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Christiana Hospital Expansion

June 5, 2020

Superior Scaffold tackles difficult Christiana Hospital Expansion in Newark, DE When Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE decided to expand their South wing they called on trusted masonry experts, Joseph Rizzo & Sons. But Marc Rizzo, being a good production manager, took one look at this patient and realized that it was a little out of their normal scope – so he called Tony P at Superior Scaffold for assistance. Superior had to design and build a heavy duty, elaborate shoring system below the main level to hold the load of the entire frame scaffold, all the equipment and crews above it. Marc Rizzo,...

ST. AGATHA – ST. JAMES CHURCH

June 5, 2020

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SCAFFOLDING ST. AGATHA – ST. JAMES CHURCH, 38TH AND CHESTNUT Working on The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral at 38th and Chestnut is one of those once in a lifetime projects. Formerly known as the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Savior, it was built in 1855, renovated in 1898, and rebuilt in 1906, after a fire. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. So what does it take to be able to work on these historic structures? It takes skill, patience, customer service, more skill, and the ability to adapt quickly and think outside the box. This particular job took three...

Children’s Hospital

August 14, 2019

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Children's Hospital When L.F. Driscoll asked us to design a 90' high, totally enclosed negative pressure wrapped, systems scaffold tower for the front of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we said "No problem". Then they told us the scaffolding had to be completely free standing (to allow the installation of a continuous glass panel system)! So Superior's engineers designed a 90'high scaffold with 2 attached backup towers (widening and stabilizing the base) which tied only to a roof system of concrete weights. The system was rated to handle high wind loads and provided a safe work environment with a minimum of disruption...