University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

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PROJECT DETAILS

Pinnacle Scaffold (PSC) and the University of Maryland Medical Center teamed up to provide scaffolding solutions that would allow workers to complete caulking and gutter work on a scaffold that was built 100 feet in the air.

The UMMC had some very specific requests and turned to PSC for solutions. The main challenge was that the scaffolding had to be erected on top of a section of roof at the main hospital. Not only were specific weight loads an issue but business as usual protocol had to be met. As Maryland’s top Acute-Care hospital it had to remain open for the 6500 employees and patients while the scaffold was being built.

PSC turned to Alternate Design Solutions for drawings and specifications to give PSC and UMMC the proper design and weight specs for the roof to support the scaffold and workers while completing the job. “It was all about access and pleasing both the hospital and the contractors,” said owner, Anthony Pini, “and I think we accomplished both.”

PSC came up with a lightweight system (fully engineered) sitting 100 feet up in the air, on an existing roof that allowed full access to the façade and roof.