---
title: "Brick layer's scaffold and dead shoring"
subject: "Building Technology"
chapter: 8
key: "semester_6/building_technology:scaffold-brick-layer-dead-shore"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_6/building_technology/scaffold-brick-layer-dead-shore
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Brick layer's scaffold and dead shoring

Building Technology · Chapter 8: Temporary construction

- Asked in: 2067 Asar (old course), 2+3+3 marks
- Video: [Shoring | Types of shoring | difference between underpinning and shoring](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlQd7ztQTsY) — Civil-Engineering-Lecture Series
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_6/building_technology/scaffold-brick-layer-dead-shore
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_6/building_technology/chapter-8

## Question

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

## Short answer

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.

## Answer

**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.

| Point | Brick layer's scaffold | Dead shore |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Working platform for masons | Supports floors and roofs above when a wall is removed or opened |
| Direction | Vertical standards, horizontal ledgers | Vertical props with needles |
| Load | Light (workers and materials) | Heavy structural load of walls/floors |
| Location | Outside the wall | Inside/outside at wall opening |
| Putlogs/needles | Putlogs rest in the wall | Needles pass through the wall |
| Duration | During masonry work | Until the new support is built |

#### Brick layer's (single) scaffold
```text
  wall |           ledger
  wall |--putlog----|----
  wall |          standard
  wall |          brace
  wall |_______ sole plate
```
Parts: standards, ledgers, putlogs, braces, boards, guard rails and sole plate.

#### Dead shore
```text
        floor above
   _____|==needle==|____
   wall | |      | | wall
   wall | |post  | |
   wall | |      | |
        |_|sole__|_|
```
Parts: needle, vertical posts (dead shores), braces, cleats, head plates, sole plate and wedges.

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. Brick layer's scaffold serves as:
   A. Support for floors above an opening
   B. A working platform for masons
   C. Foundation strengthening
   D. Concrete mould
   Answer: B. Dead shore supports floors/roofs; scaffold is the platform. (Key point: Purpose)

2. Which carries the heavy structural load?
   A. Neither
   B. Brick layer's scaffold
   C. Dead shore
   D. Both equally
   Answer: C. Scaffold carries light loads of workers and materials. (Key point: Load)

3. Putlogs of brick layer's scaffold rest in the wall while dead-shore needles:
   A. Are absent
   B. Rest on ground
   C. Pass through the wall
   D. Are diagonal
   Answer: C. Needles pass through the wall to carry the load above. (Key point: Putlogs/needles)

## Related in Building Technology

- [Objectives of shoring; dead shore](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Ashoring-dead-shore) — Building Technology, chapter 8
- [Flying shoring with neat sketches](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Aflying-shoring-sketch) — Building Technology, chapter 8
- [Types of temporary construction](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Atemp-construction-types-sketch) — Building Technology, chapter 8, asked 2×
- [Why temporary construction; single and double scaffolding](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Ascaffolding-single-double) — Building Technology, chapter 8
- [Temporary construction, types and requirements](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Atemp-construction-types-requirements) — Building Technology, chapter 8
- [Types of temporary construction (list)](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_6%2Fbuilding_technology%3Atemp-construction-types-list) — Building Technology, chapter 8

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