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The Pierre Hotel – Suspended Scaffold

August 27, 2019

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...

Drexel University, The Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (ISB)

August 26, 2019

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Drexel University, The Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (ISB) Superior Scaffold was the company of record to provide scaffold services to this $49.7 million five story, 135,000 square feet, modern marvel that will house 39 research and teaching laboratories for biomedical engineering, biology and chemistry. It also will have a fossil preparation lab. ISB is expected to be LEED silver and Green Globes-certified, partly because of a bio-filter wall, which will be the first of its kind in an American university. The vegetated wall will be nearly 40 feet high and covered in live plants to help purify the air and oxygenate...

Capital Health Hospital, Hopewell, NJ

August 25, 2019

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Capital Health Hospital, Hopewell, NJ Capital Health’s $777-million replacement hospital in Hopewell Township, N.J., features the latest technology and patient-centered services. The 237-bed, six-story, 932,000-sq-ft hospital will feature, offices, medical-surgical units, labor and delivery suites, a nursery and intensive care units, all connecting through a four-story, glass-clad atrium. Skanska, an $18 billion international general contractor based in Stockholm, chose Superior Scaffold to handle scaffolding, swing stages, and mast climbers for the prestigious project. Superior’s ability to design and build intricate structures was a huge factor in their decision. Of particular note was the 4 story curved, glass-clad atrium that not only required work both...

Baptist Temple Church

August 24, 2019

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Baptist Temple Church Superior Scaffold was at the heart of this historic building’s rebirth and revitalization. The 36,000 square foot structure, designed in the Victorian Romanesque Revival and Richardsonian styles, received a full renovation that resurrected the building as a premier venue for arts and cultural productions. Thanks to Superior’s engineering team, the spectacular Thomas P. Lonsdale-designed edifice is now poised to reclaim its historic role as the heart of Temple University....

16th & Walnut, Canopy, System Scaffold, Debris Netting

August 22, 2019

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Emergency canopy. A piece of the facade fell off. A facade rebuild was required when inspectors found the entire exterior was damaged....

Henry Hall, Princeton University

August 21, 2019

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Henry Hall, Princeton University Superior was called in to erect and dismantle a system scaffold for work on a parapet wall. The challenge was to build scaffolding on roofs and provide roof protection on the 200 year old building. Superior also had to deck one solid level around all the parapet walls. We also provided a 1000 pound basket hoist on the job, including all overhead door protection. This scaffolding had a ladder and gate access. Scaffolding that rested on the ground had a plywood base around the perimeter and the rest of the scaffolding had debris netting. The building had to...

Brown Hall, Princeton University

August 20, 2019

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Brown Hall, Princeton University As part of their new green initiative, Princeton University is also upgrading Brown Hall, which was designed in 1890 and has served as an upper-class dormitory for many years. This renovation will create a new building portal (archway) in the south facade of the structure allowing a new point of access and egress from Brown’s interior courtyard. Superior was brought in to install & dismantle shoring posts and beams on all 4 floors, also the basement, bathrooms, and archway. Granite stairs will eventually connect the higher elevation of the interior courtyard with the lower exterior walkway. The new archway...

1500 Boardwalk – System Scaffold, Enclosure

August 19, 2019

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1500 Boardwalk The 1500 Block Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ System scaffold and enclosure (containment wrap) around the entire block of the boardwalk!...

Kennedy Memorial Hospital, System Scaffold, Enclosure, Wrap

August 17, 2019

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Kennedy Memorial Hospital Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Stratford, NJ was doing an entire facade renovation. An enclosure system was used around the entire building to help keep the warmth in and the debris from traveling around the hospital grounds. It was a dual purpose enclosure because most of the work was taking place in the cold winter....

The Dorchester

August 16, 2019

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The Dorchester 18th & Walnut, Philadelphia, PA Heavy-duty mast climber....