A scaffold lift is a vertical division of the structure between successive horizontal levels.
What does this mean for your project?
The term describes the structural arrangement and helps distinguish levels on a drawing. A scaffold lift is not necessarily equivalent to a storey of the building. Windows, slab edges and other work points can occur at different heights from the scaffold divisions.
For an enquiry, identify the surfaces requiring work and the levels needing simultaneous access. Explain the painter’s, mason’s or other user’s working method. The technical arrangement follows assessment of those requirements rather than an assumption that every building floor needs one identical scaffold level.
Do not mistake the presence of a level for a released working platform. User information identifies which areas are available and for what purpose. Discuss changed working heights or additional users before anyone selects a different workplace based solely on the visible structure.
Explore this subject through Platform height and Scaffold bay.
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Is a scaffold lift the same as a building storey?
No. Scaffold and building divisions serve different purposes and do not necessarily coincide.
Can all lifts be used simultaneously?
That depends on the assessed arrangement and use conditions. Do not infer simultaneous access from the number of visible levels.