My country has successively imported various types of scaffolding from abroad, including frame scaffolding and cup-lock scaffolding. Frame scaffolding was widely used in many domestic projects with good results. However, due to product quality issues, its widespread adoption was limited. A number of frame scaffolding manufacturers were established domestically, mostly producing scaffolding based on foreign designs. Cup-lock scaffolding is the most widely used type of new scaffolding, but its application is still limited, found only in certain regions and projects.
Since the 1990s, some domestic enterprises have introduced advanced foreign technologies and developed various new types of scaffolding, such as pin-type scaffolding, CRAB modular scaffolding, disc-type scaffolding, square tower-type scaffolding, and various types of climbing scaffolding. Technically, Chinese scaffolding enterprises now possess the capability to process and produce various new types of scaffolding.
With the emergence of numerous modern large-scale building systems in my country, coupler-type steel pipe scaffolding can no longer meet the needs of construction development. Therefore, vigorously developing and promoting the application of new types of scaffolding is of paramount importance. Practice has proven that using new scaffolding not only ensures safe and reliable construction and rapid assembly and disassembly, but also reduces steel consumption by 33%, increases assembly and disassembly efficiency by more than double, significantly lowers construction costs, and creates a civilized and tidy construction site.
