Access Scaffolding

ISBN-13: 9780582254367 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 272 str.

Stewart Champion

Opis

This text is intended to assist the scaffold designer to prepare designs for unusual access scaffolds and the practical scaffolder to build safe scaffolds in cases which do not warrant the attention of a designer.

Spis treści

Part I: General Construction of Ordinary Access Scaffolds  1. Introduction and terminology, 2. Types of scaffold, choice of systems and standardisation of imposed loads, 3. The basic independent tied scaffold and the Putlog scaffold, 4. Foundations, 5. Bracing, 6. Ties, 7. Working platforms, 8. Ladders, 9. Prefabricated beams, 10. Pavement frames, 11. Attachments to scaffold, gin wheels, lifting jibs, fans and nets, loading bays Part II: Special Scaffolds  12. Access birdcages, 13. Access towers in tubes and couplers, 14. Tower and bridge scaffolds, frame scaffolds and system scaffolds, 15. Cantilever scaffolds, 16. Truss-out scaffolds and drop scaffolds, 17. Slung scaffolds, 18. Suspended scaffolds, 19. Roof scaffolds, house chimney scaffolds and roof edge protection, 20. Gangways, pedestrian bridges and vehicle ramps, 21. Tall chimneys, churches, monuments, cooling towers and water towers, 22. Demolition scaffolds, 23. Weather protection and sheeted stone cleaning scaffolds, temporary roofs and canopies, 24. Free standing scaffolds and power access scaffolds. Part III: Administration and Organisation  25. Scaffolds requiring calculations, drawing office practice and planning for overall stability, 26. The construction, dismantling, alteration and adaptation of scaffolds, 27. Safety, 28. Training, 29. Scaffold depot activities, 30. Inspection of scaffolds. Part IV: Materials and Technical Data   31. Scaffold tubes, 32. Scaffold couplers and fittings, 33. Scaffold boards and timber, 34. Technical data on prefabricated beams, 35. Prefabricated frames and scaffold systems, 36. Ropes, lashing, rigging, guys and anchors, 37. The weights on scaffolding, 38. Wind forces, ice and snow loads, 39. Units, symbols and conversion tables.

O autorze

Authored by Champion, Stewart