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Superior Scaffold is built Ford tough

August 21, 2014

Some jobs go off just as planned and then others…well, let’s just say need a little extra attention. You see, from the outside a job looks one way and then from the inside it turns into an entirely different animal. Pacific Ford was one of those animals. A simple shoring job to create a large display room and offices overlooking the service center turned out to be more than anyone imagined. But because we have the best guys in the business – it wasn’t anything we couldn’t handle. Just like Ford trucks we can go anywhere and do just about anything. Let’s take a look at...

Inside Out at the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center in Wynnewood, PA

June 25, 2014

by Superior Scaffold

I love it when I can detail a unique job and this was a perfect example. Superior Scaffold was called into the Kaiserman JCC to help shore up the ceiling joists so crews could repair the support brackets up against wall. There were a couple of challenges – the first being that the scissor lift had to get in behind the scaffolding so crews could get to the brackets for the repairs. Check out the picture and look to the bottom left – you will see the lift parked inside our scaffold. The second challenge was also the water – anytime you work...

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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a crane landing platform? (part 1)

May 27, 2014

by Superior Scaffold

A lot of the renovation work at The Sterling House Apartments (18th & JFK Blvd) is being done at the TOP of the building. Updating the fitness center with an additional 1500 square feet, new equipment, personal TV’s, and larger windows with fantastic views of the city. Adding a rooftop social deck with lounge seating, gas fireplace, and glass windscreens all around. They are also doing modifications to the rooftop pool itself. So, the million dollar question is: How do they get all of the necessary building material up to the top floor without disturbing the tenants or damaging the interior of the building? A BRILLIANT...

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Shoring up Norristown, PA parking garage – concrete repair

April 11, 2014

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Check out this cool shoring job at the Norristown, PA Main street parking garage in Montgomery County. The concrete beams were deteriorating and needed repair. Superior Scaffold was called in to shore up 5 floors of the garage so crews could remove and replace the bad sections of concrete. We shored up the supporting joists with our 2' X 5' Hi Load shoring frames so crews could work on the main cement beams. The challenge here was that the parking garage only had a clearance of 6 feet so our normal deliver trucks wouldn't fit. Crews had to unload the Hi-load...

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Superior Scaffold Rental Department: Rent, lease and buy scaffolding

March 20, 2014

by Superior Scaffold

It's true. We rent just about everything. Many people know Superior Scaffold as a premiere scaffolding company that designs and implements scaffolding and access solutions for all types for customers and general contractors. But for those of you who don't know we also have a top notch rental department where you can get all kinds of equipment for just about any project. Here, let Dave give you a quick run down. http://youtu.be/Ke5ysKMzC-4 So whether you are a general contractor, a do it your-selfer, or a regular scaffolding guru - we have you covered. I thought I'd feature a few items from frame...

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Superior Scaffold Shoring up the Mid-Atlantic

October 3, 2013

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Can you say needle beam? I just love that word. Needle beam, needle beam, needle beam. Did one just appear? It did. (See the photos below.) That is a needle beam. I know, like me, you probably thought it would resemble an actual needle but no. It’s just a term that the engineers like to throw around loosely anytime a beam needs to be put through something for support. Here’s the actual definition of needle beam from the free dictionary: in shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when...

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Triple the action for Superior Scaffold at the Old Dublin Pike Bridge in Doylestown, PA.

September 24, 2013

by Superior Scaffold

The stone arch bridge was originally constructed back in 1875 and then rehabbed in 1947. So it was time for a reconditioning - seems that this old bridge still has over 5,000 cars travel over her every day in Doylestown, PA. Crews needed a way to support the structure and to get into the arches to repair the stones and masonry while keeping the road open above. This was the challenge for Superior Scaffold. First order of business was diverting the river through two of the arches so one could be fairly dry while the scaffolding was erected. Then, once...

Temple University Performing Arts Center Dome Repair

March 21, 2013

by Superior Scaffold

In the heart of Philadelphia sits an incredible treasure - the Temple Performing Arts Center. Purchased in 1974 by Temple University the Baptist Temple was designated as historic and a landmark building. It underwent an extensive remodeling and has since hosted many great performing artists. Superior Scaffold was called in by Temple University to help with the renovation of the two copper domes on top of the center. Over the years, the copper had oxidized and the wood beneath had fallen into disrepair. It was Superior Scaffold's job to get the crews up there to do the renovation. The first challenge was...

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Shoring up the Ben Franklin Museum, Philadelphia, PA

December 12, 2012

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The new Benjamin Franklin museum just off of 4th & Market in an area known as “Franklin Court” is under way. This will be Philadelphia’s newest exhibit about Ben Franklin and when completed, the new Benjamin Franklin Museum will be underground! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300"] The exterior or top of the Benjamin Franklin Museum.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ben Franklin Museum - new concrete slabs and support steel.[/caption] Yes, an underground museum. And that’s all well and good but it posed some real challenges when it came time to do the expansion. You just can’t take a hundred and fifty year old...

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Truly amazing 4 story shoring project in Princeton, NJ

December 6, 2012

by Superior Scaffold

[slideshow] Surprise, surprise, surprise. I walked into this old building thinking I would find a few dirty post shores holding up a section of calapsing entryway or maybe even a portion of cieling that needed support but what I found was truly amazing. Now, shoring isn't the most glamourus sector of the construction industry - relegated to dusty old basements and haunted houses deep in the underbellies where ghosts and spiders live...