Why you should buy Scaffolding from Southwest Scaffolding
We listen to you. We understand that you have a choice when it comes to buying scaffolding. That is why we take the time, with every client, to understand what your exact needs are. Based on your input, we will help you decide what product best meets your requirements and your budget.
Amazing Prices. We work hard to provide you with the best scaffold prices available even if that means cutting our margins.
Quality Products. We do not sacrifice on quality. We make sure all of our products are of top-notch quality. Our scaffolding frames and accessories are high-grade steel and manufactured to our rigorous specifications. We test our products at Texas A&M to ensure they can handle far beyond even the heaviest loads put on them in the field.
Fast Delivery. We have a large yard with many items in inventory. We can usually have your order to you in a matter of days, regardless of where you are located.
At Southwest Scaffolding We:
Deliver across North America and beyond
Have years of experience with all types of scaffolding. Our sales team can help you decide what scaffolding is best for you.
Have competitive pricing. Our prices are among the best in the industry so you can buy knowing you didn’t pay too much.
Provide support if you have any issues or if you need help with your scaffolding.
Make sure all of our products meet or exceed the legal requirements for scaffolding (OSHA and others).
At Southwest Scaffolding We Sell:
Conventional Frame Scaffolding including, Safeway Style, Waco Style, Bil-Jax Style, Multipurpose Indoor Scaffolding and other types.
Our Aluminum/Plywood Scaffold Planks function just like our solid aluminum planks except they have a plywood deck and they cost less. Like our solid aluminum boards, these boards are rated to hold 75 lbs./Sq. Ft. They come in 7′ and 10′ lengths. They weigh a little more than our solid aluminum board and are a little thicker as well.
Our aluminum scaffold board comes in three different lengths:
5’X19″ SWS-1106 25 lbs
7’X19″ SWS-1101 30 lbs
10’X19″ SWS-1103 39 lbs
The advantage of these boards is their safety, stability, durability and load bearing capacity. They are rated for 75lbs/sq. ft and can be used in heavy-duty scaffolding applications. They are resistant to corrosion and will last you many years. These boards will also allow you to increase to a 10′ span and still have the load bearing capacity you need. The boards come with replaceable hooks and have a locking mechanism on each end of the board to keep the it attached to the scaffolding frames.
All of our boards have the same width of 19.” It takes aluminum boards to fully deck a set of scaffolding with 5′ wide frames. 42″ wide frames require 2 boards and 3′ wide frame will hold one board. Sometimes aluminum boards are used on outriggers. We have 21″ outriggers that will hold one aluminum board as well as 30″ outriggers that will hold two boards.
Aluminum Scaffold Board For Superior Strength
Aluminum boards have superior strength to wood boards and will last much longer. They make great landing platforms for materials in masonry and stucco applications and we recommend them for scaffolding towers because they stay in place much better than wood boards. The hooks on each end are offset so that these boards can be used to construct a single long scaffolding platform without the hooks overlapping each other.
Tube and clamp scaffolding is a very adaptable scaffolding system that can be configured to access almost anything. It is most often used in industrial settings where the scaffolding needs to be configured around machinery, stacks, tanks, around stairs, etc. It is also useful around buildings with odd shapes, around cantilevers, and in applications where frame scaffolding and other types of scaffolding cannot provide adequate access.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Tube and Clamp Scaffolding
Tube and clamp scaffolding is easy to assemble and only requires a few core components such as tubes, with fittings on the ends, ranging from 4’ to 16’ in length, various types of clamps, and base plates. Tubes can lock together in a liner direction using the fittings. Vertical tubes are connected to horizontal tubes via right-angle clamps. Diagonal tubes connect to the vertical and horizontal tubes via swivel clamps to and are used to further strengthen the scaffolding platform. The horizontal tubes and vertical tubes may be adjusted to any distance apart. While the tube and clamp system may be the most versatile of all scaffolding, it is also one of the most labor intensive types of scaffolding to assemble and requires a skilled crew of scaffold builders. With other types of scaffolding, such as frame scaffolding, the right angle connections are welded together, and the diagonal sections are preassembled in the form of cross braces and are attached to the frames by snapping them to specially designed locking pins on the scaffolding frames.
Southwests scaffolding sells high-quality tube and clamp scaffolding made with Q235 galvanized steel that will support the weight you need it to support and will withstand the elements, especially in applications close to the ocean.
More information about this product, including a part list and photos can be found on Page 14 of our catalog. For very large orders, we can provide quotes on a tonnage basis instead of by the individual piece.
Please contact us if you have any questions or need a quote for tube and clamp scaffold.
