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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...

Swing Stages @ St. James

September 12, 2019

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All the world’s a stage at the St. James in Washington Square, PA St. James at Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA All the world’s a stage at the St. James in Washington Square, PA. At one time we had 8 suspended scaffolds (swing stages) on the exterior of this 45 story high-rise. This good looking apartment complex sits along Walnut St. and W. Washington Square and is the 12th tallest building in Philadelphia. We got crews access to all levels of the exterior for concrete patch work and repainting. If you look carefully, you will see that the first two stories are designed to...

Cantilever Scaffold on 28th Floor

September 10, 2019

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Cantilever Scaffold on 28 Floor, Philadelphia, PA Superior Scaffold was called in to help crews get to the decorative steel structure on the outside of the top of this new building construction at 3601 Market Street. But how could we get them and their equipment out far enough to work safely on this structure at the top of the building? A cantilever scaffold from the floor below. For those of you not familiar with a cantilever system it’s basically a way to use leverage to extend out so the weight of the new deck is supported by the floor below. The initial thought was a...

Penn Pres Med Center

September 8, 2019

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, swings, suspended scaffold Penn Medicine began construction on their new 178,000 square foot advanced care pavilion (Powelton Avenue and N. 38 Street) and called swing stage specialist Bob Sarkisian at Superior Scaffold to provide the suspended scaffold necessary to get the facade work done. - See more at: https://www.superiorscaffold.com/penn-presbyterian-medical-center-new-178000-square-foot-advanced-care-pavilion/#sthash.KbNsOGQC.dpuf Penn Medicine began construction on their new 178,000 square foot advanced care pavilion (Powelton Avenue and N. 38 Street) and called swing stage specialist Bob Sarkisian at Superior Scaffold to provide the suspended scaffold necessary to get the facade work done. - See more at: https://www.superiorscaffold.com/penn-presbyterian-medical-center-new-178000-square-foot-advanced-care-pavilion/#sthash.KbNsOGQC.dpuf Penn Medicine began construction on their new 178,000...

The Pierre Hotel – Suspended Scaffold

August 27, 2019

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The Pierre Hotel The Pierre is a luxury hotel located in Manhattan, New York City, facing Central Park. The hotel opened in 1930, and stands 160 meters tall. It has the distinction of being featured in many moves and tv shows (from Scent of a Woman, Meet Joe Black, Sopranos & CSI). Superior was called into provide the Swing Stages for crews to replace and repoint the grout on the beautiful structure. Superior provided 7 Altrex suspended platforms powered by Power Climber PC1000E hoists to aid in the restoration. The challenge was getting all of the rigging through the world’s most expensive tri-plex...