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

April 25, 2017

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...

Sidewalk overhead protection at the Curtis Publishing Company building

April 19, 2017

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Superior Scaffold erected this two hundred foot long canopy at the Curtis Publishing Building (601 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA). Once home of prestigious publications like The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies’ Home Journal, Country Gentlemen and more; it’s now a high end office building. Built in 1910, this beautiful structure takes up the entire block just across the way from Independence Hall. It was renovated in 1990 and is currently undergoing an exterior renovation to get it looking as good as new. The canopy is constructed of system scaffold, aluminum and steel beams, and has netting on the inside and debris panels on top. There...

Superior Scaffold thinking outside the box, 1500 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA

March 31, 2017

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So what happens when a client calls and says they need sidewalk overhead protection for a restoration project but the area where it’s needed is too narrow for traditional scaffolding? Well, enter the big brains at Superior Scaffold to solve the problem. You see, there is a reason you hire guys who have been in the business for over 65 years: They have seen most everything and can think outside of the box when needed. And that’s just what our King of Swing, Bob Sarkisian did on this job. There was no room for a traditional canopy or scaffold over the garage...

Just doin’ our job. Sidewalk Overhead Protection, Westbury Apartments, Philadelphia, PA

March 24, 2017

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So you find yourself walking through the city or maybe you are just driving around searching for the latest, greatest restaurant or fortune teller to make your night or day that much more spectacular. Because isn’t that what life is all about? For living! When was the last time you had your fortune read? Or are you like me and want to make your own way and not let anyone dictate just what your reality might be. Either way, it’s your life. You choose. You are doing it! What does this have to do with scaffolding and overhead protection? Well, little did you know...

Down in a hole – Penn Tower Walkway and Overhead Protection

March 22, 2017

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Superior Scaffold installed a 200 foot long walkway/loading dock with overhead protection right next to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology building. It is adjacent to the massive hole where the old Penn Tower used to sit. It serves a dual purpose; giving access to the loading docks of the museum and also providing a way in to the new structure coming out of the ground. We erected a bridge column canopy or overhead protection system. The GC laid down the pilings and structural steel foundation for us to build upon. We put our aluminum beams down and then decked...

Reading Terminal Market, Giant Work Platform and Overhead Protection System, Philadelphia, PA

February 24, 2017

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Superior Scaffold installed a 580 foot long work deck or platform on both sides of the barrel shaped Reading Terminal Market (RTM) to give crews access to replace the roof. The platform is 6 feet wide by 8 feet high by 580 feet long and allows crews to roll their equipment and material from the mast climber at one end to their location anywhere along building. Reading Terminal Market is a sprawling, somewhat chaotic, indoor farmer’s market and food haven where over 100 merchants offer culinary treats, fresh produce and unique merchandise. It occupies an old train shed that was built in 1893 and is located at...

Under Armour needed sidewalk overhead protection

February 14, 2017

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When the Under Armour corporation needed protection – who did they call? Yup, Superior Scaffold. The company that makes heat protection and sun protection sport and fitness wear called Superior to erect an overhead protection system or canopy or sidewalk shed, whatever you’d like to call it, at their new store in Center City at 1529 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA. And we gladly obliged. Hey, they protect us everyday with our Superior Scaffold logo shirts so it was the least we could do for them. This was kind of unique too, in that we erected our canopy with one leg sitting on...

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...

A house of many colors… Declaration (Graff) House, Jefferson House Scaffolding

January 11, 2017

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This is the house where Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, that all important document that would birth a nation. Jefferson rented several rooms at the home of Jacob Graff, Jr, a local bricklayer - thus, the one of many names for this house. And what’s crazy is that it’s a reproduction! The original structure was built in 1775 and then torn down at some point. This red-brick house at Seventh and Market streets was reconstructed in 1975. Superior Scaffold was called in to provide scaffold support and overhead protection so crews could repaint and repair all of the woodwork...

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...