Superior Scaffold Services

Virgin Mary statue taken down for repairs

November 7, 2011

Superior Scaffold was called back to Our Lady of Lourdes to add another level of scaffolding to the existing structure so crews could more easily remove the sections of the statue of the Mother Mary. It has been taken down in sections and sent off for repair. As you know, it was damaged in the earthquake. I've compiled a few of the news stories here - including a CBS news clip in which you can see the damage directly after the earthquake and the day before Superior's emergency response team raced in and secured her in place. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65584817@N08/6322633281/ Virgin Mary Statue Atop Lourdes Hospital...

CBS News Checks in at Independence Hall

November 4, 2011

in News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

CBS Channel 3′s Pat Ciarrocchi climbed 14 flights of metal steps to get a closer look. What she found was that it has come a long way in the past few months. (See video below) http://youtu.be/YMmY8gOyuqg The top portion including the spire, bell housing, and lightening ball all look fantastic. Even the clock faces are almost ready. The unveil without the scaffolding is slated for December. Thanks for the update on Independence Hall. ...

Guy-Wire all over the statue of Mother Mary

Saving Our Lady of Lourdes

October 27, 2011

in Frame, News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

TIMELINE OF HOW A SCAFFOLD COMPANY SAVED AN ICON - in less than 24 hours! At 1:51 pm on Wednesday 8/23/11 an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude rocked the east coast. It was followed by two smaller aftershocks of 2.8 & 2.2. On the whole, structural damage was fairly limited - given the wide scope of the quake. Immediately, inspectors were sent out to every scaffold job site to make sure nothing had shifted, moved, or changed with the scaffolding around any of the structures. As the world found out - there were a few national structures that were damaged, such as the...

New article in ALH magazine features Superior Scaffold

October 21, 2011

in News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

Access, Lift & Handlers magazine's September - October 2011 issue features a wonderful article by Lindsey Anderson. In her Scaffold Market report she takes a look at how the recession has affected the overall scaffold and scaffolding industry and how companies are adapting to be successful.She features several heavy hitters in the industry including Superior Scaffold, Philadelphia, PA. The article also features several job photographs taken by Erik Highland. Photographs include the renovation at Temple University's Baptist Temple Church into the new performing arts center, the new Capital Health Hospital in Hopewell, NJ, and the renovation of Independence Hall...

Cool Technology X-Ray for a facade renovation at the Golden Nugget Hotel Casino! Why?

October 19, 2011

in Mast Climber, News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

Now I'll be honest with you. I'm a sucker for cool technologies being used in innovative ways (just see my previous blog entry about the hanging scaffold system). But when I learned what Superior Scaffold had to go through to get their giant mast climbers up to do the renovation work, I had to blog about it. Did you know that they actually had to X-Ray the cement on the side of the building to locate floor slab tie locations? Yep. And after having it explained to me it makes total sense. You see the tall (dual) masts for the Mast...

Ever wonder how they do bridge repairs over water? A hanging scaffold system!

October 11, 2011

in Suspended

by Superior Scaffold

This is very unique way to get beneath bridges to make repairs. Instead of anchoring a barge in the water beneath the bridge, or parking a giant truck with a bridge inspection bucket (like a cherry picker with a platform) above it they can suspend a platform from the steel beams and girders beneath the bridge itself. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="604"] Superior Scaffold hanging scaffold system[/caption] [caption id="attachment_180" align="alignnone" width="604"] Beam Clamp[/caption] I was on it yesterday and it's as stable as traditional ground based scaffolding. I was shocked. Those brackets essentially hold the weight of the scaffold platform beneath it and all...

Independence Hall Update – 10.4.11

October 4, 2011

in News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

Well, things are surely coming along at the Independence Hall Tower. Crews have really done a terrific job getting the spire repainted, the ball and weather vane re-guilded, the roof flashing in place. It's looks great. They have even taken most of the decorative urns down to have them repainted as well. I saw it with my own eyes. It's been a good 6 months since I was last up on the scaffold. I do have photos and will post them up tomorrow. We got to see inside the bell housing as well. They have put new metal...

Superior’s Emergency scaffold service at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center – Camden, NJ

September 9, 2011

in News & Updates, Rentals, System

by Superior Scaffold

The earthquake did more than rattle buildings up and down the east coast. It also toppled figurines at churches in Washington DC, and damaged statues and monuments as well. One of them was the giant statue at the top of the Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, NJ. Superior Scaffold was called because of our super fast response times (within 24 hours). We got the call and within 24 hours we had an emergency scaffold in place to start repairing the cracks in the statue. It's one of the services that we pride ourselves on. We have the fastest turn-around...

Getting Press for our company Part 4 – Success story #2 – The Cover of Access Lift & Handlers Magazine.

August 22, 2011

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by Superior Scaffold

It’s crazy just how the world works sometime. We had just gotten our stuff to Vince at SA Magazine and the article hadn’t even come out yet when someone in our office remembered being contacted by Lindsey Anderson over at Access Lift & Handlers Magazine (part of KHL group). Again, we turned her name over the Erik who told her about the work we were doing over at Independence Hall. She was excited when she saw the images. She even thought that we would get the cover shot of the magazine. Yeah! So, we went back to the press release and...

How we got Press for our Company – Part 3 (Success)

August 9, 2011

in News & Updates

by Superior Scaffold

Everyone will tell you, that in business you need a bit of luck once in a while – and this was no different. We had everything together and ready to go but who would we get it to? And as bit of luck would have it, while going through our contacts, we remembered an email we had gotten from Vince Brennan, the editor at Scaffold Industry Magazine a few months prior, asking what we had going on. Bam. We gave Erik Highland, our photographer and marketing guy, Vince’s name and number and said – “have it him.”, which he obviously did,...