One of the questions we get asked at Mr Scaffold is what is the difference between Scaffold and Scaffolding. Whilst we are a scaffolding company, and not English professors, we would like to try and clear it up a little for our customers and friends. The simplest explanation I can find is that a Scaffold
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Jetstar, one of Australia’s budget conscious air carriers has built a reputation for driving vendor responsibility in its’ supply chain and building relationships with companies that are a match for their position in the market. This attitude was first displayed in 2016 when the company needed to find a new vendor for the ongoing task
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Confined space access is a specialized form of access work which requires at the very least a trained, qualified and competent crew to deal with the exacting safety requirements involved in not only installing the scaffolding to access and work within the restricted area, but the understanding of the need to create and test the
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Mr Scaffold is a professional scaffolding company with many years of experience, with an ISO certified management system to back it up. We have received this question before however, usually from a customer who needs some extensive scaffold erected around their home or business. Whether they have previous experience with scaffolding or not, the idea
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Australian Summers are notorious for producing some incredibly hot days, and Mr Scaffold is very aware of the effects that working outside on hot days can have on worker performance, efficiency and safety. In this post we would like to discuss some of the techniques that are utilised to minimise the risks of personal heat
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Mr Scaffold regularly gets calls this time of year from partners looking for a safer way for their loved ones to put up Christmas decorations. Most studies online indicate that Christmas decorations are the number one cause for injuries around the home at this time of year. Falls contribute a significant percentage of those statistics.
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Whenever there is a forecast extreme weather event, Mr Scaffold receives calls from concerned customers about their scaffold. If possible, the scaffold should be dismantled for any extreme weather events, and stacked on the ground, with the platforms securely tied down. Unfortunately, it is not always possible or practical to dismantle your scaffold or there
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Anybody who has lived in a two storey house will know the difficulty of reaching the ceiling above a stairwell. Whether to change a lightglobe, dust a fitting, or sweep away cobwebs, there is usually a long handled instrument involved. Painting such an area is equally challenging, with the distances changing from the steps of the
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Mr Scaffold is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company for Scaffolding Hire Services, which means an independent auditor has confirmed that the procedures and processes that are use for Mr Scaffold to conduct a hire are measurable and repeatable on each and every occasion. Our process for hiring a scaffold and a team out involves
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Mr Scaffold has been established since 1999, and has built a reputation for excellence and reliability. Our reputation comes from the single minded passion for safety and the pursuit of perfection that is intrinsic to the approach of the founding family who still manage Mr Scaffold to this day. This approach is reflected in every
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Mr Scaffold often has hire jobs where there is a need to reach a part of the building or structure that is not easily reached by a straight build tower. This is one of our specialties, where our advanced skills and experience can help make the seemingly difficult access situation relatively simple for
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I have been the marketing manager for Mr Scaffold for a couple of years and have contributed most of the content for these pages in that time. I have learnt a lot about scaffolding and its’ uses, the rules and some of the tricks that have been relayed to me by the professionals. I have
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