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Multiple access units at Parkway Condominium Complex, 2601 Pennsylvania Ave.

July 23, 2019

Like many of the older buildings in Philadelphia this one needed a total masonry restoration. After years of being exposed to the elements parts of the masonry needed to be cleaned, repaired and even replaced. You’ve seen many of the before and after photos on our blog and it’s just truly amazing what these crews can do to revitalize and preserve an old building. Sometimes they make it look better than brand new. Joseph Dugan, Inc is one of the finest in the business and we are always proud to provide them with the equipment necessary to revitalize these older structures. When it...

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The Pavilion, Penn Medicine, Multiple Stair Towers

April 10, 2018

by superiorscaffold

This is one of those jobs where I can let the pictures do the talking. It's a giant project and just seeing the scope is inspiring. The Pavilion will be a new hospital facility that will house 500 private patient rooms and 47 operating rooms in a 1.5 million square foot, 17-story facility. I’ll include the finished rendering so you can see what it's going look like. I will say that we have had 8 – yes – 8 stair towers in this massive hole over the past year in various locations and we will be erecting the 9th this week. Several...

Send me your money – Overhead protection and suspended scaffold at 1900 Market St.

March 23, 2018

by superiorscaffold

It goes like this. You take your hard earned cash and give it to a stock broker who promises to make you a rich man. He says, “stick with me son, you’ll be farting through silk.” And since you don’t know jack about stocks and bonds only that you’ve seen these arrogant young punks driving around in Maseratis, Teslas and Ferraris you assume that they know what they are doing. So, against your better judgment - you send him your money. Maybe you check in with him maybe you don’t, but a few months later he calls and says, "wow we are...

New Construction, The Alexander, 1601 Vine St. 14 swing stages!

March 8, 2018

by superiorscaffold

New building construction. That’s not something you see us writing about at Superior Scaffold. We tend to show you the work we do renovating the classic old buildings. But we actually do quite a bit of new building construction. I just tend to focus on the old architecture because they make really pretty pictures. Ha. Don’t tell my boss. But when the guys at Armor Masonry brought us along for this job we thought it was a great opportunity to showcase some really complicated work on the Alexander – a new 32-story residential tower located on the North side of Center City. It’s...

Say Something. 1617 JFK Blvd., Canopy, Overhead protection around entire block!

March 2, 2018

by superiorscaffold

Most of my posts are written and then I come up with the musical theme but this one was written the other way around. I heard the song and thought it was fantastic but when I saw the video it just moved me. It's one of the coolest combinations of film and music I've seen in a long time. (scroll to bottom) This is one beautiful job – you can’t deny. When you see it you just know it is quality, love, and beauty. Since this is a blog and the idea is to Say Something about the work we do and...

Forrest Theatre restoration makes the pages of Construction Today Magazine!

January 16, 2018

by superiorscaffold

There comes a time in every man's life when they reach the pinnacle of their career and this is it for Superior Scaffold's very own estimator, Pat McAndrew. The good people at the GBCA and Construction Today Magazine have published an article about one of his jobs! Admittedly, this is one really cool project. We've got scaffolding 5 stories high inside the Forrest Theater erected around the audience seats. We provided the painting and restoration crews with a work deck to access the entire perimeter and the ceiling. We also provided scaffold and access in the attic - above the plaster ceiling...

Multiple canopies at The Gallery Mall redevelopment, now known as the Fashion District Philadelphia

January 10, 2018

by superiorscaffold

Hailed as the epicenter of Center City’s revival back in 1977, The Gallery Mall is finally getting its recognition as the preeminent shopping experience in downtown Philadelphia. It opened to the tune of $105 million; big bucks back in the day. But forty years has gone by and with it so has the sheen and promises on this old structure. Jump forward to right now as three city blocks and roughly 1,000,000 square feet of redevelopment are occurring. And when it’s all said and done it will be the largest retail repositioning project in the region. Once called The Gallery Mall, developers...

Names can be deceiving. Canopy at Tattooed Mom on South Street

December 20, 2017

by superiorscaffold

Hey, I thought awesome here’s a post for all the Moms I know who are just dying to get tattoos for Christmas. ;) But I was in for a little surprise when I started digging. Seems it's not a tattoo parlor at all but one of Philly’s most instagrammed eating, drinking and gathering places. In terms of followers it's right up there with South Street’s Magic Gardens, the largest work from local mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. Sorry all of you Moms who wanted Christmas ink but there are places down the street. All we knew was that we had to help...

“I feel pretty…oh so pretty”

December 5, 2017

by superiorscaffold

“We may lose and we may win but we will never be here again. So open up I’m climbing in to take it easy.” “Dreamer I know what you're thinkin'.” “Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me. Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee.” I’m just going to mix a whole bunch of musical lyrics today and why? Well, I’m in a good mood and it's always fun to see if you know the songs where they came from. Life is short people. It really is. So love your kids and your family and be sure to tell them. Remember to say hello to everyone. ...

Superior Scaffold wins GBCA Best Specialty Contractor Award

November 28, 2017

by superiorscaffold

Superior Scaffold won the GBCA’s Construction Excellence Award for Best Specialty Contractor for the Penn Tower demolition project. This award goes out to all of our scaffold builders, salesmen, administrators and office personnel who make the jobs run smoothly. We accept this award for all of you! And thanks to our awesome clients who continually trust us with their projects. We are truly grateful. Each year the GBCA (General Building Contractors Association) recognizes the highest quality of workmanship and building innovation by Philadelphia area companies and we are honored to be included. Judges reviewed each nomination for workmanship, project management details, originality, innovative elements, and...