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Shoring up the Ben Franklin Museum, Philadelphia, PA

December 12, 2012

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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The Renovation of Strawbridge & Clothier Building, Philadelphia, PA

April 18, 2012

by Superior Scaffold

Superior Scaffold was called in to assist with the renovations of the historic Strawbridge & Clothier building in downtown Philadelphia. The 100 year-old building was once the worlds largest dry goods building. Over the years it has sat in disrepair until they decided to bring it back to it’s former glory. They new center will be home for 100 businesses as 1000 residential units. They are doing a superb job of keeping the old style while giving the new structure nice upgrades. The bank of 20 elevators, yes, I said 20 elevators, wow, are a glorious site to see, however, only...

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Shoring up the Ben Franklin Museum, Philadelphia, PA

The Renovation of Strawbridge & Clothier Building, Philadelphia, PA