Rigging
The links & information on this page relate to the methods and equipment used to access building envelopes in order to complete commercial building restorations projects. It also includes sources for access equipment of many kinds and links to sites on rigging safety including sources within OSHA, the government agency that oversees work place safety in the United States.
Architectural / Industrial Rigging
Ronstan Industrial
Ronstan is a leading manufacturer of sailing hardware. Their architectural and industrial lines are for tensile structures, balustrade rails, sliding barn and industrial doors and various travelers and tracks. Their components and hardware include blocks, pulleys and hoist systems and rigging hardware like hooks, eye bolts and shackles. They also sell rope, shock cord and rope sheaves.
Access Equipment Suppliers
Access Innovators Corporation
Wire Rope and hardware, electric: yokes, plugs, connectors, power and control cord, finished power and cord sets, strain relief, power quality analysis equipment, safety equipment, transformers, repair parts
Associated Scaffolding, Inc., NC, SC, VA & TN
Scaffolding sales and rental, safety equipment, ladders, PPE, pump jacks, trash chutes, lifts and hoists, engineering services including design, Scaffold and Access Industry Association Accredited training.
Altrex
Scaffolding, suspended platforms, ladders and custom made access solutions.
MIO Mechanical Corporation
Descenders, roof rigs, beam clamps, parapet clamps, anchors, bosun chairs, seat boards, rope grabs, cable grabs, harnesses, lanyards, miscellaneous anchors, rope connection plates and their MIO Horizontal Lifeline Fall Protection System (HLFPS)
Power Climber
hoists, platforms, rigging equipment, safety gear and accessories for the suspended access industry
Safway Group Access and Industrial Services
Access, scaffolding, insulation, fireproofing, surface preparation and coatings equipment and services. Safway Group companies include CL Coatings; Mobley Industrial Services; New England Scaffolding; Redi Solutions; Safway Atlantic; Safway Services; Safway Services Canada; S&E Bridge & Scaffold; Swing Staging; and All-American Scaffold. Among the services Safway provides is laser scanning of industrial and commercial sites.
Sky Climber
Sky Climber® has been in business for over 50 years designing, engineering and manufacturing suspended access equipment including hoists and modular work platforms.
SKYRIDER Custom Facade Access
Standard and custom designed hi-rise access equipment for new construction and existing buildings. PROJECTS and PRODUCTS Products include Tieback devices for CDA (Controlled Descent Apparatus) equipped window cleaners, modular platforms and steps, indoor lifts that can pass though doorways, monorail tracks, davit carriages, winches for construction and building repair
Spider Staging
Suspended Scaffolding and rigging equipment, fall protection, material hoists, wind turbine access, installation and engineering services and training
Superior Scaffold Services, Philadelphia, PA
Highly experienced provider of scaffolding and access products and services in Philadelphia. This page from their site includes an illustration of most types of swing stage assemblies a site is likely to need: https://www.superiorscaffold.com/products/suspended-scaffold/
Werner Company
Descenders, roof rigs, beam clamps, parapet clamps, anchors, bosun chairs, seat boards, rope grabs, cable grabs, harnesses, lanyards, miscellaneous anchors, rope connection plates and their MIO Horizontal Lifeline Fall Protection System (HLFPS)
Engineered Access Equipment, Systems, Components
American Anchor
Designers, manufacturers and installers of roof anchors and fall protection / prevention systems and components.
Pro-Bel Group
Davits, horizontal lifelines, rigging sleeves, roof anchors, outriggers, monorails, horizontal trolley rails, permanent powered platforms, gantry systems, design service
Handbook of Rigging, 5th Edition
By the American Society of Safety Engineers
Horizontal Lifelines
Pro-Bel Group
Davits, horizontal lifelines, rigging sleeves, roof anchors, outriggers, monorails, horizontal trolley rails, permanent powered platforms, gantry systems, design service
Horizontal-Lifelines.com
Many kinds of fall arrest solutions on a site that’s a little tricky to navigate but quite comprehensive. It has to be used in conjunction with their online store: http://www.horizontal-lifeline.com/store The two together are a source for a very long list of components, systems and services.
Horizontal Lifeline Systems by Miller Fall Protection, Inc.
Knots
The rigger on a commercial building restorations project only needs a few knots in his repertoire. Technically a “knot” is a stop in a line, also called a “knob”, so the rigger only needs to be able to tie one or two of those. He should, however, know at least one “loop”, a “bend” (affixing the ends of two lines to each other) or two and a couple of “hitches” (tying a line to a post or rail). This page has instructions on those and links to more.
Roof Anchors and Tie-backs
American Anchor
Designers, manufacturers and installers of roof anchors and fall protection / prevention systems and components.
Pro-Bel Group
Davits, horizontal lifelines, rigging sleeves, roof anchors, outriggers, monorails, horizontal trolley rails, permanent powered platforms, gantry systems, design service
Tie-back to Non Dedicated Structures
Roof anchors installed for the purpose of securing suspended scaffolds do not exist on many recently constructed buildings and they are nearly nonexistent on buildings built before1990. OSHA regulations for securing life lines and tie-backs take this fact into account. This page is about that, and is of value to building owners who may be concerned about how and if contractors are in compliance.
Scaffold
Scaffold and Access Industry Association (SAIA) Training
Formed in 1972 the SAIA is an association dedicated to access industry safety, training and education.
Scaffold Types
This OSHA Office of Training and Education office document from 1996 includes illustrations of many kinds of scaffolds used in numerous trades. Isometric and multi-view representations of these varied means of access are identified in accordance with the nomenclature used by the tradesmen who would have erected them. None of the figures necessarily represent an assembly that OSHA would approve but they are all configurations that journeymen would have worked from in the past and considered standard configurations.
Single Point Adjustable Scaffold / Bosun’s Chair Operating Guide – OSHA
This “eTool” is OSHA’s guide for setting up and operating single point adjustable suspended work platforms. Bosun chairs are in this category.
Supported Scaffolds – OSHA eTool
Supported scaffolds consist of one or more platforms supported by outrigger beams, brackets, poles, legs, uprights, posts, frames, or similar rigid support. Because frame scaffolds are the most common type of supported scaffold, this eTool uses the Frame module to describe requirements that are common to all supported scaffolds. Requirements specific to the other types are described only in their respective modules.
Swing Stage Scaffold Operating Guide – OSHA
This “eTool” is OSHA’s comprehensive guide for setting up and operating swing stage scaffolds.
Unique Rigging Applications for Suspended Scaffolding
Solve complicated rigging application challenges in multiple projects. Learn from examples and case studies on tank rigging, structural steel bridges, dams, angled wire ropes and rigging stars. Participants will be eligible to receive credit from SSPC.
