Scaffolding Servicesin Australia
Australia Market Research and Industry Report
24 October 2007
Industry Code : E4252
Scaffolding is the temporary framework used to support people and material in the construction and repair of buildings and other large structure (usually a system of metal pipes). Establishments operating in the scaffolding services industry are mainly engaged in: the planning and preparation of a project, involving checking the requirements from drawings and written instructions and the selection of materials; the physical erection of scaffolding and equipment (i.e., setting of ground levels, bracing of steel pipes of other prefabricated components, and the positioning of platforms); the inspection, repair and alteration to scaffolding and equipment; and the dismantling of scaffolding and equipment at the completion of the job. Scaffolding contractors generally contract scaffold erection services along with scaffold equipment hire.
The major products and services in this industry are:
| - | Erection, monitoring and dismantling fixed scaffolding |
| - | Erection, monitoring and dismantling modular scaffolding systems | |
The primary activities of this industry are:
| - | Installation of prefabricated scaffolds |
| - | Placement of planks to create platforms |
| - | Inspection of levels on scaffold structures |
| - | Erection of tube and coupler scaffolds (including covered ways and gantries) |
| - | Erection of scaffolding for perimeter safety screens and shutters |
| - | Installation of cantilever hoists and crane loading platforms |
| - | Erection of temporary grandstand seating and event staging |
| - | Installation of cantilever hoists and crane loading platforms |
| - | Installation of cantilever and spurred scaffolds |
| - | Installation of ropes, gin wheels, safety nets, and static lines |
| - | Erection of bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork) |
| - | Erection of barrow ramps and sloping platforms |
| - | Mast climbers |
| - | Erection of hung scaffolds (i.e., hanging from tubes, wire ropes, and chains) |
| - | Erection of suspended scaffolds |
| - | Dismantling of scaffolding and equipment |
| - | Hire of scaffold equipment | |
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