Affiliation:
1. RDG Engineering (TW) Ltd, Chester, UK
2. RDG Engineering (TW) Ltd, London, UK
Abstract
The temporary access scaffold for refurbishing one of the Westminster Hall roof lanterns at the Palace of Westminster in London, UK, required a particularly sensitive approach. The only means of support, other than scaffold towers 38 m apart at ground level, were two awkward-shaped parapet walls. Removing the capping stones of these walls would be a health and safety risk and unsympathetic to the historic listed building. Standing over 45 m high with a main bridged span of 25 m, the scaffold was stabilised without the need for a single intrusive fixing. It was supported directly off existing parapet walls in such a way that no trace of the scaffold was left after 3 years in use.
Subject
Civil and Structural Engineering
Reference2 articles.
1. CEN (European Committee for Standardization) 2010 EN 1991-1-4: Eurocode 1: Actions on structures – Part 1-4: General actions – Wind actions CEN Brussels, Belgium
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