Company Announcement - Eleven of the Lambson’s Hire branches have a dedicated range of aluminium scaffolding products available, including steppers, mobile folding towers and scaffolding. “We have introduced the new products in our ongoing efforts to ensure that the construction, industrial, mining, DIY/building and related industries have easy access to the latest trends and developments in equipment. This is particularly important to encourage adherence to stringent health and safety standards and to help reduce costs and boost productivity,” Devin van Zyl, CEO of Lambson’s Hire, says.

The aluminium scaffolding from Lambson’s Hire is a high quality, hassle free product that is safer, lighter and faster to erect and dismantle, with rest platforms every 2 m. This product is lightweight and easy to manoeuvre, and can be conveyed on a half ton bakkie or light trailer for ease of transportation. The platform heights range from 2.3 m up to 10.7 m.

Aluminium steppers are manufactured from 6061-T6 aluminium and feature five working heights for all applications, easy folding for storage, a 300 mm step distance, a 200 kg safety load and an anti slip platform. Platform heights range from 320 to1250 mm.

Mobile folding towers boast a new design innovation in that the tower window closes automatically. The automatic locking hook has an easy release design while the anti slip platform is 10 mm thick plywood with a high quality birch core. The safety load is 280 kg and the step distance is 280 mm. Additional features include adjustable castors for ease of movement and outrigger stabilisers for increased safety. They have a maximum platform height of 1.8 m with a working height of 3.6 m.

“One of the most important aspects of aluminium scaffolding is that it is aesthetically pleasing, especially seeing that it is often used in maintenance activities in shopping malls, offices and other similar developments,” van Zyl says. “Scaffolding that is visible is essentially on public display and therefore has to look presentable.”

Another feature of aluminium scaffolding is its structural integrity, which is a critical aspect of health and safety compliance. “This applies to the individual components and sections that make up the various scaffolding products, which range from steppers to mobile folding platforms and scaffolding.”

Lambson’s Hire has stringent procedures in place to ensure that all frames and related components are both operational and fully compliant with all safety standards and regulations. “It is very important not to compromise on safety, which is why any scaffolding returned from a rental is subjected to this safety and quality assurance process,” van Zyl emphasises.