Tube & Fitting and System Scaffolding Comparisons

I'm an Advanced scaffolder of 11years who is in the final year a degree in Civil Engineering and I'm doing a word report on the comparisons between tube and fittings(T&F) and system scaffolds(SS). My experiences &#;on the tools&#; was in T&F and have 4 years experience with SS in a design capacity. Can you let me know your thought on the subject and if you know of any publications and journal that you have come across it would be much appreciated.

Kind regards
Graeme Coote
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Started scaffolding 34 years ago on tube & fitting, I was told then that you had to be a good scaffolder to erect T & F properly and any clown could erect system scaffolding
After 25 years on the tools (90% t&f) I had worked with various systems like Wedglock, RMD, Layer, Kwickstage, and Cuplock

The best system IMO was Cuplock because you could mix t&f with it and still get any job done

I must be one of the few old school scaffolders who now prefers Cuplock for speed and dont mind admitting it from a scaffolder point of view i would probably vote t&f

but from a company point of view i think with the right work contracts, training, right scaffolders and planning ss is the better option, especially with all the new regs and cdm more new build construction projects in the future will be designed taking into acc cdm, wah etc etc also with the development of prefab buildings , the future trend will be ss

the new ss these days are far more advanced than the old kwikstage an cuplock just look around on the forum photo album and the nasc yearbooks,
also system has been the main system on civils jobs for years heavy duty support, falsework etc etc Like some people have said you cant get away from tube and fitting scaffolding also it can be added on to certain systems like cuploc and layher.System scaffold is great for straight runs or the average building site where you can put 2 or 3 lifts on so you save on transport.The only problem with system is the amount of ties you have so if errected properly that can slow the job down quite alot.I know all the lads on here tie system in properly ;-) System seems to have alot of components too so if your starting out with it you always seem to need other components.I used layher abroad and with the 5mtr and 2.5mtr boards it made it loads easier covering 1 & 2 bays.Hope this helps you

I'm an Advanced scaffolder of 11years who is in the final year a degree in Civil Engineering and I'm doing a word report on the comparisons between tube and fittings(T&F) and system scaffolds(SS). My experiences &#;on the tools&#; was in T&F and have 4 years experience with SS in a design capacity. Can you let me know your thought on the subject and if you know of any publications and journal that you have come across it would be much appreciated.

Kind regards
Graeme Coote
Please :

LAYHER Mehr möglich. Das Gerüst System.

Hope this site is of use mate and good luck.

Like some people have said you cant get away from tube and fitting scaffolding also it can be added on to certain systems like cuploc and layher.System scaffold is great for straight runs or the average building site where you can put 2 or 3 lifts on so you save on transport.The only problem with system is the amount of ties you have so if errected properly that can slow the job down quite alot.I know all the lads on here tie system in properly ;-) System seems to have alot of components too so if your starting out with it you always seem to need other components.I used layher abroad and with the 5mtr and 2.5mtr boards it made it loads easier covering 1 & 2 bays.Hope this helps you

I have been using Layher for 4 years and have never seen a 5mtr board. been scaffolding 23 years the last 5 years with harsco(sgb) and do not like ss, yes it is quick compared to t@f but what a pain when you have to adapt it , example reducing two inside boards to one remove the complete deck remove trannies and replace with single trannies, replace boards .t@f remove one in side board undo singles slide trannies out and rap .oh and remove the extra materials t@f one board every 4m ,ss 4 trannies and one board.i guess i like t@f