Specially designed beam clamps allow crews to suspend scaffold from prestressed concrete beams so they can work along the length of the bridge. Contact us to discuss your particular application.

Concrete Beam Applications
Reach the job quickly, safely, economically.

When your crew needs to inspect or maintain a concrete beam structure or install or remove concrete forms, Swing-Lo prestress beam scaffold systems get your workers up where they need to be. Specially designed clamps attach and lock onto prestressed concrete beams to support a suspended working platform that can easily be enlarged to include several bays. Choose stationary beam clamps to position workers right under the trouble spot or use beam clamps with wheels to easily move your crew along the entire length of the bridge without dismantling or leaving the work deck. By-Pass attachments allow workers to get around diaphragms and other structural interferences. And ladder clamps support standard ladder rungs so your workers can safely and easily access and leave the working deck.

Beam at a 55-degree angle? No problem. Our technology team has designed an adapter kit that changes the angle of the prestress beam clamp with a simple axle connection and relocation of the wheels.

A simple concept backed by safety-conscious engineering.

Here is how the system works:

• Start at the top.
  Place beam clamps over the prestressed concrete beam. Angle adapter kits are available so you can suspend scaffold from beams with 55-degree angles.
• Add hanger assembly.
  You can suspend a working deck of almost any size to the elevation your crew needs using safety connectors, stems, trusses and hangers.
• Add needle beams and decking.
• Add safety rails and toeboards. The safety of your crew and those below is our number one priority.

Mobile stripping scaffold keeps work rolling along on schedule.

With the Swing-Lo Mobile Stripping Scaffold your crew can roll its suspended work deck along prestressed concrete beam flanges with minimal effort so more time is spent doing jobs than reaching them. Adjustable bars expand from beam to beam. Wheel assemblies at both ends of the expansion bars and side rollers and brakes give the scaffold its mobility and stability. The modular design lets your crews adjust the position of the working deck horizontally as well as vertically to accommodate beam spacing. When fully assembled, the scaffold work area measures a spacious 6 feet to over 10 feet wide and 16 feet long.

Bypass diaphragms without disassembling or leaving the platform.

Some concrete beam bridges have diaphragms that interfere with the Swing-Lo scaffold rolling along the beam. Our technology team devised a revolutionary solution, a By-Pass or Mini-By-Pass System.

With these systems your crew attaches ratchet binders and stems (complete with roller beam clamps) to the concrete beam. This allows your crew to lower the scaffold system beyond the diaphragm, reposition it, reclamp and lock it to the concrete beam without leaving the work deck. With this system you reduce downtime without compromising crew safety.

Start solving your access problems today.

Tell us on this online project form your access needs and we’ll get back to you quickly (typically within 24 hours) to discuss an economical suspended scaffold solution.