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The Gherkin

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The Gherkin in London is one of the most iconic buildings in the city and recently we had the opportunity to provide a unique scaffolding design to replace the building maintenance unit hydraulic arm.
This required a rolling cantilevered scaffold platform to be placed at the roof level and the new arm to be delivered by helicopter lift. Our team worked diligently to ensure that the entire operation was safe and efficient.

We were proud to utilize our years of experience in scaffolding design and expertise in specialised engineering to make this project a success. Thanks to the dedication of our team, the building maintenance unit hydraulic arm was replaced without any disruption to the public.

We are grateful for the trust placed in our team and look forward to continuing to provide safe and reliable engineering solutions to our valued clients.

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The Priory

by with No Comment Scaffold

With the historic nature of the building, Node Scaffold Design were brought on to the project to provide complete scaffold design package and analysis. As well as a full 3D model of the structure with surrounding area to ensure that all neighbours and stakeholders could visualise the impact of the works prior to erection and ensure the design was communicated effectively.

The scaffold access erected is to provide full perimeter brickwork access to clean and repair, as well as glazing replacement and safe access for works around the stained glass windows. The roof turret requires minor repair and cleaning and so oversailing access scaffold on each elevation is utilised to support a bridge span across the roof, with supports at the turret location for lateral restraint.

This has been one of our favourite recent 3D projects we have completed, working alongside a new client. With a complex bridged access proposal throughout the structure on each elevation heights, and a beautiful building to work on, we couldn’t help but utilise the drone to create the video below to showcase the quality of the scaffold erected and the detail 3D modelling that was involved!

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Fulham Gas Works

by with No Comment Scaffold

Full weather protection and containment to two existing buildings on the Fulham Gas Works project is no simple project, but add in the fact that one of these is to be freestanding, due to it’s listed status and it becomes an even more interesting project.

Node Scaffold Design were responsible for the full scaffold design package for this project, covering two existing buildings on the site that were to be refurbished and fully repaired up to modern specification. The smaller block of the two carried a listed status, and due to the nature of the works required on it, scaffold ties could not be installed. This meant designing a 16m high scaffold with temporary roof to be freestanding, with only butts allowed in structural locations and buttress support scaffold with kentledge.

The taller block, required a full perimeter access scaffold, temporary roof and a full bridge across one of the gable ends due to an existing staircase access that could not support the loads required. At the roof level, a full birdcage platform was erected with supporting frame to restrain the crumbling parapet for safety. With both buildings, fully contained and environmentally protected, the works could progress and the internal refurbishment is underway. A precise and safe install by the team at Brogan Group as always to ensure all the site teams requirements were accommodated.