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Scaffolding on Big Ben ‘falls away’ with Snapchat App
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Multimedia messaging app Snapchat has created a new lens that allows London sightseers to virtually remove the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben. In an aim to celebrate the festive season, users of the globally popular app can point their phone camera at the iconic clock tower to see the scaffold magically fall away. Big Ben is then encased in a snow globe...
Video: Motorbike rider wiped out as scaffolding falls four storeys
A video published by the Mail Online shows the utterly horrifying moment a motorbike rider is knocked unconscious when a steel scaffolding frame falls on his head as he passes a four storey high construction site. The Mail reports the footage was captured on CCTV in the Sultanpet area of Bangalore, India. As the 38-year-old rider, known only as Chandan, rode to his office on...
Video: High rise scaffolding falls as typhoon rips through Hong Kong
Credit: @HighlandPaddyHK Shocking video filmed in Hong Kong during typhoon Mangkhut shows the moment scaffolding collapsed on a highrise housing development project. The deadly typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong over the weekend it is said to be one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades. The storm has wrecked buildings and shut down the city.
Forgeco goes live with Klawz video series
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Forgeco in partnership with Raptor Scaffold Designs has created a video series to showcase the many benefits of the patented Klawz Scaffold Fitting. Over several months the collaboration tested the use of the Klawz fitting within many different access applications. Forgeco has said their investigation has found that the use of the Klawz fitting allows the saving of both materials and time...
Hard Hat Saves Guys Life
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The video shows guy working close to a manufacturing machine when a load drops on his head. Video credit: Asif Amir
Hero Scaffolders chase off London moped robbers targeting mum and child
Scaffolders are being named as heroes after CCTV shows them helping to chase off a moped gang of muggers who targeted a mum and child in broad daylight. A gang of four men on a black moped and motorbike can be seen on the footage loitering on a corner on Sandpits Road in South West London. While two of the...
Video: Man falls 30 feet after scaffolding accident
Video Credit: Newsflare A video showing the aftermath of a scaffold collapse on the side of a boat in the Philippines on the 12th May has been published. At a drydock in Zambales, Phillippines four workers were working on the side of a cargo ship when the scaffold collapsed. The collapse resulted in the death of one contractor while three others were...
Video: Scaffolding works on the Silver Jubilee Bridge Runcorn
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The Grade 2 listed Silver Jubilee Bridge in Runcorn is currently undergoing a major £3M restoration project. Originally opened in 1959 and then initially known simply as the Runcorn Bridge or Runcorn–Widnes Bridge. At the time of construction, the bridge had the third longest steel arch span in the world. It had the longest vehicular span in the country, but this...
Video of Temporary Footbridge Installation Proves A Hit For UKSSH & SYS
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SYS Scaffolding and UK System Scaffold Hire provide and install a 30-metre-long temporary footbridge over the River Witham in Lincoln. This was the first time that Doncaster based SYS Scaffolding and their on-site scaffold team had used the HAKI bridge system. The two-phase project involved building the bridge alongside the river (out of possession time) – a first phase which took less...
U.S. Scaffold collapse caught on video
Workers had to run for their lives as strong winds cause a scaffold collapse in Rockford, Illinois USA. The terrifying video below caught by onlooker Nicholas Layng shows the tremendous force of mother nature. Workers from the construction site have said four people were on the scaffolding when they noticed it began to detach from the side of the building. All four were able...
