us to all of you!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May God bless you and yours this day and everyday!

Added by Justin T. Wittwer on December 23, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Scaffold Builder/Foreman Jobs

Scaffold Resource is looking for builders/foreman in the Washington D.C. Area.

Scaffold Resource is a drug free workplace.

Email bschikner@scaffoldresource.com

Added by Charles Weiss on December 23, 2010 at 5:52am — 1 Comment

Need Lead Erectors, Foreman and Supervisors.

We have a very busy industrial and shipyard location looking for the impossible.

Qualification: Drug Free, Safe First Attitude, Drivers License, and good work ethic.

Like I said we are looking for the impossible. If you are out there, we will pay you what you are worth.

email me: sunbelt.jason@gmail.com

Added by Jason Bright on December 16, 2010 at 2:28pm — 5 Comments

Ladies in the Scaffold Universe must be an Urban Legend!

I guess being a female scaffold dog qualifies me as a 'scaffold B@*!h....And Im Ok w/ that! Scaffolding is the first thing Ive ever done that I truely love. Its an addiction. It surprised me to see that there are 6 other women members out of 129 actually. I hear stories about other women working E&D, but Ive not yet seen it. It would be nice to hear some peoples' ideas on working w/ women. Ive never had any issues personally w/ my crew or any site. My philosophy is that if you can hang w/… Continue

Added by Magdalena Koops on December 7, 2010 at 5:33pm — 3 Comments

Latest and Greatest!!!! Happy Turkey Day

For all of our American members Happy Thanksgiving! May you be able to enjoy friends and family on this day of thanks. One of the things I am thankful for is the membership here, and the diversity herein. Members from 3 continents gathering together to feed each other information is a great thing. Thanks to all of you who have provided content for this site. For the builders, by the builders.

The latest shipment of goods is in and the new T shirts are way cool. They say…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on November 26, 2010 at 1:55am — No Comments

PRE-ORDER SPECIAL - HOODYS AND T-SHIRTS

UNTIL NOV. 19TH WE HAVE A PRE-ORDER SPECIAL ON OUR NEWEST T-SHIRTS AND HOODY'S. THEY BOTH SAY "STEP UP OR GO HOME" ON THE BACK AND THE HOODY'S WILL BE WARM FOR THE COMMING WINTER MONTHS FOR ALL OF US ABOVE MIDDLE AMERICA. CHECK OUT THE STORE AND ORDER TODAY!!!!

Added by Justin T. Wittwer on November 7, 2010 at 5:45pm — 1 Comment

Awesome Site For Tools and Holders!!!!!!!!!

I received an e-mail from a fellow ScaffoldBuilder that has taken up leather work. Please check out the site and see if he can help get your rig dialed in right.

WWW.BELOWTHEBELT.BIZ…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on October 30, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Worst Boiler Build on Record

After completing what I shall (hopefully) bill as the worst boiler build in the history of modular boiler scaffolds, I am faced with a couple of questions. #1 What happened to the sense of urgency, hunger and pride in our work? #2 When did the trades decide that working hard for12 hours a day was just too much to ask? I am completely floored by the lack of aggressiveness in the workforce that showed up to this project.There just seemed… Continue

Added by Justin T. Wittwer on October 12, 2010 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

Outage Season approaches!!!

On the eve of starting to stage our first boiler of the season I have had to do what most sales reps. do when the work starts....go on vacation. Just kidding but I am going on vacation. I have had to review my bid, break it down one way then another, then yet another. Reverse engineering percentages is tricky. As i have reviewed it time and time again I can see why our clients wince in pain ever time the get a scaffold bill. This stuff aint cheap, when were done there isn't anything left except… Continue

Added by Justin T. Wittwer on August 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Greetings from one hot summer

Well folks it has been a wild couple of weeks but have finally settled down to ask myself a few questions.

#1 Am I truly a minimalist like i claim to be? Being in several industries where everything is temporary I have always considered myself a minimalist, the fewest part and pieces to get the job done right. Right? Well I am thinking that I have re-evaluated that…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on July 28, 2010 at 1:07am — No Comments

Fall 2010 Nuclear Outages

Fall 2010 Nuclear Outages

North Anna, Virginia 888-605-0272 D.Z. Atlantic, John Aven 9/12 28 days

or his assistant mary 757-233-7527

Peach Bottom, PA. 717-273-8405 gary, or 717-786-1392 Carpenter’s Local 214 9/12 24 days

Fitzpatrick, NY. 315-455-5797 Carpenter’s Local 747 9/13 30 days

Catawba, NY. 803-701-3061 D.Z. Atlantic 9/18 42 days

Turkey Point, Fl. 305-231-8180 Carpenter’s Local 72 9/27 28 days

Shearon Harris NC.… Continue

Added by michael clifford on July 27, 2010 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Fake employment company

Found a company on the web looking for scaffold builders in Mobile,AL called Professional Employment Resource called them up and they want me to pay $200 so they can give me the same numbers I have to see if their hiring. I know times are rough and hard but shit like that really makes me wonder what the world is coming to?

Added by Anthony Flores on July 19, 2010 at 8:40am — No Comments

New Layher branch in Ocala Florida

Layher USA opens new full service branch in Ocala, Central Florida. Uncommon in economically turbulent times, Layher is taking extra steps to supply all of its customers in the South East markets as well as aspiring Caribbean markets.
Contact Obed Bosch under +1 (352) 286-3087 for all scaffold needs.

Added by Frank on June 30, 2010 at 6:59pm — 1 Comment

Where to find answers ...Part 2

This is part 2 of I don't really know how many parts as I search to define the answers to the questions I get asked constantly. Todays topic will be manufacturer guidelines. I think this is probably the most overlooked items on the internet, in the local branch offices and on the back shelf under that book about how to sell stuff on e-bay. The manufacturers guidelines, also called Safety Rules, Technical manuals and or other literature about the specific system you are using I would be willing… Continue

Added by Justin T. Wittwer on May 13, 2010 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Greetings on a crapy winter day

Holy schnikes, when did it get so cold in May? This feels more like March than May. Hope it is warmer where you are.

I have been really busy out in the field hang out with my own crews and enjoying it throughly. I always enjoy times when the world doesn't exist on the math of our industry. I still struggle with turning a scaffold into a mathematical equation.

I will post more alter but please take a minute and welcome the new members. We have one from Scotland and another from…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on May 10, 2010 at 10:41pm — No Comments