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Shoring Frames and Accessories for Rent or Sale
Shoring is essential for many construction projects. It supports the weight of a structure during construction or renovation. At Southwest Scaffolding, we carry heavy-duty shoring frames made of high-quality steel with thick walls. You can use our frames to tackle even the largest of construction projects. We carry frames of various heights along with accessories such as Shoring Screw Jacks, Shoring Connectors, U Heads, Base Plates and Cross Braces. Whether you need to rent or you want to purchase, contact us for all your shoring needs.
The advantage of using Non-Stop Heavy-Duty Scaffolding™ is that it saves you money by increasing your production. This system involves a single platform that moves up and down vertical towers. Instead of spending labor dollars setting up additional frames and planking the next level up, the scaffolding is simply raised (or lowered) using winches, allowing you to use 1/3 fewer planks. This type of scaffolding is also called crank-up scaffolding and elevated-platform scaffolding.
Benefits Of Non-Stop Scaffolding
Non-Stop Scaffolding for Sale
Material is always handy: No more moving material between platforms and with the drop down platform material is always sitting at waist level.
Safety: Many accidents and OSHA violations are due to mistakes in planking, toe boards and setting up guardrails. The more times this needs to be done, the more probable a mistake becomes. With this system, you set up one level. The guardrails and other safety equipment travel with the scaffolding as you go up. Make sure it is correct and you are good to go all the way up.
Ladders: Each frame is meets the OSHA specifications for scaffolding ladders, providing more access points for the scaffolding to be climbed. This increases safety by reducing traffic to and from a limited access point on the scaffolding and increases production by providing faster up and down times for your workers.
Ergonomics: With Non-Stop Heavy-Duty Scaffolding™, each mason lays brick at waist level since the scaffolding is continuously adjusted as courses get laid. This results in higher quality work since it is easier to lay brick at this height and more production since the mason experiences less fatigue from laying at his feet or at eye level. This factor alone has been proven to increase production by fore than 20%.
Faster Set Up and Tear Down Time: Due to the design of Non-Stop Heavy-Duty Scaffolding™ and the fact that it has fewer pieces than conventional scaffolding, the set up and tear down time is faster. Each tower (up to 45 feet tall) can be picked up and moved to a new location in about ten minutes per tower. It takes 20 minutes to lower the platform from 45 feet tall back down to the ground.
THE RENTAL PROCESS AT SOUTHWEST SCAFFOLDING
We specialize in renting our Non-Stop (Crank Up) Scaffolding. Please note that we normally do not rent frame scaffolding unless it is a large quantity or unless it is needed in conjunction with the Non-Stop.
The rental process begins with customers telling us how long and how high they need the scaffolding to go. We will then go over the project with them (if needed) and verify whether any inside or outside corners will need to be turned, whether there is enough room on the project for the scaffolding to be assembled, and come up with a plan of action if the scaffolding will need to be dismantled and reassembled on another wall during the course of the project.
We will then come up with an itemized quote of all scaffolding items and accessories needed for the project as well as shipping to the project and back to our yard. If necessary, we will also provide a quote for scaffolding training and arrange for one of our representatives to be on site at the project to provide knowledge and guidance.
After this, we will have our customers sign a scaffolding rental contract that spells out the agreed-upon terms between Southwest Scaffolding and our customers. Once the contract is signed, we will provide the scaffolding at the time and location requested by the customer.
Non-Stop Scaffolding requires a substantial initial investment if you are purchasing scaffolding. By renting from Southwest Scaffolding, you are only paying a fraction of this initial investment (we usually require a month rent up front) to have a very powerful tool on your project. On a long term rental, many of our clients want the option to purchase at the end of the rental, so we have this option available.
Renting Non-Stop Scaffolding from Southwest Scaffolding will let you complete larger projects at less costs. The larger a project gets, the less efficient conventional frame scaffolding becomes due the large amount of labor required to set it up. A large project with conventional scaffolding usually requires a dedicated crew to continually erect and dismantle scaffolding throughout the project and lots of expensive planks are required to plank all levels. With Non-Stop, the platform only needs to be assembled once and only one level planked. Not only will the workers be more efficient with this scaffolding but the labor that would be used to assemble can now be used for construction. Both scaffolding units also have a distinct safety advantage over frame scaffolding. Fewer tie offs need to be made to the wall, less time spent on erection and dismantling of the safety platform means there is far less that can go wrong or break and there is less to check for safety compliance.
Southwest Scaffolding’s rental program can be just the ticket for you to take that big step into a larger and more profitable project or will allow you to take on additional work instead of passing on a lucrative opportunity.
