What is Bamboo Scaffolding? And What Are The Benefits?

An image of workers on bamboo scaffolding on a building

Bamboo scaffolding is a type of scaffolding made from bamboo and is used extensively across the world, particularly in Hong Kong. It is renowned for its strength, flexibility and innovative prospects, and has proved to be a beneficial alternative to steel.

For some countries, bamboo scaffolding is relied upon as a resource to be used within construction projects. Countries that have tropical climates, harvest the bamboo as it can grow strong and quickly to be used as scaffolding material. Hong Kong have supported the forward-thinking ‘up-cycling’ approach in using bamboo scaffolding, which will help to avoid unnecessary landfill.

Strength and Durability

Bamboo scaffolding is extremely strong and resilient. It has a tensile strength of 28,000 per square inch, in comparison to steel which is 23,000 per square inch. (Which is the preferred material in westernised countries.) Bamboo could be grown in western countries as a replacement for steel and a way of forward-thinking within construction, as it is an eco-friendly material. It is the strength and durability that makes bamboo scaffolding a success in the construction industry and why it has helped to build so many modern structures across the world.

Cost and Time

Bamboo scaffolding is cheap to resource in places such as Hong Kong as it is available and grown locally. Despite this material being light-weight, its durability proves otherwise and has a strength-weight ratio is far greater than steel, due to the material being lighter to construct than steel, bamboo scaffolding can be assembled faster and more efficiently compared to steel, being 6-times quicker to erect and 12 times quicker to take down.

Safer

Although scaffolding in general could be up there as one of the most dangerous jobs (if your company doesn’t have the safest and up-to-date safety measures) Bamboo scaffolding could be less dangerous than steel scaffolding, due to it causing less damage if a pole was to slip and fall, as iron rods could cause more damage than lighter materials. Bamboo scaffolding has also proved to be safer for countries and regions that are prone to earthquakes as they’re light-weight but durable.

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