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MANAR AL ESKAN CO
FOR SCAFFOLDING & FORMWORK
MAO - CUPLOCK SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM

CALCULATION SHEETS
EXTERNAL SCAFFOLDING

CONTRACTOR : Enjaz CO
PROJECT : walls/Neom
PREPARED BY : ENG HUSSAM
CHECKED BY : ENG FATHY
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Manar Al Eskan Co NO. OF SHEETS:10

(INCLUDING THIS NO.OF ATTACHED :10
CR No. 4030008606 PAGE)
P.O. Box 46217
Jeddah 21532
Tel.: (02) 620-4582, SUBJECT:CALCULATION SHEET FOR EXTERNAL SCAFFOLDING.
620-0613 CLIENT: Prepared by: Eng. Hussam Date:
Fax: (02) 280-3645 ENJAZ CO 25/05/2024

CALCULATION SHEET
CHECKED: ENG. FATHY Rev. 0.1
(STRUCTURAL)

Scaffolding elements technical data

1.CUP- LOCK VERTICAL STANDARD :

2.Standard scaffold tube :

 Tube diameter = 48.3 mm

 Tube thickness = 3.2 mm
 Safe working load :
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3. Uhead & Basejack:

Maximum length of jack 670 mm (Hollow) jack

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4. Ledger size and safe working load:

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General Design Constraints:

1-The Scaffold System which will be used is M-Lock scaffold system.
2-The scaffold will be erected as dependent scaffold because it will be tied with the
retaining wall blocks.
3-The scaffold will be erected as light duty scaffold which should be design to carry
without failure its own weight, wind load and 1.2 kn/m2 as a live load.

DESIGN CRITERIA:
Grid Size : 1.0 m x 1.8 m
Scaffold Height up to : 8.0 m
Scaffold Width : 1.0 m
Vertical lift height of Ledger / Transom : 2.0 m
Design Live Load for Light Duty Scaffold : 1.2 KN/m2

CALCULATION OF DESIGN LOAD

a) Dead load (DL) calculation for one standard Leg.

Item Description Qty (Pcs) Unit Weight ( Kg ) Total Weight

1 M-Lock Standard 3.00m 3 14.30 42.9
2 Spigot with Bolt / Nuts. 2 0.75 1.5
3 M- Lock Ledger 1.8 m 6 6.0 36
4 M- Lock Ledger 1.0 m 6 3.33 20
5 Adjustable Base Jack 67cm Length. 1 3.60 3.6
6 Swivel Coupler 4 1.11 4.44
7 Scaffolding Board (1.8 x1.8) 3.24 m2 25.00 81
8 Scaffolding Pipe 3.00m 2 10.0 20
Total Dead Load on one Standard Leg. 209.44
= 209.44 x 9.81 2054.61
= 2054.6 N/1000 2.1 KN

b) Live Load = 1.2 x 1.8 x 1.25 KN/m2 = 2.7 KN.

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SAFE WORK LOAD ON CUPLOCK STANDARD (Max lift of Hz Ledger = 2000 mm)

DESIGN ACCORDING TO AISC/ASD (Allowable Stress Design) METHOD

Load Carry Capacity of Standard per Vertical Leg:

Properties of the Standard (Vertical) Pipe

Outer Diameter (OD) = 48.3mm.

Wall Thickness ( t) = 3.20mm.
C/S Area ‘A’ = 453mm2
Moment of Inertia ‘l’ = 1.16x 105 mm 4
Radius of gyration ‘r’ = 16mm.
Yield Strength ( Fy) = 235 N/mm2
Modulus of Elasticity (E) = 2.0 x 105 N/mm2.
1) Max Lift Ht of Hz Ledger = 2000mm c/c (Intermediate Lifts Ht Unsupported Length)
K=1.0
Effective Length of Standard ( Leff) = ‘KL’ = 2000mm
Slenderness Ratio µ = KL/r= 2000/16 = 125
Euler critical Stress Cc = Sqrt (2x(3.142)2x E)/ Fy
= Sqrt ( 2 x (3.142)2x 200000)/235

=129.63 N/mm2.

Leff/rmin < Cc

Allowable Axial Stress ( Corresponding to Leff/rmin = 125 )=

Fa = Fy { 1-1/2 [ (Leff/rmin)/Cc]2 }
5/3 +3/8 (Leff/rmin)/Cc-1/8[ (Leff/rmin)/Cc]3
=65.60N/mm2
Allowable Axial Load Carry Capacity per Vertical Standard (P) = Fa x A
= 65.60 x 453.45 = 29.75 Kn.
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CHECK SCAFFOLD CAPACITY UNDER VERTICAL LOAD:-

AS per IBC (2009) code of practice- Scaffolding will be safe if it is fit to take
without failure its dead load plus (+) 4 times the life load. (attached the
document). So,
2.1 kn + 4 x2.7 = 12.9 KN < 29.75 KN. ……..OK. ( From previous page).
C COMPUTATION FOLLOWS
C.1 - Design Check Scaffold Planks (LVL Boards – Hyplank)
Max. Span of Main Scaffold Planks = 1800mm

The maximum allowable span of Scaffold Planks, as recommended in CSM II section 2.4.3D,
as determined by the manufacturer in accordance with ANSI A10.8-2001 (Appendix C)

