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Scaffold classes/duties and dimensions Scaffold) Minimum Bay | Maximum Bay | Max hight class Tr .a Tia of lift Length Width |Length Width Brey Orel Oo mm el aa) Exel Err sores Medium | 0.9m | 0.9m | 2.4m) 1.8m PACT cre EMSs very erence ato 1.0m | 1.0m | 1.8m |1.275m POT) bea Classes and their duties Fe a eee ac ae ea Ne ES a ean er a eee platform per bay Used mainly by: Direc eae Cece euced Sane trans ‘Medium duty - For persons with materials and hand tools. OS i aro Ca ad Used mainly by: an ee aor ee) Cee Heavy duty - For trades like brick layers and demolition contractors. ar on a eal ct ets cn ea te Bots ee aay Perea Pete Cae sens Buty / Live loads recvatel toma coal Letom ay Max concentrated Class aha cau Lag load Per Platform per Bay TaN renee ao Ley) Bele 225kg 100kg Medium 450kg 150kg al seN07 (oY 4a) <) 200kg Maximum number of working platforms per bay Hight of Steel ee ay scaffold Up to 15m 4 VP Coes e) Up to 45m Concentrated lead 150kg Concentrated load 150kg Calculating Dead Loads (DL) Dead load is the weight of the scaffold itself and its accessories used to construct it. To calculate the Dead Load of the scaffold at any OAT ST el = WCalculate the quantity of scaffold that bears down at one point. = 2.Multiply the quantity by the weight of each rll ofel a © 3.Adjust the weight by finding the percentage of weight that is transferred to that one point. Full weight Pc Adjustable Ledger loTeet fel Transom Standards Lineker} Quantity Weight Adjusted A r ere Pac) 3.0m | 18k9 rr) Ol) Brien ened Face (24bay) Emel lester en ace) rie) enna) Peer) Ere eat eee ne Adjustable base plate Ee) eee ce ( Aalto folate eg J ia! Dead) load) for jeg B = 99. 5kg ‘Soleboards are designed to distribute the weight of Uo ni) Co TNA aA elo Ae lo ted eae ‘The size of the soleboard is dependent on the bearing pressure of the ground. Bearing pressure Will be supplied to you by an engineer in kg per m*. (LL) op) Live load + Dead load Paani = Width of Soleboard = Minimum (BP) Poe ead igiayminimum length of soleboard for Leg A of a Wieaimmbuiy Scaffold, Bearing Pressure of 2.4T and G@ Soleboard width of 225mm RAR LC} Ear OLe) Se) Dead Load = 131.5kg CO ee ee ica ogee oeeeiay LOST = [ies Ke ar Las) Re Ua Lae) Lid Perse Mees Eze = 0.80m, 80cm or 800mm

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