Internal Scaffolding

Having invited a couple of scaffolding contractors to price fro the scaffolding inside and outside the Mill we waiting with baited breath for the quotes to role in.  I almost fell of my seat when the first quote arrived, for 12 weeks use at just less than £14,000.  I asked the builder what they would expect to pay and they thought it should be closer to the £5-6K mark.

The recent bad weather has resulted in a huge amount of building work being undertaken under insurance work and therefore I believe the scaffolding company in question did not want the work as it would tie up a large amount of scaffolding which could otherwise be fuelling insurance paid jobs.  They clearly submitted a quote that they would treat as a bonus for them if we accepted.

We have revisited the plan and managed to borrow some quick lock scaffolding to do the internal part of the building.  this arrived on Friday and with all hands on deck we had the structure complete in one day.

We have continued to invite companies to quote for the external scaffold which does involve a complex bridge over the Mill pit.  We aim to instruct them tomorrow.  The key here is to negotiate a good 12 week price with a low weekly fee there after should stone work over run.