RENTING NON-STOP SCAFFOLDING
Non-Stop Scaffolding on Radius Wall
At Southwest Scaffolding, we have over 1,000 lineal feet x 35 feet high of Non-Stop scaffolding available for rent nationwide. Non-Stop Scaffolding is also called crank-up scaffolding. One working platform is assembled and climbs via a series of winches on a series of towers. This scaffolding will absolutely save you labor money on a large project and will also increase your quality since the platform level can be adjusted to exactly the right position for the workers instead of 6’4″ or greater intervals. The advantage of Non-Stop over FRACO or other type of mast climber is its price and adaptability. It is much lest expensive than a mast climber but will still reach great heights while providing an efficiency advantage over frame scaffolding. It is also more easily adaptable to odd building shapes, inside and outside corners.
Local rentals are either picked up by the customer or delivered by our trucks for an extra fee. Long-distance rentals are trucked on 40’ trailers. A typical 40′ trailer will carry approximately 275 ft. x 36 ft of Non-Stop and 250 boards. Additionally, we offer free shipping for rentals of 200 feet or more for 5 months or more. Below is a typical long-distance rental load. We recommend taking a picture of the scaffolding on the truck when it arrives on your project so you can see how it racked and loaded and be able to duplicate that when the project is complete. In addition, if you are mixing our rental Non-Stop Scaffolding with your scaffolding, please note that our scaffolding is marked with a different color on the sides.
Non-Stop requires specially cut 80.5″ 2×10 scaffolding boards. If needed, we will include these in our quote to you. These boards are available for rental or for purchase. Our 80.5″ boards are identical to our standard OSHA-tested Scaffold Boards. The only difference is length. These boards are OSHA tested, stamped and pinned on each end.
DELIVERING YOUR NON-STOP SCAFFOLDING
We can cost-effectively ship scaffolding for either rental or sales nationwide and even to Canada. Shipments are fast. If you are in the contiguous United States or Canada, we can usually have your Non-Stop delivered to you in a matter of days. View the video below to see how we do it.
Need More Information?
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Unknown Contractors and Owners – Pre-Project Due Diligence
It happens all the time; you have the low bid on a project with a contractor or owner with whom you have never done business. Maybe you haven’t even heard of them before. You call around and try to find out any information you can from other contractors with no luck. Do you take a leap of faith and sign the contract? After all, you need the work. Before you bind yourself to a business partner you don’t know, there are a few quick and simple ways to do some pre-construction project due diligence that could save you down the road.
Unknown Contractors and Owners – Court Records
Your due diligence should begin with public court records. One quick and easy way to check on the solvency and business practices with a construction company or owner is to check the court records. Many jurisdictions now provide access to their records online. The first stop should be the county/parish where the contractor has their principal place of business; after that, research in counties/parishes in which the project is being performed and counties in which the company has a satellite office or focuses their operations. Make sure you check both the district court records and county court records, if applicable, in your jurisdiction. If you have questions about locating cases in the online database or if your jurisdiction does not offer this service, call the the court clerk for assistance. The county court records for Dallas County can be found here.
Next, check the federal cases. This will show if there have been any federal lawsuits against your potential business partner or if they have declared bankruptcy. You can find this information at www.pacer.gov. You will need to register an account and there are nominal fees for research. The website also contains a tutorial about how to use the service.
Unknown Contractors and Owners – Property Records
Your due diligence should next take you to the property records for the county in which the construction project is located. For checking out an owner, check the property records for the property on which you are going to be performing work to see if there are any liens. Some counties/parishes have their property records online and some do not. You will need the legal description of the property you are to perform work on. This description will be used to identify any liens and deeds of trust filed on the property. The more bank liens you see, the more likely it is that the owner is not sitting on a load of cash. Also look for mechanic’s liens, which means the owner has not paid contractors in the past, and tax liens, which means the owner has not paid the government.
Unknown Contractors and Owners – Secretary of State
A quick check with the secretary of state should also be included in your due diligence because will often yield ownership information about the company/owner you are dealing with. It will also tell you where the company is headquartered, how long the company has been in existence, whether it has changed names, has any d/b/a names, or has subsidiaries or parent companies. It may also tell you whether the Owner and general contractor are related entities, which can be important when filing a mechanics lien. This information should be available online in virtually all jurisdictions. Information for Texas entities with the Texas Secretary of State can be found here: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/sosda/index.shtml. You will need to create an account and there are nominal charges for the searches.
Unknown Contractors and Owners – Tax Status of the Entity
In states that have franchise tax, you can often check with the appropriate state agency to see if the contractor/owner is current on their franchise tax payments. If they don’t pay the government on time, odds are they won’t pay you on time either. In Texas, this information can be found with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts at the following address:http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/coasintr.html.
The steps above are certainly not exhaustive of the due diligence you can perform before entering into a contract but they are a good start. The small amount of time and money you will spend performing this due diligence is well worth the extra assurance it provides. If you still have questions or concerns about an entity you will potentially do business with, consult an attorney. You have to make sure you won’t lose money due to a bad contractor or owner before you can focus on making money.
