Looks good - is there a car park and will there be armed guards to protect the cars?!
Looks really good, BUT I'm still very dubious of the recent trend of using scaffolding to make these structures.
Quote from: Paul B on October 03, 2008, 12:50:46 pmLooks really good, BUT I'm still very dubious of the recent trend of using scaffolding to make these structures.Fear not, Paul. We use scaffolding to build walls because it is very flexible in the shapes you can create, insanely strong for the purpose, and can easily have engineers calculations done for it. In fact, its probably the best stuff for hanging bouldering walls off, provided its put up by people who know what they are doing. I like scaf
Quote from: Percy B on October 03, 2008, 07:32:07 pmQuote from: Paul B on October 03, 2008, 12:50:46 pmLooks really good, BUT I'm still very dubious of the recent trend of using scaffolding to make these structures.Fear not, Paul. We use scaffolding to build walls because it is very flexible in the shapes you can create, insanely strong for the purpose, and can easily have engineers calculations done for it. In fact, its probably the best stuff for hanging bouldering walls off, provided its put up by people who know what they are doing. I like scaf Do these calcs get done?
Quote from: Paul B on October 03, 2008, 09:45:33 pmQuote from: Percy B on October 03, 2008, 07:32:07 pmQuote from: Paul B on October 03, 2008, 12:50:46 pmLooks really good, BUT I'm still very dubious of the recent trend of using scaffolding to make these structures.Fear not, Paul. We use scaffolding to build walls because it is very flexible in the shapes you can create, insanely strong for the purpose, and can easily have engineers calculations done for it. In fact, its probably the best stuff for hanging bouldering walls off, provided its put up by people who know what they are doing. I like scaf Do these calcs get done? have any climbing walls built from scaff fell down?
In my experience, calcs are done when the structure is designed, by qualified engineers who design scaf structures. Using standard scaf instead of steel just means that these calcs are way easier to do as the limits of each component is known. Calcs for climbing walls have to be done for the wall to conform to the current standard (BSEN 12572) and indeed, when you open a wall, the HSE will pay you a visit and will want to see that the project has been signed of by a competant and qualified structural engineer. As regards how boards are attached to the supporting structure, this also has calcs done on the strength and suitability of the component parts by an engineer.This is a post about a new commercial wall opening up which has considered all these points, Paul. You have spent the last X number of years climbing at the School which would certainly have been condeemed by any sane engineer...