Department of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh
Name : A.Satyanarayana Reddy
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Branch : Civil Engineering
Institute : G.M.R.Polytechnic, Bhadrachalam
Year/Semester : IV Semester
Subject : Construction Practice
Subject Code : C406
Topic : Scaffolding & Staircases
Duration : 100 min
Sub-Topic : Scaffolding
Teaching Aids : PPT, Animations,Photograph
Revised by : GVVL Satyanarayana
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Objectives

Upon completion of this period you will be able to

• Know about Scaffolding, its purpose and its component

parts
• Types of scaffolding and tubular scaffolding

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Recap

In the previous classes, we discussed

• Different types of floorings and their methods of

construction

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 Scaffolding
Definition

Scaffolding is a temporary frame work of timber or

steel elements, having plat forms at different levels to

enable the masons to work at different heights of a

building

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 Scaffolding

Purpose

A mason standing on ground, can work up to a

height of about 1.5m.

When construction work is to be done more than

this height, masons and labour require a

temporary platform to work.

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 Parts of scaffolding
 Standards
 Ledgers
 Put logs
 Braces
 Raker
 Planks or Boarding
 Guard Rail
 Toe board

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 Standards

Vertical poles erected at a distance of about 1.2 to

1.5 meters from the wall are known as standards.

 Ledgers

These are the members laid horizontally, parallel to

the wall. They are rigidly connected to the standards
either by clamps or ropes

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 Fig.1 scaffolding

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 Put logs

These are the cross pieces or lateral pieces, one end

of which remains supported on ledgers and other end
on the wall. Thus a hole is left in the masonry for
keeping the put log.

 Braces

These are diagonal or cross pieces fixed on the

standards provide stiffness to the scaffolding

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 Raker

It is an inclined support given to the scaffolding or

structure

 Planks or boarding

They form horizontal platforms for supporting men,

materials and other tools

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 Types of Scaffolding

1. Single Scaffolding or Brick layers scaffolding

2. Double Scaffolding or Mason’s scaffolding
3. Ladder Scaffolding or Patented scaffolding
4. Cantilever Scaffolding or Needle Scaffolding

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 Types of Scaffolding

5. Suspended Scaffolding

6. Steel scaffolding or Tubular Scaffolding

7. Trestle Scaffolding
8. Wooden gantries

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 Steel or tubular scaffolding
STANDARDS
ROOF
PLANK OR PLATFORM

PUT LOG

LEDGES

FIRST
FLOOR

SHORE
MASONARY WALL

GROUND
FLOOR

G.L

Fig. (2)
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Fig.3 Steel or tubular scaffolding
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 Fig.4
Steel or
tubular
scaffolding

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 Steel or tubular scaffolding

• Steel scaffolding is
STANDARDS

similar in construction to ROOF

PLANK OR PLATFORM

the mason’s scaffolding PUT LOG

LEDGES

expect that, steel tubes FIRST

FLOOR

are used in place of

SHORE
wooden poles or timber MASONARY WALL

GROUND
pieces FLOOR

G.L

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 Steel or tubular scaffolding

 Steel tubes are available in 38mm to 64mm diameter

and standard length (6m)

 Square or circular plates having holes are welded to the

steel tubes at different heights to act as flanges for the
purpose of fabricating the entire scaffolding.

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 Steel or tubular scaffolding
• Putlogs are kept projecting on the side of the wall and
working platforms are formed mostly on the projected
part of the putlogs

• Ledgers and putlogs are connected to the standards

by means of bolts and nuts

• These projections are supported by angle iron

brackets

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Advantages of steel or tubular scaffolding

• They can be used

for very large heights STANDARDS
ROOF
PLANK OR PLATFORM

• They are more PUT LOG

LEDGES

strong and durable

FIRST
FLOOR

SHORE
MASONARY WALL

GROUND
FLOOR

G.L

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Advantages of steel or tubular scaffolding

• They can be easily and quickly assembled and

dismantled

• They are Fire resistant

• They do not suffer any damage during assembly and

dismantling

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Disadvantages of steel or tubular scaffolding

• Initial cost is high

• They required skilled labour

• They required periodical painting

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 Summary

In this class you have learnt

 Steel Tubular scaffolding

 Advantages and disadvantages of steel or tubular

scaffolding

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 Quiz

1) In steel scaffolding the dia meter of tubes used are

about

a) 5-10mm
b) 20-25mm
c) 40-50mm
d) All the above

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2) A temporary framework constructed to carry out
works at higher levels is known as

a) scaffolding

b) centering

c) Shuttering

d) all above

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3) A Horizontal member parallel to wall in scaffolding is
known as

a) standards

b) putlogs

c) Ledgers

d) None of the above

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are the parts of scaffolding?

2. State the purposes of scaffolding?

3. Explain briefly steel scaffolding with a neat sketch.

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of steel

scaffolding?

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