Bilt Rite Scaffold has recently undertaken a momentous task to provide pedestrian safety while an iconic building in Austin is having repairs done to it. The 56 stories tall Austonian is undergoing emergency maintenance on many of its concrete balconies during a 16-month long renovation that should wrap up in April 2019. This work necessitates […]
Finally, ACC Mall is receiving a new tenant! KLRU-TV will now occupy the once occupied space of Dillards. The partnership with Austin Community College will enhance job training for the colleges arts, digital media, and communications. In 2015, Bilt Rite Scaffold erected almost 1,000 linear feet of scaffold around the exterior of the mall. Renovations […]
Who said erecting a 100 + foot system scaffold stair tower was hard? This type of project is a drop in the bucket for Bilt Rite Scaffold. Honored to partner with Bartlett Cocke once again, we were able to provide several forms of aerial solutions for them at The Children’s Hospital in nearby San Antonio, […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – May 2, 2018 – In pursuit of offering our clients a full-service access portfolio, Bilt Rite Scaffold recently decided to expand its product and services lines to incorporate suspended scaffolds. Following our mantra of being the best at what we do, members of Bilt Rite’s suspended scaffold division traveled to Florida to […]
AUSTIN, TX – April 11, 2018 – What happens when the engineers tell you it’s impossible? You call Bilt Rite! 2 months at the drawing board and collaboration with 3 engineering firms is what it took to make this one possible. Bilt Rite Scaffold partnered with Alufase Aluminum Scaffold out of Spain to provide multiple […]
2017 was an amazing year for Bilt Rite! We reached new heights and surpassed huge milestones, including working 250,000 hours without an OSHA recordable. This is quite a feat considering fall protection and scaffold violations are the 1st and 3rd most cited standards by OSHA (www.osha.gov/oshstats/commonstats.html). Our outstanding crew, from field employees to management, made […]
Austin, Texas – Jan. 5, 2018 – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, commonly referred to as OSHA, identifies falls as the leading cause of injuries and deaths in the construction industry. Nearly 40% of worker deaths in 2016 were fall related (Top 10 OSHA Citations of 2016, 2016). OSHA also names scaffolding infractions as […]
The Waco Tribune-Herald highlighted Bilt Rite’s efforts in helping replace the statue of Themis perched atop the McLennan County Courthouse earlier this month. Bilt Rite constructed the metal cage that enclosed the statue, safely removed, and then transported her to a facility in Alabama. There she will be replicated and then brought back to be […]
AUSTIN, TX — July 21, 2017 – Bilt Rite Scaffold recently began erection of over 500,000 cubic feet of system scaffold that plans to completely wrap Bellmont Hall, the West Façade of the Darrell K. Royal Stadium at The University of Texas in Austin. The University has partnered with Mid-Continental Restoration and KBL Restoration to […]