ScaffFloat down under

Perth-based Access Engineering Group is the first scaffold firm in Australia to become an Approved Partner of the system, and launched an 8m x 4m ScaffFloat pontoon with a submerged access shelf cantilevered off the end to give bespoke access to its client, who is carrying out maintenance works on Barrack Street Jetty and needs access above and below the water.

Access Engineering Group offers services throughout Australia and the Pacific Rim Region, both on and offshore, and has more than 24 years of trading in the industry. It approached ScaffFloat and applied to be an Approved Provider as it undertakes projects in domestic and commercial construction as well as utilities and infrastructure, and could see that ScaffFloat would be of use to its clients.

Damian Beausang, MD of AEG group, said ‘’We have had a number of other enquiries for ScaffFloat in Australia and we expect this to be the first of many jobs where we provide safe floating access.

”In this case the client, Elite Concrete Protection and Repairs, have said they are delighted with the bespoke access for their planned works, in particular how safe it is for the works close to the water. And at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about – happy customers saving time and money.’’

Toby Budd, MD of ScaffFloat, said: “The ScaffFloat system is designed to integrate with the world’s most popular scaffold systems, including 450 and 750 lattice beams made by Apollo, Generation/Altrad, Layher and Haki.

”It is the versatility and compatibility that is feeding its growth overseas with floats in or on their way to Cyprus, Malta, Singapore, Australia & Ireland and growing enquiries from a number of other markets.”