The Ancient Use of Scaffolding
Scaffolding has been a tool used by everyone from ancient civilizations up to today to properly construct and decorate various building and constructions. Scaffolding is not a permanent structure, but temporarily used to support both people and material while a building is being constructed or repaired. Scaffolding is usually a "modular" system that is made up of metal pipes or tubes or other types of materials �C depending on the environment and use. For example, in Asia and especially places like Thailand and Hong Kong, they would use bamboo to build this structure with and it works just as effectively as any metal. Records of scaffolding used to build structures have been dated back to ancient Greece �C as early as 4000 BC and the ancient Egyptians, as well as Chinese and Nubians were also found to have used scaffolding devices to secure and construct taller buildings and even temples. Today, we look towards modern companies to provide scaffolding services, such as Vertex.
Today, after having developed for thousands of years, the world now has certain standards scaffolding should adhere to. The European Standard, for example, makes the specifications of performance requirements very clear, as well as the methods of structure and design. These requirements will depend on the relation between the scaffolding and the structure being built or decorated. The whole idea behind a scaffold is to provide a safe place where builders and designers can work and the requirements are independent of the materials that the scaffold is actually made of. The standard scaffolding should adhere to should be used as a basis for design, as well as inquiry and acts as a safety method rather than a worldwide command, because different types work well in different places.
As mistakes are made and situations change or accidents happen, the requirements are re-evaluated and altered or adjusted to fit new regulations. However, this will only happen after a serious accident in which it was to be found that the scaffolding itself was the cause and not human error. Scaffolding is essentially a very crucial tool in the construction of almost anything. Today, we use it to rebuild the World Trade Centre. Centuries ago, Michelangelo used it to paint the Sistine Chapel.