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Under the Milky Way – Sacred Heart Church Scaffolding

July 25, 2023

So there’s this really cool church in Bridgeport PA, called Sacred Heart Catholic Church. But wait, is it in Bridgeport or Swedesburg, PA? It’s listed as both with the same address in "the Google". How can this be? I was confused so I had to do some digging, since my resident historian, Pat, has retired. Turns out, Swedesburg is a neighborhood or village (as they say on Wiki) in Upper Merion Township, PA that lies in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Whereas Bridgeport, PA is a borough in Montgomery County and only a few miles from Swedesburg. And Bridgeport, PA is approximately 6...

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Weathering the Storm. Scaffolding 600 N. Campus Dr., Rowan University

January 5, 2023

in Canopy, Rentals, System, Work Platform

by superiorscaffold

This giant facade restoration and coping replacement job at 600 N. Campus Dr at Rowan University weathered the storm and came out looking new again. What do I mean by that? It was the end of winter and for some strange reason we got an inordinate amount of rain making parts of erecting this job challenging but as you can see from the photos our guys completed the task and it looks fantastic. Because of the size and shape of the building we scaffolded it, using system scaffold, in three phases. We started on one end and then worked our way...

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Rowan University, 5 story skylight scaffold and work deck

November 1, 2022

in Hoist, Rentals, System, Work Platform

by superiorscaffold

This is one of those jobs where I think I’ll let the photos do the talking. I will say, that when I went to take pictures, the building superintendent for Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, told me that our guys where extremely accommodating and that he was blown away at how they were able to build a five story scaffold in and around all of the obstacles and still allow students and faculty to get to their locations. [ngg src="galleries" ids="66" display="basic_thumbnail" thumbnail_width="300" thumbnail_height="300" thumbnail_crop="0" images_per_page="32"] I think his comment about sums it up. Thanks to Rowan University and W.J. Gross, Inc. for...

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There is no i in team

July 22, 2021

in Canopy, News & Updates, Rentals, System, Transport Platform

by superiorscaffold

I’ve been watching a lot of Rick Beato videos lately. He’s the guitar guru who breaks down the coolest songs on the planet lick by lick. His enthusiasm is priceless. Even if you don’t understand the music theory it’s just fun to watch his facial expressions. Like a great song, it’s the collective entirety of the band that collaborates to make one cohesive, emotional, awesome piece. And our scaffold team is no different. I shot the photos of this job and thought about the different elements that came together to make it work. The first thing that came to mind is that...

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Retiring a legend

July 7, 2021

in News & Updates, Rentals

by superiorscaffold

There comes a time in every man’s life when they have to lay down their tools. Thirty years at the same company is a long time. Most of that spent in the field on some of the most creative and impressive scaffold jobs you’d see around Philly. And you’d ask yourself, “how’d they do that?” Oh, he didn’t do ANY of those… he was just sitting in the truck eating fruit and bologna sandwiches while the “real” scaffolders did all of the hard work. Let’s face it, anyone who worked with Pat knows he hung up his tools back in 1995 when...

Power Scaffold for a power couple – The Powel House

November 2, 2020

in Containment, Rentals, System

by superiorscaffold

When you have visitors like Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and George & Martha Washington at your house – it’s important to keep up appearances. And that’s exactly what the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks is doing. The entire facade from woodwork, masonry, roofing and windows is being renovated to make this luxurious mid Georgian 18th century mansion look its best. Superior Scaffold has a reputation for being the go to company for historic structures in the tri-state area. Our crews are highly trained and take the best precautions to leave the site exactly as we found it. The Powel...

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Construction Today Magazine features Superior Scaffold at Swarthmore College

October 28, 2020

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The GBCA featured articles about how companies are adapting to the new COVID-19 world. Inside the magazine Superior Scaffold detailed how they worked with GC - Skanska, and all of the subs to accommodate the new and ever changing COVID-19 regulations. Click on either image to be taken to a large, readable, special pdf. Thanks again to the GBCA and Construction Today Magazine for featuring Superior Scaffold and fellow member companies. And with all of the political craziness at full force this week I thought this song most appropriate. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/D7xOZVBAWtw #scaffold #scaffolding #rental #rent #superiorscaffold #restoration #inspection #construction #facade #masonry #canopy #protection #howto #erection...

Reading Terminal Swing Solutions

October 23, 2020

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by superiorscaffold

When Premier Building Restoration needed access the to the side of the Reading Terminal Market building for restoration, they realized they had a big challenge on their hands. There wasn’t much room and the lower roofs didn’t have the structural steel to support a big scaffold, or any scaffold for that matter. To top it off, the dome-like curved roof and jutting cornice wouldn’t allow traditional roof rigging. So how could they get their crew to the facade of the Reading Terminal Market to restore windows, masonry, pointing, caulking, you name it? They called Superior Scaffold. And as Bob, “King of Swing”, Sarkisian was...

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Scaffold Artists at Bryn Mawr College

October 14, 2020

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by superiorscaffold

Years of designing, imagining and building has literally created a concrete playground of unlimited potential - and it’s taken the minds of our scaffold erectors to see it. Where stands architectural grandeur to the public eye – lies a concrete jungle to the guerrillas of the steel and stone. Super heroes and artists do in fact inhabit the earth – maybe not in the forms you are used to seeing but in the sheer ability to see unique challenges and opportunities to scale buildings everyday. Staring through the stone arches at a maze of metal and brawn climbing the rock, once inhabiting...

The Quiet Beatle

August 13, 2020

in Canopy, Rentals, Suspended

by superiorscaffold

In these uncertain and trying times, we at Superior Scaffold Services are doing everything possible to insure the safest and most effective way to erect your scaffold job. We follow all of the ever-changing CDC, OSHA, and GBCA safety recommendations and pass each certification so that we can provide you the safest, up to date solutions. Alas, the world is a-changin’. So, I thought to myself, how could I do my part to keep everyone safe in these troubled times. And then, BAM! It hit me. The best thing I could do is blog about jobs that took place BEFORE COVID19! Woo Hoo. ...