With the widespread use of cantilever scaffolding, many people may not fully appreciate its advantages when using it. Regardless, it’s important to understand the appropriate procedures when operating it.
First, the advantages of cantilever scaffolding.
Cantilever scaffolding offers numerous advantages, including local material availability, easy installation and disassembly, safety, reliability, and cost savings. It is widely used in high-rise building construction. Furthermore, its internal structure is a hallmark of construction management and a reflection of a construction company’s culture. Therefore, internal management of the external scaffolding should be a key component of “civilized construction management.” Furthermore, the new cantilever beam (frame) solves the problem of traditional cantilever steel beams being non-reusable, leading to increased construction costs. As a new external frame system, cantilever scaffolding consists of a cantilevered load-bearing frame at the bottom of the beam and a double-row steel tube scaffold at the top. The embedded cantilever load-bearing frame at the bottom of the beam consists of a T-beam, upper diagonal braces, and diagonal braces.
Second, there are still many undiscovered advantages. 1. Cantilever scaffolding changes the traditional construction method of unloading materials using wire ropes. The upper end of the beam is now connected with φ20 round steel. When the turnbuckles are tightened and loaded, they secure, unload, and reduce bending moments at the beam supports. Furthermore, the turnbuckles and round steel are reusable, making them safer and more economical than conventional wire ropes, thus reducing costs. Furthermore, since the cantilever beams do not need to extend into the building, there is no need to pre-drill holes in the wall, and no wall repairs are required during construction. This does not affect ground construction on subsequent working floors, eliminating the need to wait for the cantilever beams to be removed before proceeding, speeding up interior renovations. It also eliminates water seepage in the exterior walls and shortens the construction period. The upper portion of the cantilever beam is essentially the same as the concrete floor, and the old formwork is protected after installation for easy cleaning.
2. Cantilever scaffolding changes the traditional method of anchoring steel beams to the floor slab. A new type of construction method connects the steel beams to the floor slabs using high-strength bolts. At the cantilever end, workers rest on the upper beam slab, creating an external steel pipe erection platform. Compared to traditional cantilever scaffolds, the new cantilever scaffold reduces steel usage and shortens the cantilever beam length by more than half, resulting in cost savings of over 56%.
In summary, Cantilever scaffolding offers numerous advantages, and precisely because of these advantages, this type of equipment is becoming increasingly popular in daily life. However, many of these advantages remain undiscovered. Subjectively, this stems from a lack of understanding of the industry, making it uncommon for us to be unaware of these tools and platforms.
Post time: Aug-01-2025