Max. Allowable span of Scaffold Plank = 1800mm

(Scaffold Planks for 3 Persons,

Size of Scaffold plank = 230mm (Width) x 42mm (Thk)

Wt of Scaffold Plank = 0.25KN/m
Modulas of Elasticity Ep = 10563Mpa.
Area of Cross Section Ab = 9660mm

Section Modulus ‘Sp’ = 67620 mm3

Moment of Inertia ‘Ip’ = 1420020mm4
Safe Bending Capacity Mp = 1.03 KN-m
Allowable Deflection
∆ = Allowable deflection.= L/60 as per CSM II Section 2.5.1 (I) )
Light Duty Rating = 1.20 kN/m2
Dead Load, DL = 0.25 kN/m2; Live Load, LL = 1.20 kN/m2 ; Span of Transoms = 0.9m
Loading ‘W’ = DL + 4LL = 0.25 + 4x 1.20 = 5.05 kN/m
Considering a single plank width 230mm wide strip
Loading per meter run = 0.23 x 5.05 = 1.162 kN/m
Max Bending Moment ‘Mp’ = Wl /8 = 1.162 x (1.80)2/8 = 0.47 KN-m.< Mb=1.03KN-m
Loading Wd (unfactored) = DL + LL = 0.25 + 1.20 = 1.45 kN/m (as per CSM II Section 2.5.1 (I))
Considering a single plank width 230mm wide strip
Loading per meter run = 0.23 x 1.45 = 0.334 kN/m
∆(Max) = 5Wl4/384 EI = 5 x0.334 x (1800)4/ 384 x10563x1420020 = 3.044 mm.
∆ Allow = L/60 = 1800/60 = 30.0 mm.

∆(actual) < ∆ Allow OK Safe .

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CHECK HORIZONTAL LEDGER OF CUPLOCK SYSTEM

Check Ledger :
FY = 235 N/mm2
Live Load (Light Duty Scaffolding) = 1.50KN/m2
Scaffold Platform Rating = 0.25KN/m2

1.33 kn/m ↓
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1.8 m.

1- DEAD LOAD
Self wt of Ledger = 0.0228KN/M
Scaffold Platform Rating = 0.25x0.9 = 0.22 KN/M

2- Live Load = 1.2 x 0.9 = 1.08 KN/M

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Total Load ( W ) = 1.33 KN/M

PROPERTIES OF PIPE (LEDGER)

MATERIAL
1) MAO ‘CUPLOCK’ specification
Out Diameter side ‘OD’ = 48.3mm.
Wall Thickness ‘t’ = 3.20mm.
Yield Strength (min) Fy = 250N/mm
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Physical Properties of Tube

Inner Diameter ‘ ID’ = OD-2( THICKNESS ) = 48.3-2(3.20) = 41.90mm
Area of Cross Section ‘A’ = 3.142 [(OD) 2-(ID) 2]/4 = 453.16 mm
Plastic Section Modulus ‘Z’ = (OD3/6) – (ID3/6) = 6519.75 mm3
Moment of Inertia ‘I’ = 3.142[(OD4) – (ID4)]/64 = 115,797.77 mm4
Radius of Gyration ‘r’ = Sqrt I/A = 16.00mm
OD = 48.3mm Ø
ID = 41.9mm Ø
Fy = 235N/mm2
Fb = Bearing Bending Stress
Fb = 0.66 Fy (permissible) = 0.66 x 235 = 155N/mm2
Max moment bending ‘M’ = WL2/10
= 1.33 x (1.8)2 /10 = 0.43 KN.M
Required Sections modulus‘S’= Moment / Fb =0.43x106/155 = 2780 mm3
Provided Section Modulus ‘Z’ = 6519.75 mm3
Z > S SAFE (OK )

The ledger is safe for 1.2 KN/M2 live load & Span 1.8 m
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STABILITY AND SCAFFOLDING UNDER HORIZONTAL LOAD:

To facilitate determining the conceptual shape of the structure, and in order to provide a sufficient shaped
system, the lateral force resisting system is considered as cantilevered column. As for all cantilevers, the
most economical shape shall be a tapered section with the wide base lying on the ground and the narrow
section at the tip of cantilever. Such approach will increase the lever arm at the base and produce a lesser
couple forces in comparison with a narrow prismatic section.
Despite the additional scaffolds and the larger required ground area to accommodate the wide base of the
tapered section, the scaffolds heights are significantly dropped. Also, the structure will require much less
counterweights in comparison with the prismatic section, using raker .

AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE SCAFFOLDING HIEGHT IS LESS THAN 4 TIMES

SCAFFOLDING WIDTH , THEN NO NEED FOR CALCULATING THE LATERAL FORCE
AND THE STRUCTURE WILL BE STABLE.

Check for Lateral force , COUPLERS:

 Check force on coupler for diagonal tube:
In X direction:
Load on cup lock = n x load on leg

Load on cup lock = 1.301 x 4 = 5.2 t

HZ Load = 2.5% Load on cup lock

H = 2.5 x (5.2)/100 =0.13 t

F =0.13/ Cos 45 = 0.184 t < 0.63 t (SAFE)

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