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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...

Independence Hall Update – 10.4.11

October 4, 2011

by Superior Scaffold

Well, things are surely coming along at the Independence Hall Tower. Crews have really done a terrific job getting the spire repainted, the ball and weather vane re-guilded, the roof flashing in place. It's looks great. They have even taken most of the decorative urns down to have them repainted as well. I saw it with my own eyes. It's been a good 6 months since I was last up on the scaffold. I do have photos and will post them up tomorrow. We got to see inside the bell housing as well. They have put new metal...

Getting Press for our company Part 4 – Success story #2 – The Cover of Access Lift & Handlers Magazine.

August 22, 2011

by Superior Scaffold

It’s crazy just how the world works sometime. We had just gotten our stuff to Vince at SA Magazine and the article hadn’t even come out yet when someone in our office remembered being contacted by Lindsey Anderson over at Access Lift & Handlers Magazine (part of KHL group). Again, we turned her name over the Erik who told her about the work we were doing over at Independence Hall. She was excited when she saw the images. She even thought that we would get the cover shot of the magazine. Yeah! So, we went back to the press release and...

How we got Press for our Company – Part 3 (Success)

August 9, 2011

by Superior Scaffold

Everyone will tell you, that in business you need a bit of luck once in a while – and this was no different. We had everything together and ready to go but who would we get it to? And as bit of luck would have it, while going through our contacts, we remembered an email we had gotten from Vince Brennan, the editor at Scaffold Industry Magazine a few months prior, asking what we had going on. Bam. We gave Erik Highland, our photographer and marketing guy, Vince’s name and number and said – “have it him.”, which he obviously did,...

Getting Press for our Company Part 2 (writing a press release and searching contacts)

August 8, 2011

by Superior Scaffold

Okay – we’ve made our plan. We’ve picked the project that would be great for all of America to talk about (the renovation of Independence Hall) and we’ve gotten some fantastic photos of both phases of the job site. Now what? How do we get press for the scaffold work we’ve done? We started by compiling a list of contacts that we have had over the years. Some are still valid and some are not – but we look at them as possible leads to run a story on us. While we are culling through our possible contacts we write a press...

Independence Hall Renovations Continue

July 20, 2011

by Superior Scaffold

Superior Scaffold is wrapping up it's role in the renovation of Independence Hall. Here are some shots of the guys installing the scrim. These amazing photos were taken by erik at highfilms.com. Get a more in-depth look at the project including pictures and details at Superior Scaffold.com. [gallery link="file"] The top section is coming down now revealing the reguilded lightening ball and weathervane as well as the freshly painted spire. Click here to see what they looked like prior to renovation. The second section will be coming down soon revealing the newly renovated glass clock faces and bell housing. This project is managed by the National Parks Service....

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Shoring up the Ben Franklin Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Independence Hall Update – 10.4.11

Getting Press for our company Part 4 – Success story #2 – The Cover of Access Lift & Handlers Magazine.

How we got Press for our Company – Part 3 (Success)

Getting Press for our Company Part 2 (writing a press release and searching contacts)

Independence Hall Renovations Continue