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Swinging from the rafters at the Forrest Theater, Philadelphia, PA.

May 3, 2017

These are the jobs that make my life fun! Who gets to climb above the illustrious plaster dome of the Forrest Theater, 5 stories above the audience seating area? Superior Scaffold does! And a little later, I'll show you just what our guys had to go through to get a job like this done. This is all part of the massive renovation the Forrest Theater underwent. We also erected a giant scaffold to get crews to the underside of the ceiling. You can read about it here. I took most of these photos while the job was still being built. The plaster...

Workin’ for a livin’ – overhead protection and swings at 301 S. 19th St.

April 25, 2017

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You get up everyday and go to work. You just wish and hope and pray sometimes that you will have your mind blown or something extraordinary will come your way. And when that happens, you get an extra charge, a jolt, a little pep in your step because you got to do something new and out of the ordinary. I love those days. So what do you do about the other 364 days out of the year? How do you make your job exciting? What do you do to keep your interest as you plow through what might seem like...

World of Concrete (Equipment, Phallic Symbols & Happy Endings) Viva Las Vegas!

February 8, 2017

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Time to check out new equipment, mingle with clients, customers and vendors, and even have a little fun...

Bringing baby back (Bell, not ribs) 1631 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA

January 17, 2017

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This great looking old structure was known as the Bell Telephone Building back in the day. But in the early 1980's the government broke up what was one of the largest monopolies in US history. This effectively took what was the Bell Telephone System and split it into entirely separate companies that would continue to provide telephone service. They would be known as baby Bells. But we are here to talk about our suspended scaffold on this Baby Bell Building. Click on that link to see what it looked like as restoration started. This 17 story high-rise was built in 1915 and showcases that good old fashion...

Suspended Scaffold & Canopy at Kennedy House

January 3, 2017

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It’s 2017 people and we are “swinging” for the fences. Yes, I just said that. We are just glad that the weather is good and we can keep our clients happy. We’ve written about our work at the Kennedy House several times before, once for another canopy for some exterior repairs (you can read about it here) and the other time for our emergency services team protecting pedestrians (read about it here). This time we are here about the swing stages and canopy for the masonry repair and painting going on the exterior of this building. MPG (Masonry Preservation Group) has been doing a great job diligently bringing...

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Rodin College House at U Penn, Suspended Scaffold, Mast Climbers and Canopy

November 15, 2016

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The sister skyscraper to Harnwell and Harrison House is getting a much needed facelift after forty years of weathering the elements. (You can read all about the Harwell renovation job we did here last year on our blog.) This uniquely shaped building at 3901 Locust Walk is a 25-story apartment complex that houses roughly 820 residents and is part of the university’s student housing. Superior Scaffold was called in to give masonry restoration crews total access around the entire structure. We did so by providing ten swing stages or suspended scaffold platforms on three sides of the building, and also by installing one...

Customer installed rental equipment, suspended scaffold, swings, work platform

October 11, 2016

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We talk a lot about the jobs we do; mostly, those we design, deliver and erect. But we need to recognize a giant portion of our business and customer base – and that’s the customer installed rental equipment. This is one of those jobs. It’s where a client (or customer) will call Superior Scaffold and request a specific type of scaffold or equipment like these swing stages. We will pull the order, deliver it to the jobsite and then pick it up again once they are finished. We have many clients who install and operate our equipment. There is a caveat, however, and...

The Philadelphian Suspended Scaffold & Canopy

June 29, 2016

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This is a giant job at The Philadelphian, a luxury condominium building located (2401 Pennsylvania Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130) just off the Benjamin Franklin Parkway directly across from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Superior Scaffold provided restoration crews, from Joseph Dugan, with swing stages (suspended scaffold) necessary to get them all over the exterior of the building. They were doing masonry repair, metal cleaning, balcony repair and railing revitalization.Those of you who know me (KT, GB, PM) all know what a jib-jabber I can be but I really think today I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking.Oh...

1760 Market – Swings and Canopy for window work

June 24, 2016

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This office building between Rittenhouse Square and the new Comcast tower at 18th and Market is getting some window work done.Superior Scaffold provided the overhead protection system that runs down 18th and Market Street side of the building. It’s a beautiful creation of system scaffold, steel and aluminum beams, topped with debris panels. And it’s all for the protection of the many pedestrians that travel through that area daily.Superior also provided Premier Building Restoration crews with the Altrex swing stages (suspended scaffold) that allowed them to do the window caulking on both sides of the building.The building is getting a...

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Bridge over troubled Water or Water under troubled bridge – Swings and Canopy

January 13, 2016

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Okay, I know I’m reaching but that’s the way I do things around here. You see, the water or “crick” as my salesman pal, Patrick "Laddy" McAndrew, calls it is just fine as are the bike, walking and horse paths. It’s the Walnut Lane Bridge in Philadelphia, PA that’s in a bit of trouble. I mean, heck, wouldn’t we all be at that age? Completed in 1908 that would put our gorgeous work of art at 108 years old and probably in need of a facelift. So that’s what they are doing, giving the old girl a facelift. And you have...