Video: Scaffolding works on the Silver Jubilee Bridge Runcorn
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: Severe Gibraltar storm wrecks huge scaffolding in seconds
Gale force winds have battered Gibraltar yesterday causing damage across the British Overseas Territory. Wind gusts reached 107 kilometers an hour according to reports, blowing roofs off buildings, uprooting trees and diverting flights. The winds have also caused a major scaffold collapse on a residential development in the Bayside area of Gibraltar. At around 02:30 scaffolding surrounding The Ocean Spa Plaza development...
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: Innovative hanging scaffolding helps transform the Olympic Stadium
PHD Modular Access Services Ltd installed an impressive innovative ring of hanging scaffolds using chains on the Olympic Stadium Transformation. Working on the Olympic Stadium Transformation project run by main contractors Balfour Beatty, PHD Modular Access Services Ltd developed the innovative use of chains to hang the supporting scaffolding beam work to erect “scaffolding pods” using the Layher Allround® Lightweight system...
Cinema Collapse Brings Down Scaffolding On Tyneside
The famous Odeon cinema in Newcastle Upon Tyne's city centre is lying in ruins today following a collapse of the building late last night. A bus stop next to the building under demolition since January, was completely crushed. Amazingly, no-one was hurt in the incident that happened at around 11 pm on Monday, though around 10 people were waiting...
Protester stops scaffolders working after climbing scaffold
Dramatic video shows how a protester scrambled up scaffolding under construction in Brighton, spending four hours protesting that the structure erected was endangering foxes. Wearing just robes and flip-flops the male protester was caught on film on climbing 13ft to the unfinished top lift of the scaffold being built on by local firm Seasons Scaffolding. The man shouted at the...
Fast-flowing River Demolishes Scaffolding
Scaffolding erected on a bridge for maintenance in Wales has been ruined after the high levels of water ripped the structure from the bridge on Saturday. The scaffold had been placed on a bridge over the Rhondda River in Pontypridd. The structure had been in place while the bridge was under construction according to Wales Online. Dramatic CCTV footage from a...
Scaffolding on West Ham Power Station Demolition 1984
https://youtu.be/VS-rkdlJAxI Old video footage from Thames News shows a huge scaffold erected by Westminster Scaffolding in 1984 during the demolition project of West Ham Powerstation which was closed on the 31 October 1983. The site of the power station is now occupied by the Electra Business Park. Over the course of 12 weeks, Scaffolders erected over 47 miles of scaffold tube...
Video: Overloaded scaffold truck tips up in China
An overloaded scaffolding wagon loses balance and tips backwards in a video from China. According to the telegraph website the footage was captured in Chongqing in February. The footage shows the driver of the truck, which is loaded with scaffolding materials, stuck in his cab three metres up the air. No injures were reported.
Gantry Dismantle Time-lapse Video
Time-lapse video of Gantry Dismantle Watch a gang of young apprentices on their CISRS Part 1 training course at Safety & Access in Nottingham, dismantle a large pedestrian gantry. The job itself took the young lads 30 mins to take down, but here it is condensed into 56 seconds!
