Masonry Magazine December 2006 Page. 16
MAST CLIMBERS
Photo courtesy of HydroMobile
HYORD MOBILE
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Coming Up to Speed on Mast Climbers
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Created in 1997, Hydro Mobile University offers three-day seminars on property installing and transporting the company's mast climbers.
By Brett Martin
AS MASON CONTRACTORS REALIZE THE BENEFITS OF USING MAST CLIMBERS, SUCH AS CONVENIENCE AND FASTER INSTALLATION, MAST CLIMBER USE CONTINUES TO SOAR ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
"The demand for this equipment is going to increase exponentially," said Dave Powell, director of labor relations for the Massachusetts chapter of the Association of General Contractors (AGC) in Wellesley, Mass. "What's going to drive this is the demand from the estimator. He's going to look at it and say, "This piece of equipment can be set up and taken down quicker, and workers can use it with greater proficiency than they can standard tubular scaffolding, If this can save time and money, you don't have to be a genius to know what they're going to want to use."
14 Masonry
December 2006
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