Giving a lift to cladding work

Bell Building Projects hired boom and scissor lifts from AFI-Uplift to work on a new cold store in Scotland. The Snorkel AB60J and a JLG 450AJ boom lift, together with a Skyjack SJ8831D scissor, gave the height and accessibility to install cladding panels and paint the exterior of the 8125m3 cold store being built for Tradimar UK at Bellshill, near Glasgow.

Jim Stewart, Bell Building Projects' site manager, said: "AFI carried out a site survey at the cold store to ensure that we were supplied with the right machines to meet our needs. The boom lifts had articulating jibs which made it easy to move around obstacles to reach elevated positions and the scissor lift had a roll out deck extension to provide further working room for the operatives installing the cladding."