Oil & Gas Innovation Summer 2020 Digital | Page 10
COVER STORY
Scaffolding: Safety and Efficiency Are
Not Mutually Exclusive
Oil and Gas Innovation sits down with Wilhelm Layher GmbH & Co KG to learn more about
the importance of scaffolding, and the role it plays in the oil and gas sector. Layher is the leading
manufacturer of system scaffolding, and explains to us how to quickly and safely assemble working
scaffolds, while reducing downtime. It’s very important for a construction project to choose the right
scaffolding solution, because it can give you a competitive advantage. Safety and efficiency are not
mutually exclusive at Layher. Layher also talks about the increasing digitisation of the industry and their
Scaffolding Information Modeling (SIM) software, LayPLAN SUITE, which helps users throughout the
entire life cycle of the project.
OGI: Could you start by explaining Wilhelm
Layher GmbH & Co. KG’s credentials and
experience in terms of your products and
services for the oil and gas sector? Could you tell
our readers the breadth of your experience, how
long the company has been active, and its reach?
Layher: For 75 years now, Layher has stood
for innovation, safety and quality “made in
Germany”, and for a strong partnership with
its customers from scaffolding, construction
and industry’s such as the oil and gas sector.
This is how the family-owned company grew
to become the leading manufacturer of system
scaffolding. Tried and tested, and continually
improved, the Layher solutions, SpeedyScaf as
a frame scaffolding for facades and Allround
Scaffolding as the synonym for modular systems
are today the global standard for scaffolding
construction: Quick to assemble and dismantle,
safer in operation and flexible in their use.
Assembly times can be considerably reduced
in this way, while occupational safety is greatly
increased.
This is also assured by the extensive services
provided by Layher as a dependable partner –
competent advice, training and seminars, plus
a high delivery capacity. Every day, more than
1,900 employees are creating “more possibilities”.
Whether at the highly automated main plant in
Güglingen-Eibensbach, or at sales subsidiaries
in 42 countries all over the world.
1 system, various solutions: Layher
Allround Scaffolding Lightweight.
OGI: What are the different solutions you
provide the oil, gas, petrochemical and
chemical industries?
Layher: Efficiency and safety are important
keywords in the oil industry. To reduce
downtime due to maintenance work, the focus
should be on the quick and safer assembly
of access and working scaffolds. Ideal for
this task is the Allround Scaffolding in the
Lightweight generation. With its unique selflocking
wedge head connection “AutoLock”
and unsurpassed quick and flexible assembly,
Made by Layher means made in Germany: the highly automated Layher headquarters in
Gueglingen-Eibensbach.
Up with safety, down with costs:
Allround Scaffolding is used successfully
worldwide, especially in the oil and gas
sector, as well as chemical and power
plants.
it has established itself as the synonym for
modular scaffolding. The extensive product
range and continuous development ensure
unlimited versatility - always state of the art.
Wood and gap-free possibilities include work
scaffolding - in form of supported, suspended
and rolling structures - as well as shoring
and reinforcing scaffolding, stairtowers and
bridging, plus site protection, i.e. roofs or
protective enclosures.
OGI: Why is it so important for a project to
choose the right type of scaffolding solution?
Layher: Choosing the right scaffolding
solution can ensure a genuine competitive
advantage because safety and profitability
aren’t contradictions at Layher. On the
contrary: Allround Scaffolding in the
Lightweight generation offers improved
safety and at the same time reduces the
assembly and logistic costs as the precision of
all components and weight-optimised parts
guarantee a reduction of assembly time and
safer handling. Downtimes and production
losses are minimised considerably. All good
reasons why Allround Scaffolding is used
successfully worldwide, especially in the oil
and gas sector, but as well as chemical and
power plants.
OGI: Safety is of prime importance in any
construction project. Could you talk about
how Layher can keep projects safe and
profitable at the same time?