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Scaffolding

A temporary work platform inside or on the face of a building to allow worker and materials access to work areas above the ground.

A cable stay bridge under construction at Can Tho in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Jan. 2009

Scaffold can range from the highly sophisticated example above to the planks on trestles also on this page.

The prime requisites of good scaffold practice is safety for the workers who have to use it. In the case of the bridge above, a large section of it collapsed in Sept 2007 with the loss of many lives. I have to say it was not the scaffold that collapsed, but a huge section of one of the approach ramps. My point is still valid, safety is paramount in any work above the ground.

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