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Brick layer's scaffold and dead shoring

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Temporary construction work includes short-term supports like scaffolding and shoring for building, repair, or alteration. Brick layer's scaffold is a single scaffold outside walls with standards, ledgers, putlogs, and boards providing a light working platform for masons. Dead shoring uses vertical posts and needles through walls to support heavy structural loads during wall removal or opening creation.

What is temporary construction work? Differentiate between brick layer's scaffold and dead shoring with necessary sketches showing all elements.

Temporary construction work is any support structure built for a short period to help in the construction, repair or alteration of a permanent building, such as scaffolding, formwork, shoring and underpinning.

PointBrick layer's scaffoldDead shore
PurposeWorking platform for masonsSupports floors and roofs above when a wall is removed or opened
DirectionVertical standards, horizontal ledgersVertical props with needles
LoadLight (workers and materials)Heavy structural load of walls/floors
LocationOutside the wallInside/outside at wall opening
Putlogs/needlesPutlogs rest in the wallNeedles pass through the wall
DurationDuring masonry workUntil the new support is built

Brick layer's (single) scaffold

  wall |           ledger
  wall |--putlog----|----
  wall |          standard
  wall |          brace
  wall |_______ sole plate

Parts: standards, ledgers, putlogs, braces, boards, guard rails and sole plate.

Dead shore

        floor above
   _____|==needle==|____
   wall | |      | | wall
   wall | |post  | |
   wall | |      | |
        |_|sole__|_|

Parts: needle, vertical posts (dead shores), braces, cleats, head plates, sole plate and wedges.

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