Masonry Magazine April 2010 Page. 22
SCAFFOLDING
mason contractors need a competitive advantage the most.
Paying for itself, over and over again
ONCE THE SCAFFOLDING has paid for itself (in a few months), you can use your higher production advantage for a competitive edge. A 10-mason crew on elevating scaffolding puts in more units than 12 masons on frames. That means the contractor on elevating scaffolding is paying out $9,280 to $18,240 less per month for labor. That's a significant competitive advantage over anyone working on frames.
Jimmy Alvey, past-president of Texas Masonry Council and the United Masonry Contractors Association, has worked for three of the largest masonry firms in Dallas. All of them use elevating scaffolding. He says, "In good times, we always made excellent profits. In slow times, we could be competitive and get all the work we needed and still make money."
When evaluating any labor-saving equipment for your company, be sure and look at all the hidden ways it will affect your operation: hauling from job to job, moving from wall to wall, erection and dismantle, and storage. Elevating scaffolding moves from wall to wall four times faster than frames, uses about one-third as many planks as frames, and moves to the next job in a couple of days.
Sal Monarca, a mason contractor in Connecticut, has used elevating scaffolding for more than 10 years: "It's a huge asset to us right now, especially given the way things are. There's nothing about it we don't like. We rarely use frames anymore." IMAS
Justin Breithaupt, Jr., is co-owner of Non-Stop Scaffolding, Inc. Non-Stop has been manufacturing elevating scaffolding since 1975.
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For our customers wanting to purchase rather than rent, we also sell brand new and used equipment. Whether it's one piece, a truckload, or even a container load, we carry a wide range of domestic and import scaffolding products.
Product Watch
This year at the World of Masonry, Non-Stop Scaffolding introduced a new product, WORKHORSE scaffolding. For the first time, mason contractors can own 105 feet of jack-up scaffolding for less than $10,000.
WORKHORSE is a lightweight, jack-up scaffold system specifically designed for inside and outside walls under 20 feet high, and delivers about 30 percent more production than frames. Field-testers report that the scaffolding can pay for itself in as little as five weeks.
The masons start building the wall off the scaffold and never move until the wall is topped out. WORKHORSE can be moved around by hand, on casters, or with a forklift. The material stocking area will hold 3,800 pounds, and the towers weigh only 123 pounds.
WORKHORSE has been in development for about three years. Non-Stop Heavy-Duty users asked for a system that could be used on short walls, inside and out, that would give them the same high profit margins they enjoy using their Heavy-Duty outside. IMAS